Officer Charged with Fabricating Evidence, But His Victim Explains that Coverups Run Deep
When NSW police constable Daniel Keneally answered the phone at Newtown Police Station on 24 February 2021 to speak to the caller, Luke Brett Moore, neither man knew the other. Wanting to discuss this state’s police misuse of strip searches,...
UN Rules Australian Climate Inaction Is Violating Torres Strait Islander Rights
The UN Human Rights Commission found on 22 September, that the Australian government is indeed failing the peoples of the low-lying Torres Strait Islands, due to its refusal to take adequate action on the climate crisis, which in turn, is adversely impacting...
Let’s Legalise It: Senator Shoebridge on Legislating Lawful Cannabis Nationwide
Since Australian Greens Senator David Shoebridge announced he’ll be introducing legislation into federal parliament with the aim of legalising cannabis for recreational use, there’s been a distinct feeling in the air that this is going to come to fruition. And...
Served His Time, Seeking Return: An Interview with Deported “Jailhouse Lawyer” David McCulloch
Former Victoria police drug squad sergeant Malcolm Rosenes was last week charged with drug trafficking, which, according to “jailhouse lawyer” David McCulloch, marks a return to the former detective’s old ways, as he was sentenced to prison on seven counts of...
NSW Parliament to Consider Medicinal Cannabis Defence to Drug Driving
“The current outdated roadside drug testing laws have very real impacts on the people of NSW, who should not have to choose between being in pain and losing their jobs,” said NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann in relation to people...
Corruption Will Continue to be Hidden, Under Proposed Federal Anti-Corruption Commission
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus introduced legislation into federal parliament on 28 September to establish the fabled anticorruption watchdog, which Coalition leader Peter Dutton has indicated his party will likely support, after it dragged its feet on the issue during the Morrison...
Karen Refugees from Myanmar Spend Decades in UN-Run Thai Camps, as Recent Arrivals Are Returned
Along the Trak province Thai border region with Myanmar, there are a series of three refugee camps, with over 54,000 displaced persons living within them. The overwhelming majority residing in the camps are Karen people, some of whom have been living...
High Times in the Land of Smiles: Some Snaps
The Thai government removed the entire cannabis plant from its scheduling as a narcotic in early 2022, which meant that, as of June, the plant has been legal. And a proliferation of licenced farms cultivating it and retail outlets selling the...
Unrestricted and Alive: Thailand Street Life in Pictures
One of the first things that strikes an Australian strolling through any city or regional town in Thailand is the prevalence of street vendors selling tasty food at cheap prices on the side of the road, with the provision of...
Climate Defender’s Mental Health Application Succeeds in Court
Mali Cooper was the courageous Blockade Australia climate defender, who, on 27 June 2022, as part of a broader citywide protest blocked the northern entrance to the Sydney Harbour Tunnel with their car, causing morning peak hour disruption, aiming to alert...
