It is important we find the words and the ways as a community to talk about suicide and the devastating toll it has on people's lives.
The Hazara people are among the most persecuted of minorities.
The Greens welcome the investment in settlement services for Safe Haven Enterprise Visa holders, who have left everything to flee conflic.
The presentation by the Students Against Racism group is a fantastic initiative that has been running since 2008.
Prime Minister Abbott's announcement that Australia will take 12,000 new asylum seekers from Syria is very welcome, but as a nation, we can do more.
The Liberals need to invest a sizeable portion of the projected half a billion dollars in GST windfall into the supply of social and affordable housing.
Taking in asylum seekers is a moral and legal obligation. Where better to process asylum seekers than in the welcoming arms of Tasmania?
The growing calls for the reopening of Pontville to facilitate more humane onshore processing of asylum seekers are welcome and timely.