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NEW: In an investigative report co-published with @thecitizenweb and The Centre for Advancing Journalism, Sam Irvine investigates the burdens of new AI traffic cameras on areas of high socio-economic disadvantage.
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Opinion: Imagine not being able to afford a single phone call to your family? That’s the reality for people in Australian prisons. @monique_hurley and @Sarah__Schwartz explain why phone calls in prison should be free.
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In part one wo a special investigation co-published with @thecitizenweb, Charlotte Walkling investigates the "nightmare of scams and sub-par living conditions" facing international students in Australia.
You can read part two of the investigation here: rightnow.org.au/news/home-al…
In part one of a special investigation co-published with @thecitizenweb, Charlotte Walkling investigates the "grey area" of informal rental agreements and dismal living conditions in international student housing.
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The right to a healthy environment needs to be implemented in a way that promotes Indigenous cultural connection to land and supports Indigenous authority over land management decisions
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Written by @juliadehm @cristyclark @BethGoldblatt
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Our symposium "Realising the Right to a Healthy Environment in Australia" is now up on @rightnowinc. Includes great contributions from @SamBookman, @costaavg, @BridgetMLewis & Bruce Lindsay @EJ_Aus, as well as an intro by @cristyclark, @BethGoldblatt & I
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Residents of Melbourne's west claim the stench of burning landfill is plaguing them with chronic physical and mental health conditions.
And higher temperatures are set to make things worse.
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ALT “We already have a hotter dryer temperature over the summer… and hotter overnight temperatures. Climate change will exacerbate that.” Maribyrnong councillor Bernadette Thomas, who ran as a Greens candidate at the state election
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Imagine living next to a burning landfill site where a stench of chemical fertiliser, rotten eggs, molten chemicals and plastics, and animal carcasses fills the air.
For some residents of Melbourne's west that stench is only 60 meters away.
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As the climate crisis intensifies, so too does the language we use about the impacts of harmful human behaviour on the environment
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Melbourne's inner west is a melting pot for air pollution. 18% of the land is industrially zoned, which means dust from construction debris and freight moving along unsealed roads fills the air with particulate matter. And residents are on the front line.
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Leading respiratory expert Louis Irving says when it comes to vulnerable people’s exposure to air pollution, we have reached a tipping point.
Add the increased PM2.5 from inner-suburb freight routes and we're putting lives at risk.
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![“It’s already a crisis. [Those vulnerable are] the very young, the very elderly, people with chronic heart or lung disease, pregnant people.”](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FnwRIrQaAAEz8on.jpg?name=orig)
ALT “It’s already a crisis. [Those vulnerable are] the very young, the very elderly, people with chronic heart or lung disease, pregnant people.”
Right Now has teamed up with the Centre for Advancing Journalism & The Age to mentor students as they investigate how climate change will impact human rights.
This investigation talks to people who live next to freight routes and the threat to their health
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Right Now is back.
Our climate is in crisis and human rights issues have taken on a deeply personal urgency.
We’re relaunching with a new lens, fresh writers, and a new approach.
Be part of the change.
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As we move through #ruokday I'd encourage you to reflect on the experiences of people in locked mental health wards.
RUOK takes on a different meaning when your human rights are being taken away.
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At a time when governments are quickly closing down conversations about transparency and accountability this book provides a chilling insight into the power of States to protect their own machinations.
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“What we want is more learning in schools and less activism in schools.”
– Scott Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia
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An important call that could save millions of lives.
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Open letter from 150 lawyers and legal scholars to @ScottMorrisonMP (cc @GregHuntMP, @MarisePayne, @DanTehanWannon & CMO Paul Kelly)
calling on Aust govt to support the #TRIPSwaiver for vaccines and medical tools to fight #COVID19
Thanks to @rightnowinc
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Australia must stop its equivocation on the rights of Palestinians and address the illegal occupation and apartheid system perpetuated by Israel.
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For my story and why I’m learning how to walk (thank you modern medicine): see here: rightnow.org.au/essay/i-dont… at the excellent @rightnowinc magazine.