Farid Farid
Detaining refugees doubles the risk of stress disorder
Detaining people seeking asylum in Australia more than doubles their odds of developing post-traumatic stress disorder. A national study published in the...
More than 40,000 people trapped in modern slavery in Australia
Moe Turaga never expected to end up enslaved in a rural Australian town when he left Fiji as a teenage boy to...
New migrant mums have higher risk of smaller babies
Migrant women who spend time immersing themselves in Australia are likely to experience better birth outcomes than new arrivals. A study led...
South Sudan football star Anyier Yuol recognised for refugee advocacy
Anyier Yuol was born in a Kenyan refugee camp to South Sudanese parents who died while she was young. Ms Yuol was...
‘Completely let down’: Refugee visa scheme under fire
Asylum seekers applying for refugee status in Australia feel let down by bureaucracy, with some driven to self harm. Murdoch University and...
‘We are not animals’: Refugees speak up about detention
Dozens of refugees have revealed their experiences in offshore detention and urged Australia to change its approach to asylum seekers. More than...
Research debunks myth of widespread Medicare fraud
About 85 per cent of GPs nationwide have saved Medicare over $350 million from undercharging patients in consultations, a new study has...
Palm Sunday rallies demand permanent visas for refugees
Hundreds of activists have gathered at Palm Sunday rallies around the country to demand the federal government give permanent visas for refugees...
Hanson slams Latham’s ‘disgusting’ tweet
Pauline Hanson has labelled one-time Labor leader turned One Nation MP Mark Latham’s homophobic slur toward a fellow MP “disgusting”, and urged...
Perrottet, Minns go toe to toe on selling NSW assets
Labor leader Chris Minns says NSW voters can’t trust the Liberals’ promise not to privatise Sydney Water, while Premier Dominic Perrottet maintains Labor can’t...