Introduction by Croakey: “I need to be blunt: the world is on the brink of a catastrophic moral failure – and the price of this failure will be paid with lives and livelihoods in the world’s... Read more
As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) comes into force later this week, Dr Sue Wareham of the Medical Association for Prevention of War outlines the local and global imp... Read more
Croakey is closed for summer holidays and will resume publishing in the week of 18 January 2021. In the meantime, we are re-publishing some of our top articles from 2020. This article was fi... Read more
*** Update: After this story was published, about 60 refugees and asylum seekers, who had been detained in Melbourne’s Mantra hotel, were moved to another detention site, reportedly th... Read more
*** This article was updated for clarity at 5.48pm, 17 December 2020. *** Introduction by Croakey: Next April will mark the 30th anniversary of the final report of the Royal Commission into... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: A landmark test case is highlighting the excessive use of force in Australian immigration detention centres, according to the Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC).... Read more
President-elect Joe Biden and his team have a full plate when it comes to health policy for the United States, in dealing with the pandemic as well as threats to the Affordable Care Act. How... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: The ACT Labor-Greens government last week said it would prioritise raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in the next parliamentary term – the first jurisd... Read more
Register here to attend a #CroakeyLIVE event covering breaking news from the United States election – from 3pm AEDT on Wednesday, 4 November. Just days out from the United States presidentia... Read more
** WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are warned that this post contains the image of a deceased person ** Introduction by Croakey: On October 24, 2020, the UN Treaty on... Read more
