Criminal law in many Asian countries continues to punish homosexuality. Australia should make its voice heard to support LGBTIQ people in the region closest to us, writes Michael Kirby.
Economics is at the heart of Indigenous wellbeing and merely changing words in the Constitution would do little to address Indigenous disadvantage, former High Court Judge Michael Kirby has told a UNSW audience.
Former High Court judge Michael Kirby will headline a UNSW panel debate on the health and social consequences of Indigenous incarceration, to mark NAIDOC week.
Mahatma Gandhi’s central messages on women’s rights, the environment, animal rights and sexuality, continue to “challenge us, disturb us and shake us out of our complacency,” Michael Kirby has told a capacity audience at UNSW’s Gandhi Oration.
High Court Judge Michael Kirby has received UNSW's highest honour - an honorary Doctorate of Laws - and urged graduating law students to work for change in the legal system.