The Time Is Ripe for Drug Law Reform in New South Wales
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann hit the opening of the 58th NSW parliament running, as she moved four notices of motion on its second day indicating soon-to-be-tabled bills on key drug law reforms: pill testing, cannabis legalisation, a medical cannabis driving defence and decriminalisation....
The Roberts-Smith Atrocities Lay Bare the Lies of Australia’s Role in Afghanistan
Australians have since been aghast over the outcome of the Ben Roberts-Smith case delivered last Thursday, which saw the Federal Court’s civil division find that that the defendant media companies had discharged their legal onus of proving, on the balance of...
Churches Use New Tactic to Avoid Paying Compensation to Child Sexual Abuse Victims
“This is a very disturbing case of history repeating,” declared Senator David Shoebridge, in relation to Christian institutions once again employing legal thuggery to avoid paying victims of historical sexual abuse perpetrated by their own clergy. “And it’s the worst...
The NSW Public Trustee Is Liberally Selling Off Managed Persons Assets, Says APTAGIE
“Imagine being under the control of a state-appointed guardian or public trustee and not being allowed to grab an ice coffee for a treat, buy presents for the grandkids or to replace your ill-fitting underwear?” posed Independent MP Andrew Wilkie...
Minns Hangs Pork Barrelling Window Dressing, as Boyd Says the Public Wants Real Reform
NSW has a fine tradition of pork barrelling, which is the preferential distribution of public money to government-held electorates or marginal seats, despite the fact that most of the public considers the practice corruption. And the ministers of the previous...
Albanese Has Agreed to Australia Being Designated a US Domestic Military Source in Law
Since PM Anthony Albanese graced San Diego with his presence to announce the details of the close to half a trillion dollar AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal in March, discussion over whether the federal government is eroding Australian sovereignty to the benefit of...
The PwC Scandal Exemplifies How the System Favours Corporates Over Citizens
Then federal treasurer Joe Hockey announced in May 2015, that as part of that year’s budget, the Abbott government would be implementing a package to combat multinational tax avoidance to prevent such entities from continuing with contrived arrangements to avoid paying...
NSW Has a Police Problem, Says Higginson, “Use of Excessive Force and Misconduct are Systemic”
NSW police senior constable Kristian White pulled his taser out, as 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who was holding a steak knife, was approaching with the aid of her walking frame, and the 33-year-old officer then stunned her with his device....
Disruptive Protest Is Necessary, Says Extinction Rebellion, as SA Antiprotest Regime Likely to Pass
Amnesty International organised a 500 hundred strong protest in the Adelaide CBD last Friday evening, as civil society groups, unions and climate defenders marched united in their demand that the Malinauskas government’s proposed extreme antiprotest regime is not enacted into law....
Neo-Nazis Openly Demonstrating on the Australian Streets Is a Dire Concern
Nazis have existed in Australian suburbia going back at least as far as the 1980s. The early 90s movie Romper Stomper is testament to that. But these groups were fractured and unorganised. And whilst committing the odd act of vandalism or...
