Synod calls on brands to sign up for worker safety

The Synod of Victoria and Tasmania and other non-profit organisations have called on Australian fashion brands to sign a critical safety accord on the eve of the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse.

One injustice too many

PENNY MULVEY Every day as we engage in the world – be it through social media, over a coffee with a friend, listening to the radio in the car, pouring over a newspaper – we are confronted by issues which speak to our hum

‘Out Into the Cold – Where to Now? ’

“Our concern centres on the fact that the apparent rehabilitation of Mr Chan and Mr Sukumaran was not taken into account. Rehabilitation is a fundamental aspect of successful prison systems.