Pressed For Freedom In Australia
The 2020 World Press Freedom Index, compiled by Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontieres) shows Australia plummeting five places from its position last year and …
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Folau suffers Burns in dramatic new twist
Former footballer Israel Folau is at the centre of a new controversy this morning, with Sydney anti-discrimination campaigner Garry Burns suing him for $100,000 at …
“We didn’t know what was coming”: AIDS in Australia
On the evening of December 1, 1988, the first ever World AIDS Day, hundreds of people packed into the Martin Place amphitheatre in Sydney for …
Trans public housing tenant forced to endure unsafe home
A South Australian transgender public housing tenant says she has been waiting for Housing SA to relocate her and her children for nearly a year, …
Australian Christian Lobby refuses to condemn Folau
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has refused to condemn former Wallabies player Israel Folau for his latest public comments, which linked Australia’s bushfire crisis to …
ACON, Thorne Harbour welcome new Australian Press Council guidelines
After the number of slanted articles published by The Australian vilifying Australia’s trans and gender diverse community, and other anti-LGBTQI reports across Australia’s media landscape, the Australian …
The Gloves Are Off: Maggie Kirkpatrick tells all
At 78 years of age, the irrepressible MAGGIE KIRKPATRICK is telling her life story. The actress spoke candidly with the Star Observer‘s arts and entertainment editor …
‘Media rhetoric on religious freedom creates enduring pain for LGBTIQ Australians’
“The religious rhetoric is especially harmful for the most vulnerable members within the LGBTIQ community – gay men and women of colour and transgender people.”
Most trans Australians are silenced in the press: report
“Australians are exposed to a very narrow range of views on transgender issues”
Daily Tele called out by Media Watch for ‘non-apology’
“At best [the article] was a stupid mistake”