Star Sued Over Money Laundering: An Interview with First AML’s Milan Cooper
Australian government financial intelligence agency AUSTRAC last week announced that its launched proceedings against Sydney Star Casino and Star Entertainment Queensland (Star Entities) in relation to “alleged serious and systemic noncompliance” with money laundering protections. The federal agency claims that Star Entities...
“Stand Up and Take Back Your Homelands”: Gurridyula on His Mission to Stop Adani
A few months back, a video clip featuring two Aboriginal men marching down the centre of an outback road, as one of them was rapping at the camera, was going viral on social media networks, as the power of the...
Free Violet Coco: Sydney Retakes the Streets Calling for an End to Perrottet’s War on Protest
A huge turnout of Violet Coco supporters rallied outside NSW Parliament House at 1pm on Monday, calling for the climate defender to be released from prison after she was sentenced to 15 months goal time for blocking a lane of...
Finally, Positive Movement on the Extralegal Political Prosecution of Assange
When teal independent Dr Monique Ryan quizzed Anthony Albanese in the chamber on 30 November as to whether his government would intervene on behalf of journalist Julian Assange, an Australian PM finally provided some decisive words in support of ending the...
Sydney Deputy Mayor Calls Out Heavy-Handed NSW Police, Ahead of WorldPride
The warrantless use of sniffer dogs by NSW police in public has been rising since it commenced in the early 2000s. And over the last decade, officers have been increasingly using strip searches in response to a drug dog indication,...
Nonviolent Climate Defender Sentenced to Imprisonment
To the shock of her numerous supporters gathered at the Downing Centre Courthouse today, NSW Magistrate Allison Hawkins sentenced Violet Coco to 15 months imprisonment, with non-parole set at 8 months, as well as imposing a $2,500 fine. Extinction Rebellion...
City of Sydney Calls on Perrottet to Revoke Draconian Anti-Protest Laws
The activist community in NSW is not, as some media portrays it, a group of antisocial nihilists attempting to disrupt society for kicks, but rather its people dedicating their own time and energy to campaign for reforms predominantly related to...
Half of All COVID Fines Revoked, as NSW Supreme Court Rules Three Invalid
In a statement a week prior to the Redfern Legal Centre challenge to COVID fines issued by NSW police taking place, acting principal solicitor Sam Lee said, the case was about more than just two fines, rather it spoke to “the need...
Turning Lip Service into Action: An Interview with Labor Candidate Stephen Lawrence
The recent wipe out of the Liberal Nationals in Victoria does not bode well for the Perrottet government in NSW. And with a state election looming next March, it’s more than likely that the Coalition will soon be dislodged from...
Appointing Deputy Commissioner to Reform QPS Is a Mistake, Warns Whistleblower Rick Flori
Publicly released last week, A Call for Change is a report into the Queensland Police Service response to family and domestic violence carried out by an independent commission led by Queensland Judge Deborah Richards, which has caused quite a stir. The report...
