How safe are international students?
French student Sophie Collembet is the fourth international student to be murdered in Brisbane since November.
View ArticleProfessor Tony Attwood
Tony Attwood is one of the world's leading experts on Asperger's Syndrome.
View ArticleStan Grant
Television journalist Stan Grant is urbane and articulate on screen, but has travelled a long road to success.
View ArticlePeter Grose
Peter Grose has explored the story of a courageous French village which sheltered thousands of Jews during WW2.
View ArticleMichael Fullilove
Michael Fullilove has compiled an anthology of great Australian speeches.
View ArticleWesley Enoch
Wesley Enoch's latest production brings to the stage long-buried stories of Australia's 'black diggers'.
View ArticleDavid Pescud
David Pescud established the first crew of disabled sailors to enter the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race.
View ArticleNeryl Joyce
Ten years ago Neryl Joyce traded in her life as a struggling single mother to become a bodyguard in Baghdad.
View ArticleRobert Hoge
Robert Hoge was born looking and functioning nothing like his mother's other babies.
View ArticleJoan Trumpauer Mulholland
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland played a part in America's civil rights movement.
View ArticleMiranda Richmond Mouillot
Miranda Richmond Mouillot returned to the ruined house in France, where her grandparents had once lived, together.
View ArticlePort defends decision to ban security guard over sign
The operator of a Brisbane coal port has defended a decision to ban a security guard over an anti-coal industry sign in her car, arguing it would stop her doing her job properly. Kym Garrick's lawyers...
View ArticleKooshyar Karimi faced many life and death decisions before fleeing Iran
Dr Kooshyar Karimi faced many life and death decisions before fleeing Iran.
View ArticleJoe Geia: Aboriginal protest and the power of song
Joe Geia's best known song, Yil Lull, is sung alongside the national anthem in some primary schools.
View ArticleFormer inmate Brett Collins defends the rights of prisoners
Brett advocates for some people who've become outcasts because their crimes are considered so heinous.
View ArticleLogan Together targets next generation to turn around in a decade
The Logan community south of Brisbane is uniting in an Australia-first approach to helping the next generation of children overcome a sometimes difficult start.
View ArticleDr Munjed Al Muderis restores mobility with robotic limbs
Munjed is one of a handful of surgeons in the world performing a revolutionary procedure called 'osseointegration'.
View ArticleMadeline Stuart: Model with Down syndrome becomes ambassador for social...
Madeline Stuart is not your average teen model. For starters, she tends to give photographers and make-up artists a surprising number of hugs and high-fives. But she also has Down syndrome.
View ArticleLorna Jane lawsuit: former fitness label employee became 'suicidal' after...
Fitness clothing label Lorna Jane is being sued by a former store manager who claims she became 'decrepit and suicidal' after being picked on because of her size.
View ArticleJB Hi-Fi sorry for refusing man with Down syndrome entry into Brisbane store
Retailer JB Hi-Fi apologises over an incident in which a young man with Down syndrome is refused entry to a Brisbane store.
View ArticleQueensland Australian of the Year named as military officer Catherine McGregor
Senior military officer Catherine McGregor is named the 2016 Queensland Australian of the Year for her work as a gender diversity advocate.
View ArticleLesley and Tammy Williams: reclaiming stolen Aboriginal wages
Courage and a series of surprising events helped Lesley win justice for herself and others, and a better life for her children. (R)
View ArticleDeaf woman takes Queensland Government to High Court over 2012 exclusion from...
A Queensland woman hoping to be Australia's first deaf juror is having her discrimination case heard by the High Court in Brisbane this afternoon.
View ArticleMaxine Beneba Clarke: Growing up black in white Australia
Writer and poet Maxine Beneba Clarke had to live with racism on a daily basis.
View ArticleAdoption by same-sex couples to be legalised in Queensland
Queensland laws which ban same-sex couples from adopting children will be overturned, the State Government says.
View ArticleJeffery Renard Allen's American stories
Jeffery says modern America is as divided by race and class as during the Civil War.
View ArticleDeaf people furious over high court decision
Hopes for deaf people to serve on Queensland juries have taken a backwards step after a loss in the High Court. The Court has today dismissed an appeal from a deaf woman who argued she'd been...
View ArticleFacebook racial vilification case against university students thrown out
A judge throws out a case against three Queensland University of Technology students who were accused of racially vilifying an Indigenous woman in 2013.
View ArticleQueensland Government 'defending racism' in appeal against discrimination ruling
The Queensland Government is perpetuating racism and injustice in backing a court challenge against a landmark Palm Island discrimination case, Indigenous health campaigner Professor Gracelyn Smallwood...
View ArticleLorna Jane sued by former employee Amy Robinson over bullying allegations
A woman who is suing activewear retail company Lorna Jane began to suffer a mental health condition after being bullied in the workplace for her weight, a Brisbane court hears.
View ArticleLorna Jane employee Amy Robinson breaks down in Brisbane court over bullying...
A woman suing company Lorna Jane over bullying claims breaks down in the District Court in Brisbane while testifying how the abuse led her to have suicidal thoughts.
View ArticlePregnant women, mothers 'still the target of discrimination in the workplace'
An overheard discussion in a Brisbane elevator between two professional woman raises the ire of one employment lawyer, who says businesses are still discriminating against mothers and pregnant women.
View ArticleSexual harassment at work data to be captured in national survey
Sexual assault victim Nikki Keating was told she should feel "fortunate" her attacker had "got lucky" when she reported the incident. Now, she's trying to change the culture of her industry, as the Sex...
View ArticleBrisbane woman denied haircut at barber shop because of gender
A Brisbane woman lodges a complaint with the Anti-Discrimination Commission after a barber shop refuses to give her a haircut due to her gender, but the business owner says a clause in the shop's lease...
View ArticleBrisbane woman denied barbershop haircut shocks lawyer, hairdressing industry...
It is "crazy" and "extraordinary" that a shopping centre lease could prevent a Brisbane barber from cutting a woman's hair, a civil libertarian and a hair industry leader say.
View ArticleBrisbane barbershop cuts new lease deal minus clause forbidding female clients
A complaint over a client being turned away from a barbershop because she is a woman prompts the store leaseholder to demand new rental arrangements minus the gender clause.
View ArticleQueensland Rail NGR train fails to arrive for testing by group with vision...
Dozens of people with a vision impairment, some who took the day off work, have been left waiting on a Brisbane train platform after one of the problem-plagued new trains they were there to test out...
View ArticleHuman Rights Commission denies new Qld trains exemption for disability access...
The Human Rights Commission refuses the Queensland Government's request to exempt their defective new $4.4 billion trains from disability laws, just weeks out from the Commonwealth Games which will...
View ArticleSinglet ban only for blokes 'discriminatory', Queensland surf clubs warned
Queensland surf clubs are starting to rethink dress codes that apply different standards to men and women, amid complaints from patrons and warnings such rules amount to discrimination.
View ArticleDiscrimination is against the law, so how can there be exceptions to the rule?
When it comes to discrimination, the law is clear. But how do you explain female-only gyms and men-only clubs? The short answer is the law itself discriminates.
View ArticleMany private schools resist push for pants, shorts options for girls' uniforms
When school returns, Queensland will be the latest state to make it mandatory in all state schools to offer pants or shorts as an option for female students, but advocates have hit a stalemate with the...
View ArticleSacked Newman government minister Chris Davis wins $1.5m for hospital job...
The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal has awarded nearly $1.5 million to onetime Newman government assistant health minister Dr Chris Davis, saying he was deliberately overlooked for a...
View ArticleDisability access fails Paralympian at Event Cinema, saying 'It takes away...
A champion Paralympian had to slide down two flights of stairs on her bottom at a cinema. Now she is calling on businesses to make disability access a priority.
View ArticleKylie Minogue concert ruined for disabled 20-year-old after event raises...
A Brisbane mother is calling for a shake-up in disability access for concert-goers after her daughter's experience at the weekend's Kylie Minogue show.
View ArticleLGBT discrimination in sport highlighted after a week in the headlines
In a week when issues of gender and sexuality have been in the spotlight, new research finds many LGBT athletes feel unsafe and vulnerable but attitudes are changing.
View ArticlePresenter Karla Grant 'shocked' after being questioned by police in Alice...
The high-profile host of SBS show Living Black says she was racially profiled by police in the Northern Territory, saying she was treated like a "grog runner" when she entered an Alice Springs bottle...
View ArticleDisabled teen dies after flu complications, parents claim medical response...
He died from flu complications, but Harrison Creevey's parents say their son's disability meant hospital staff did not treat his declining condition as urgent.
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