Publications

Does Queensland need a Modern Slavery Act?

The Foundation in collaboration with the Queensland Network to End Slavery and Trafficking, Freedom Hub, Queensland Human Rights Commission and others will explore the key issues

National Foundation for Australian Women Gender Budget analysis

Read the gender budget analysis here

A class action alleging racist child removals could have wider ripples

Matt Dennien reports in the Brisbane Times (27.11.23) on a class action brought against Queensland’s Department of Child Safety based on ‘complaints from hundreds of First

Bill Hayden’s remarkable contribution to public life

Paul Strangio writes in The Conversation (21.10.23) about the death of former Labor opposition leader and Governor-General Bill Hayden, remembered for his role in establishing Medibank

Indigenous voice to parliament: Australia rejects constitutional change as Albanese says vote ‘not end of the road’

Josh Butler reports for The Guardian (14.10.23) on the defeat of the referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, with every state and territory bar the

Henry Reynolds lecture: ‘The rights of Indigenous peoples – how Australia compares’

In October 2023, Australians will have their say in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing

A divided Australia will soon vote on the most significant referendum on Indigenous rights in 50 years

Sana Nakata writes in The Conversation (30.8.23) about the Prime Minister’s long-awaited announcement that the ‘Voice to Parliament’ referendum will be held on October 14, describing

Keeping kids in watch houses: why the Queensland government could change the law to suit itself

Ben Smee and Eden Gillespie report in The Guardian (25.8.23) on the Palaszczuk government’s unexpected changes to the Youth Justice Act, explaining how the Human Rights

The intergenerational report will try to scare us about ageing. It’s an old fear, and wrong

TJ Ryan Foundation Research Associate John Quiggin writes in The Conversation (23.8.23) about the release of the latest Intergenerational Report by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The author

What happened to Gonski’s schools?

Chris Bonnor writes in Inside Story (18.8.23) about the state of school systems and funding in Australia, highlighting a failure to heed lessons from successive recent

Mike Ahern, former Queensland premier, dead at 81

Kirrin McKechnie reports for ABC News (11.8.23) on the death of former Premier Mike Ahern, remembered for his integrity and commitment to implement Fitzgerald Report recommendations

Is the Great Barrier Reef reviving – or dying? Here’s what’s happening beyond the headlines

Mike Emslie and colleagues write in The Conversation (9.8.23) about the health of the Great Barrier Reef, outlining what their latest marine research shows about the