Robyn Dunphy
Word of the Day: Voluntarism
Following on from my article about Tim Wilson, I want to look a little more deeply at his ideologies. You may have noticed the word “voluntarism” in his short statement accepting his appointment as the Freedom Commissioner. It has been a great pleasure working at the IPA with so many bright and talented individuals toward […]
Tim Wilson as Human Rights Commissioner
I must say this appointment of Tim Wilson is an interesting development indeed. Let’s take a step back to January 23, 2013. “The Australian Human Rights Commission does not protect human rights and should be abolished,” Simon Breheny, Director of the Legal Rights Project at free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs will […]
Metro Trains abuse update
This is an update on my previous article about the astounding physical abuse of a 15 year-old girl by a Metro Trains ticketing inspector. Thank you to Dan A’Vard for permission to use the graphic. Dan started the petition on Change.org that now has over 33,000 signatures.
Unbelievable Mr Gosland
I rarely swear on social media. It is not my style. Today I saw red and I hope a lot of other people see red with me. You can look at the video directly from the link below. Wait for the second CCTV angle towards the end of the video. Then have a guess who […]
A woman is left for dead and the media are quiet
Edit May 8, 2014: An update is posted HERE. Maybe there are police reasons for this, but having looked at the video of the police appealing for help, I don’t think so. If you haven’t heard of the case, Shey Webber was found in her home beaten and left to die. Her injuries are described […]
Bubs Belong With Mums
Edit Nov 15: It has been reported the baby and family are now reunited, but ONLY because the baby has been discharged from hospital. No changes to policy or regulations or standing orders or whatever red tape controls these things, so what of the next case and the case after that? We need to keep […]
How does a racist hide racism?
A racist claims to not be a racist when the racist says he or she believes we are all one race, the human race. I make the same claim. The difference between the racist’s use of the phrase and mine, is my context is not the same. I recognise difference, the need for cultural intelligence […]
Free articles, free music, free books
Musicians and writers are creative types. Creativity can be a tough gig from which to earn money. Hey, I have nearly 900 articles here and have earned a whole $192 from it! I constantly see writers “selling” their books for free or 99 cents on Amazon. All that hard work, yet people are getting it […]
Climate change becoming a human rights issue
Today in my role as the rotating curator of the @HumanrightRCur Twitter account, I shared several articles about climate change. They make interesting reading which readers of this site might also find worthwhile reading. Should the predictions of hunger and poverty prove correct, I am sure certain “levels” of society will survive, Elysium-style. Flowers like […]
This week has a human rights focus
While you might say this site always has a human rights focus, this week I am the curator for the Twitter handle @HumanRightsRCur so I will be sharing various human rights information. If you are on Twitter and interested in human rights from around the world, please follow! 🙂 One of the aspects of human rights […]
Random Observations of Life 