Category: The Saturday Paper

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Read moreOct 12, 2019NewsExtinction Rebellion protestsLuke BuckmasterDrawing on elements of performance art and courting arrest, Extinction Rebellion protesters this week took to the streets around Australia, calling for urgent action on the climate crisis.

Read moreOct 12, 2019NewsThe decline of political freedoms in AustraliaMike SeccombeWhile the Australian government is quick to criticise other countries for restricting people’s freedoms, its treatment of whistleblowers and climate protesters reveals an alarming hypocrisy.

Read moreOct 12, 2019NewsExclusive: 500 children forfeited to state in NDIS standoffRick MortonNew figures reveal the human toll of a five-year NDIS funding fight, with hundreds of families pushed to relinquish their children into state care.

Read moreOct 12, 2019NewsThe complexity of male suicideJane GilmoreA prominent men’s rights group backed by One Nation claims 21 men commit suicide each week because of child support and custody disputes, but official data suggests the reasons are far more complicated.

Read moreOct 5, 2019NewsNational security laws impeding journalismRussell MarksDespite Christian Porter’s new ‘safeguard’ for journalists, experts warn that Australia’s national security laws continue to impede public-interest reporting, as whistleblowers are increasingly afraid to come forward.

Read moreOct 5, 2019NewsThe cost of increasing the super rateMike SeccombeWhile the proposal to increase the superannuation rate to 12 per cent has bipartisan support, the reform is likely to be a significant economic burden that exacerbates inequality.

Read moreOct 5, 2019NewsTrump call pulls Morrison into US scandalKaren MiddletonAs Donald Trump faces the threat of impeachment, Scott Morrison is carefully balancing his responses to the US president’s request for assistance.

Read moreOct 5, 2019NewsExclusive: Aged-care sector at risk of collapseRick MortonFunding cuts made when Scott Morrison was treasurer have left parts of the aged-care sector on the brink of insolvency, propped up by a government bailout.

Read moreSep 28, 2019NewsIndonesia cracks down on student protesters in PapuaJohn MartinkusEscalating violence in Papua has led to the deaths of more than 30 student protesters, echoing the military’s brutality in Timor-Leste and Aceh in previous decades.

Read moreSep 28, 2019NewsNSW farmers’ class action on waterMike SeccombeAs water supplies remain perilously low across Australia’s drought-stricken east, a group of farmers is launching a $750 million class action against the Murray–Darling Basin Authority.

Read moreSep 28, 2019NewsForeign students and sexual assaultJanek DrevikovskyOne international student’s fight to have a university tutor prosecuted for sexual assault highlights how our system fails survivors.