2008 Human Rights Medals and Awards
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2008 Winners
2008 Shortlists
These shortlisted entries are not listed in any order of preference. Please note there are no shortlists for the Human Rights Medal or the Young People’s Human Rights Medal.
Law Award (sponsored by the Law Council of Australia)
Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement
Bill Mitchell
David Manne
Gregory McIntyre SC
Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS)
Community Award (Individual)
Shelley Argent
Sharon Boyce
Ivan ‘Tiwu’ Copley
Bill Mitchell
Charandev Singh
Community Award (Organisation)
Accessible Arts
GetUp!
Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Brisbane Inc.
Refugee and Immigration Legal Service (RAILS)
Youth Referral and Independent Person Program
Television Award
Angels and Demons
Sonya Pemberton, Andrew Denton and Anita Jacoby
Enough Rope with Andrew Denton, ABC Television
Hope
Steve Thomas and Sue Brooks
Flying Carpet Films
In my Shoes
Quentin McDermott, Steve Taylor and Stephen Skinner
Four Corners, ABC Television
Secret Trade
John Stewart (Producer)
Lateline, ABC Television
Young Carers
Peter Kirkwood, Deb Prince, Rose Hesp, Dina Volaric
Compass, ABC Television
Print Media Award
National Apology: commemorative liftout
Kirstie Parker (Editor)
Koori Mail
Funeral funds: door to door death
Joel Gibson
The Sydney Morning Herald
Serving up mediocrity and Dismantling mediocrity - two-part series
Link Disability Magazine
32 Weeks – 5 1/2 Years
Julie-Anne Davies
The Bulletin
Diversity, Difference and Diagnosis (D3) issues - series
Copeland Publishing: The ‘Child’ Magazines
Literature Non-Fiction Award
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The Jihad Seminar
Hanifa Deen
Trafficked
Kathleen Maltzahn
Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice
Julian Burnside
Mastering Bipolar Disorder: An insider's guide to managing mood swings and finding balance
Kerrie Eyers and Gordon Parker (Eds)
Human Rights Over Board: Seeking Asylum in Australia
Linda Briskman, Susie Latham and Chris Goddard
The Tall Man - Death and Life on Palm Island
Chloe Hooper
Radio Award
Exposed to moral danger: The story of the Hay Institution for Girls
Ann Arnold
Hindsight, ABC Radio National
No Money, No Car: Stories of everyday poverty
Nicole Steinke
Street Stories, ABC Radio National
Central Australia - The Intervention Part 1, The Intervention Part 2 - Regulating Grog, The Intervention Part 3 - Bush Courts
Damien Carrick and Anita Barraud
The Law Report, ABC Radio National
Stolen Wages Series
Stefan Armbruster
SBS Radio
Up the line to Goodna: Stories from Inside the Asylum (three part series)
Natasha Mitchell and Anita Barraud
All in the Mind, ABC Radio National
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