Labor MP Stephen Lawrence Demands That Police Brutality Hearings Be Open to the Public
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission’s investigation into the New South Wales police use of excessive force upon protesters at the 9 February 2026 demonstration against the official visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog was again raised in NSW parliament this...
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AUKUS Is a Radioactive Waste Nightmare: Interview with AUKUS Inquiry Commissioner Karina Lester
The AUKUS public inquiry released its final report last week. The five inquiry commissioners have presented some stark realities around the defence pact between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, that at its heart is supposed to deliver...
The NSW Offence of Intentionally Recording an Intimate Image Without Consent
A 61-year old teacher at a Christian school in the Sydney suburb of Wahroonga was arrested last week over allegations of filming school students on the grounds of his place of employment, before being charged with five counts of intentionally...
UN Expert Denied Entry to Queensland and NT Child Prisons, in True Australian Form
United Nations special rapporteur on the rights of Indigenous peoples Dr Albert K Barume has just been refused entry into two Australian child prisons. The UN expert has been denied entry to the Cleveland youth facility located on Bindal and...
Nations Call on Citizens to Stockpile for War, Cyberattacks and Extreme Weather
At least thirteen nations across the planet have recently issued directives to their publics, calling on households to stockpile goods in preparedness for emergencies or disasters that involve the collapse of supply chains or critical infrastructure. And such nations include...
AI CCTV Scanning Proposed for Sydney City, While Drone Policing Is Being Rolled Out in Perth
After decades of warnings from civil liberties experts, technology has reached a point where a deluge of methods to surveil the public are being developed, deployed and honed. With the question relating to the most recently announced surveillance regimes -...
Defence Creates Federal Militarised Zones to Supersede State and Territory Laws
The Department of Defence introduced a bill last week that reforms defence legislation to accelerate the capability development needed to progress the 2026 National Defence Strategy (NDS). The bill establishes two key reforms that would end the need to seek...
UN Condemns US Terror War on Cartels and Calls for Drug Legalisation
Prominent United Nations special rapporteur Ben Saul has submitted a report to the UN General Assembly, in which he decries the recent shift in certain member states - think Trump’s America - classifying drug cartels as terrorists, when they should...
Pride in Protest Runs All Trans Women Ticket for Mardi Gras Board: Interview with Iris Street
Pride in Protest has just announced that it’s running an all trans women ticket for the 2026 Mardi Gras board election to be held at this year’s annual general meeting on 28 November 2026. This announcement comes after a turbulent...
The New Laws, Offences and Penalties Relating to Illegal E-Bikes in NSW
Dozens of cyclists in New South Wales have had their illegal e-bikes seized and destroyed over recent months, during two NSW Police Force blitzes on illegal e-bike use in the state, which have been carried out under the provisions of...
