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Translated runes shed 'compelling' new light on who owned Galloway Hoard

A NEWLY translated runic inscription has shed “compelling” new light on who might have owned the Galloway Hoard, experts have announced ...

The National (Scotland)

Newly translated runes shed ‘compelling’ new light on who owned Galloway Hoard

The Viking Age hoard was discovered by a metal detectorist in Balmaghie, near Kirkcudbright, in 2014.

Evening Standard

Maria felt pressured to sign an NDA after being sexually harassed. Now she’s speaking out against the practice

Hopes are rising that a push for change in Victoria means victims will no longer be ‘badgered into silence’

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How can racism be eliminated from Australia? This is what the national anti-racism framework recommends

For the first time Australia has a ‘comprehensive plan’ to tackle ‘deeply embedded’ racism, discrimination commissioner says

The Guardian - AU

Strictly: three ways the show can make things better for all dancers

With a new series of Strictly Come Dancing just getting started on BBC1, much of the media build-up to this year’s show has focused on reports of threatening and abusive rehearsal room behaviour by two professional dancers towards their celebrity partners.

The Conversation

‘So demeaning’: Melbourne woman denied service by 10 cabs in one booking over guide dog

Debra Simons filed complaint against 13Cabs with human rights commission, and was offered a $100 gift voucher after company argued it does not directly employ drivers

The Guardian - AU

Letter excerpts read in Senate accuse Australian Human Rights Commission of mistreating staff who support Palestine

Former AHRC staff member alleged management viewed her Palestinian identity as a risk and leaked information about her to a shock jock, Mehreen Faruqi tells parliament

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Elon Musk’s Tesla is promising to sell a humanoid robot. It could be the first of many

Elon Musk’s recent announcement on Twitter that “Tesla will have genuinely useful humanoid robots in low production for Tesla internal use next year” suggests that robots that have physical human-like characteristics and provide “genuinely useful” function might be with us soon.

The Conversation

Hunter lives in hope of winning government's funding shell game

"We live in hope of winning the shell game."

Newcastle Herald

Drugs, alcohol and ‘horrendous’ attacks in detention centres leave ABF reeling

Commissioner Michael Outram appeals for greater powers to manage ‘high level of risk’ and worrying rates of addiction in facilities

The Guardian - AU

Border force apologises for failing to prevent ‘misconduct’ after reports found bullying and harassment

Exclusive: Apology issued to staff includes pledge ‘to foster a safe, inclusive, empowered, accountable and supportive workplace’

The Guardian - AU

It’s time for the Australian Human Rights Commission to stand up for the women of commercial TV

Complaints abound of a toxic culture rife with sexual harassment and unlawful discrimination. Women shouldn’t have to fight this battle on their own

The Guardian - AU

Damning report alleges sexual discrimination and harassment by ABF officers

Exclusive: Human rights commission finds ‘potentially unlawful conduct or inappropriate behaviour’ towards women is rife in Australian Border Force

The Guardian - AU

Secret report warns Australian Border Force’s marine unit is ‘not safe for women’

Exclusive: Human rights commission calls for immediate intervention in the division and says sexism and bullying are rife

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Boost drug search powers, make immigration detention ‘last resort’, watchdog says

Watchdog argues drug search powers should be boosted to fix system that is ‘not fit for purpose’ as home affairs department rejects multiple recommendations

The Guardian - AU

Israel must allow humanitarian relief to reach Gaza, Australia and UK say in new joint statement – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Secret Serco rating system for immigration detainees must be scrapped, say Greens

Senator Nick McKim says company’s ‘opaque’ SRAT security assessment tool ‘has severe implications for fundamental human rights’

The Guardian - AU

Julian Leeser accuses Australian Human Rights Commission of failing to address antisemitism

Commission chief says organisation has actively condemned antisemitism as well as Islamophobia linked to Israel-Gaza war

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Australian immigration detainees’ lives controlled by secret rating system developed by Serco

Security Risk Assessment Tool – or SRAT – and similar algorithmic tools condemned as ‘abusive’ and ‘unscientific’

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: the secret algorithm that controls the lives of Serco’s immigration detainees

The opaque risk rating system, used in Australian detention centres, is riddled with errors and effectively makes the company ‘judge, jury and executioner’, says one former detainee

The Guardian - AU

Mark Dreyfus approved human rights commission’s intervention in indefinite detention case

Attorney general signed off on AHRC’s intervention in favour of the plaintiff NZYQ, provided it made clear it was doing so on its own behalf

The National (Scotland)

New research and development labs to boost Scotland’s screen sector

SCOTLAND’S screen and performance industries are to be boosted by a new multi-million-pound research and development (R&D) lab with sites…

The Guardian - AU

‘Not proportionate’: Australian government urged to axe extraordinary terror powers amid low threat level

Australian Human Rights Commission says preventive detention regime is now harder to justify

The Guardian - AU

In the aftermath of the voice referendum, how can we unbork a polarised Australia? Here are three ways forward

A national anti-racism framework, a Human Rights Act and discrimination law could all do a lot of good, especially for Indigenous Australians

The Guardian - UK

Living with long Covid, I’m terrified of being reinfected with one of the new variants

After 1,284 days, I’m only just recovering from the coronavirus but there’s no vaccine for the likes of me

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