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Draconian Refugee Deportation Laws Carry All the Hallmarks of Albanese’s Howard Era

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The Albanese government released new refugee laws last Tuesday, which seek to ensure that asylum-seeking noncitizens who haven’t obtained refugee status must assist Immigration with their “removal pathway” or otherwise, face serious charging and incarceration. This can be spruiked to...
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Armed NSW Police Officers Shouldn’t Be Ordering Your Kids to Strip Off

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The NSW Police Force strip searched 1,546 children, 10- to 17-year-olds, over the seven years to June 2023, the Redfern Legal Centre revealed last week. This averages out to 220 kids annually being made to strip naked in front of...

Abortion Is No Longer a Criminal Offence Anywhere in Australia

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This week marked a historic milestone in Australia, with Western Australia finally passing legislation which repeals the criminal offence of having an abortion, bringing the state into line with the rest of the country.  Offence of abortion repealed nationwide The...

NSW Government Panders to Murdoch on Drug Law Reform, To the Detriment of NSW

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NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann last year laid the blame for the breakdown in the drug law reform agenda that had been progressed by members of the current NSW cabinet, only to then fall apart, at the feet of new...

Theo Speaks: Pro-Palestinian Citizen Threatened With Bomb Pushes for Terrorism Charges

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Imagine walking out to your driveway and finding a homemade bomb sitting on the bonnet of your car. The explosive device is made of a jerry can, partially filled with petrol, with a rag hanging out. Bolts are strapped to...

Drug Driving in NSW: Lawful Cannabis Use and Honest Mistake Are No Defence

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The medicinal cannabis industry in Australia was long criticised for its slow laborious movement towards accessible product. However, over recent years, the snail pace has developed into a gallop, as the nation, it was announced in January, has now one...

Another Australian Father Slated for Deportation, as Labor Continues Morrison’s Harsh Regime

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Australia has always had a nasty policy of deporting people from the continent. And this has been ever-increasingly so since former prime minister Scott Morrison oversaw the passing a suite of immigration character test and deportation amendments when immigration minister...

Prison as the Last Result: Fundamental Democratic Principle in Danger

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Prison as a last resort is a fundamental principle across modern Western democracies. Indeed, the idea that a person should not lose their liberty unless there is no alternative has been embodied in the common law for hundreds of years,...

When Can a Police Officer Be Removed from the NSW Police Force?

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The New South Wales police officer accused of murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies has been removed from the New South Wales Police Force.  Former senior constable Beau Lamarre-Condon was arrested on 23 February 2024 and charged with murdering the...

NSW Police Officers Assault and Arrest Pro-Palestinian Protesters in Sydney

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Sydney pro-Palestinian unionists and activists blocked off the road leading into Port Botany’s Patrick Terminal on Sunday night, targeting the Ganges container ship, which docked early that morning to unload goods bound for Australia, as the boat belongs to Israeli...
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