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Groundbreaking visa protections a win for migrant workers in Australia
The Human Rights Law Centre welcomes the Albanese Government’s introduction of groundbreaking reforms to reduce widespread migrant worker exploitation.
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How to be a climate whistleblower
There is one crucial resource this country hasn’t yet fully appreciated and nurtured in pursuit of a safer climate: the whistleblower.
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Protest in Peril
Our right to protest is under threat. That’s why we are launching our new report Protest in Peril.
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Sweeping secrecy laws are bad for democracy. Here’s our chance for reform
Sweeping, unnecessary and disproportionate secrecy laws are bad for democracy. Not only do they prevent the public having a proper understanding of what is done in their name, but they allow wrongdoing to go unchecked.
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Richard Boyle’s brave whistleblowing has been vindicated — but Australia will still punish him
It is hard to imagine whistleblowing more clearly in the public interest.
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After a decade in detention I call Australia home. Labor’s deportation bill is horrific
Refugees like me have already been through so much. All we ever wanted was freedom.
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Whistleblower Richard Boyle’s appeal rejected
The South Australian Court of Appeal rejected an appeal brought by tax office whistleblower Richard Boyle. Richard had spoken up about unethical debt recovery practices at the tax office. He has since been vindicated by several independent reviews. The outcome lays bare how our weak laws are failing whistleblowers. There is no public interest in prosecuting people speaking out against injustice and wrongdoing.
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Australia is the only liberal democracy without a Human Rights Act – that could finally change
For too long, Australia’s human rights laws have not been fit-for-purpose. For the first time since 2010, there are signs of change.
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Deportation Bill delayed
The Albanese Government is trying to rush through dangerous new laws that will criminalise and punish people because of their visa status. Thanks to unrelenting community pressure, voting on the Bill has been delayed until at least 24 June.
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After 10 years of pain and uncertainty my family risks being torn apart by Labor’s deportation bill
If the bill passes, my husband – who fled war in Sri Lanka and is father to our three children – would be put in jail if he did not immediately leave Australia
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Whistleblower David McBride sentenced to almost six years’ prison for helping to expose wrongdoing
David McBride was given a sentence of five years and eight months, with a non-parole period of two years and three months for leaking documents to the ABC which exposed war crimes in Afghanistan.
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The jailing of David McBride is a dark day for democracy and press freedom in Australia
Does it really make our country a better place to imprison a whistleblower whose actions led to public interest reporting on war crimes in Afghanistan?
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands across Australia, including the lands of the Wurundjeri, Boon Wurrung, Gadigal, Ngunnawal, Darug and Wadawurrung people where we work from.
We pay our respect to Elders, both past and present.
This land always was, and always will be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander land. Sovereignty has never been ceded.
WARNING: This site contains images or names of people who have passed away.