DARK SECRETS: The royal commission - The Real Truth

The disability royal commission laid bare violence, abuse and neglect. Three years on, what’s changed?

Three years ago, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability tabled its final report, a hefty 12 volumes and 222 recommendations.

The Conversation · Oct 4

The royal commission into alleged corruption in Victoria’s Big Build is due to begin. How will it work?

The extent of ‘corruption, criminal conduct or serious misconduct’ will be examined and former premiers could be called to give evidence

The Guardian - AU · Sep 22

Royal commission lays bare the fear and anger of Jewish Australians. But has it got to the heart of antisemitism?

Hearings began amid the grief of the Bondi attack. The community hopes the inquiry will ‘help us to go back to the Australia that we love’

The Guardian - AU · Aug 29

Victoria’s Big Build royal commission: do the terms of reference go far enough?

Victorian Premier Ben Carroll has announced the terms of reference for the royal commission into criminality and corruption on Victoria’s Big Build.

The Conversation · Aug 21

Forced out of Australia’s military due to his sexuality, David says an apology is ‘long overdue’ for veterans like him

Exclusive: ADF personnel who were discriminated against for being LGBTQ+ are owed a national apology, federal government told

The Guardian - AU · Jul 31

Preschool to uni: envoy wants anti-Semitism education

Targeted education from preschool to university is essential to change embedded hateful views, the envoy tasked with combating anti-Semitism says.

AAP · Jul 29

The biggest atomic blast in Australia happened 70 years ago – mysteries about its impact linger

One winter’s day in June 1956, Britain detonated the largest weapon ever exploded in Australia. The test, code-named Mosaic G2, was conducted at Western Australia’s remote Montebello Islands, site of the first British atomic test in 1952, over 100 kilometres off the Pilbara coast.

The Conversation · Jul 21

Difficult question still facing anti-Semitism inquiry

The royal commission on anti-Semitism stands to do more harm than good for social cohesion unless it gets a key, highly divisive, definition right.

AAP · Jun 5

FED:Counter-terror records hidden from anti-Semitism probe

Federal cabinet documents on funding for the nation's counter-terrorism agency will not be used in the royal commission on anti-Semitism.

AAP · May 28

‘Terrifying’: political candidate violently abused and schoolboy thrown into bin, antisemitism royal commission hears

The third day of hearings of the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion heard further evidence from Jewish Australians

The Guardian - AU · May 6