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The Kinship Had Sailed
A new poem on Right Now by Ebony Elise

The Kinship Has Sailed - Right Now “The Kinship Has Sailed” reflects on a childhood shaped by violence, instability, and separation, while also exploring the complex emotional impact such experiences can carry into adulthood.​

social erosion
A new poem on Right Now by Margaret Owen Ruckert

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social erosion - Right Now A poem by widely published poet and a competition winner, Margaret Owen Ruckert.

“Many young people do not know their rights or are too afraid to speak out, without knowledge of how this is possible or where to address their concerns.”

New on Right Now Inc: Megan Sapardanis explores how junior pay rates and weak enforcement allow Australian employers to underpay, overwork and silence young workers, and why it’s time that changed.

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Young, cheap and disposable: why Australia’s retail and food industry is failing young people - Right Now Too many corporations are getting away with exploting young workers, writes student Megan Sapardanis.

Denial.
A new poem by Tim Metcalf.
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New on our website, “waste colonisation” in Fiji

Shayal Devi reports for Right Now, The Citizen and Crikey.

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“Our children will be the ones who pay”

New from Amy Rust on Right Now: The Victorian Government delivered a historic apology to First Peoples this week, while at the same time introducing new youth justice laws that will allow children to be sentenced as adults.
This is part of a larger pattern: symbolic gestures in public, structural harm behind the scenes.

Yoorrook has made it clear that colonisation never ended. It continues through the systems that hyperincarcerate First Peoples today. The Government has chosen political convenience instead of protecting First Nations children.

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We can’t heal what colonialism broke with brutal laws and empty promises - Right Now A special kind of betrayal occurs when a government apologises for historic injustice while engineering new injustice.