Decriminalising Drugs Would Enable Police to Focus on Serious Crime
As anti-drug dog campaign Sniff Off posted an image of NSW police at Central Station in March 2019, it was clear that law enforcement were taking matters to an extreme, as not only were officers accompanied by dogs, but they were further...
Have a Very Perrottet Christmas, Let’s Make Sure It’s Our Last
As a Christian fundamentalist and ultraconservative neocon, NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has done a fine job of maintaining an outward appearance in the public sphere that conveys a regular Aussie guy, whilst he holds viewpoints and social values that border on...
“I Am Proud of the Position I Have Taken”: ADF Whistleblower David McBride on Standing Up for Truth
The 17th recommendation made in the May 2021 report of the Senate inquiry into press freedom was that the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions reconsider continuing the case against ADF whistleblower David McBride “on strong public interest grounds”. The inquiry was...
“The Weakest Proposal for the Advancement of Aboriginal People”: Michael Mansell on the Voice
According to the PM, the Voice to Parliament referendum is set to be put to the Australian constituency in the second half of next year. And the results of a poll released this week, show that 50 percent of the population...
Sydney Demands the Criminal Charges Against Climate Defenders Be Dropped
Recent weeks have shone a light on the outcomes of the NSW Liberal National government’s crackdown on climate defenders, which commenced with the establishment of NSW Police Strike Force Guard in March and further saw the enactment of a new...
Climate Defender Emma Dorge Will Be Sentenced Tomorrow Over Port Botany Action
Climate defender Emma Dorge is to return to the Downing Centre Local Court tomorrow, after having secured a plea deal on 14 December, which involved her two most serious charges being dropped, whilst she pleaded guilty to four lesser charges. ...
Sovereign Citizens: A Burgeoning Breed of Domestic Terrorist
Published: 20 December 2022 Last week’s massacre at Wieambilla in the Queensland Western Downs region reveals that the schism that developed in Australian society during the pandemic lockdown period has produced a small but dangerous group of new extremist actors....
Climate Defender Emma Dorge Takes Plea Deal Over Nonviolent Direct Action
Climate defender Emma Dorge went before the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday, 14 December 2022 over charges relating to her having suspended herself by a bipod to the side of a Port Botany freight bridge blocking all rail coming...
Violet Coco Speaks: We’re in Disaster Alley on Climate and Emergency Transition Is Needed
Violet Coco has put herself on the line in taking protest actions aimed at saving the planet from climate collapse. And in having been arrested on numerous occasions over the last few years, the ardent climate defender has shown determination...
Andrews Protest Crackdown Is Growing the Movement, Says GECO’s Tuffy Morwitzer
In the aftermath of the 2019-20 Black Summer bushfires, which saw two-thirds of protected East Gippsland forest burnt to the ground, the Andrews government immediately determined to greenlight the ongoing logging of the region without making any accommodation for loss. Needless...
