Australia’s fossil fuel exports places the country among the world’s biggest climate polluters - new by UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/new-data-…

New report out today documenting how our coal & gas exports are linked to human rights degradation both at home and globally #climatecrisis #australia Robert McCorquodale Surya Deva Ebony Birchall Tara Van Ho Nadia Bernaz Dr. Doro Baumann-Pauly Vanessa Zimmerman Shaeron Yapp unglobalcompactau

“The Australian public deserve to know the truth about this and the consequences for us.” - Guardian Australia reports on the Institute's latest research into Australia's fossil fuel exports and the damage they're doing to our climate. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

"Our own exports are helping make Australia's climate more dangerous and costly to live in, selling our children and their futures short." canberratimes.com.au/story/8726887/…

Parliament is currently considering a new bill from David Pocock and Kylea Tink MP that calls for housing to be considered a fundamental human right. Read Chris Martin from UNSW City Futures Research Centre on how this could work and why housing should be a human right. theconversation.com/a-new-bill-is-…

The leadership team behind the new Centre for Sex and Gender Equity in Health and Medicine discuss NHMRC's statement advocating for sex, gender, variations of sex characteristics and sexual orientation to be considered in health and medical research: bit.ly/NHMRCstatement

COMMENTARY | Institute Associate and UNSW Scientia Professor Carla Treloar co-authors a new piece on rising inequality in Australia and the need for a new understanding of how people live, not just economics. unsw.edu.au/newsroom/news/…

'Economic understanding of inequality is  necessary but not sufficient to act on inequality and help us define what fairer futures and opportunities for Australia might be' Carla Treloar Surya Deva Professor Dr Megan Davis

The new Justice Inclusion Access (JINA) program UNSW is about understanding the higher education and career development challenges of women from forced migration backgrounds. The great team behind this includes our own Sherine Al Shallah | شيرين الشلاح 👏canberratimes.com.au/story/8736119/…

APPLY NOW | There are just 10 days to go for UNSW students to apply for one of the Institute's paid, six-week fellowships with a leading international development or human rights organisation. Learn more: bit.ly/GSFprogram

OUT NOW | The destructive force of Australia's massive fossil fuel exports, a rethink of how we look at inequality + the serious labor abuses still lurking in supply chains. Read the Human Rights Defender here: bit.ly/HRD_35 Subscribe here: bit.ly/HRDSubscribe

CLOSING THIS WEEK | Applications close Sunday, 1 September for UNSW students interested in the Australian Human Rights Institute's paid, six-week fellowships with a leading international development or human rights organisation. Learn more and apply here: bit.ly/GSFprogram

STUDENT BLOG | Institute interns Angel Barber and Stella Wailes look at what a Human Rights Act could mean for housing security and whistleblower protections in Australia: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/blogs…

CLOSING SUNDAY | UNSW students have until 1 September to submit an application for one of the Institute's paid, six-week fellowships with a leading international development or human rights organisation. Learn more and apply now: bit.ly/GSFprogram

New Institute research has revealed Australia is the second-largest climate polluter when calculated by total carbon emissions from its massive fossil fuel exports – beaten only by Russia, but ahead of every OPEC country and the US. Learn more: bit.ly/ReportEscalati…

COMMENTARY | Institute Associate and UNSW Scientia Professor Carla Treloar on rising inequality in Australia and the need for a new understanding of how people live, not just economics: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/inequalit…

EVENT | Join the Australian Human Rights Institute, UNSW Disability Innovation Institute and a panel of experts on Monday 16 September for a discussion about disaster preparedness and disability, as part of #UNSWDiversityFestival. eventbrite.com.au/e/disability-i…

STUDENT BLOG | Australian Journal of Human Rights intern Amy Ridge looks at the incredibly precarious position of asylum seekers in Australia, between fear of persecution at the hands of one State and arbitrary detention at the hands of another: humanrights.unsw.edu.au/students/blogs…

New Instagram post by Groundswell Giving featuring the recent UNSW Australian Human Rights Institute report on Australia’s fossil fuel exports. instagram.com/p/C_hymo2t7lm/…

NEWS | The Institute joins with leading health institutes to call on the Federal Government to ensure the 2026 census includes questions that will gather comprehensive data to support LGBTI+ communities. humanrights.unsw.edu.au/news/advocatin…