NSW Police Force Attempts to Suppress Evidence Relating to Fatal Mental Health Shooting
Five NSW Police Force Tactical Operations officers stormed the home of Todd McKenzie at 10.15 pm on 31 July 2019, following a nine hour siege. An officer shot and killed the 40-year-old Taree man, whom it was well known suffered from...
NSW Police Are Still Using Sniffer Dogs to Arrest Over Tiny Amounts of Cannabis
Scrolling through the Sniff Off Facebook page, it’s clear from recent posts warning as to the whereabouts of NSW police officers deployed with accompanying drug detecting labradors that this antiquated law enforcement practice is back in full swing. A joint venture...
Thousands of Sydneysiders Rally for Abortion Rights, as Roe Versus Wade is Overturned in the US
“This is an elite court of law in the US that has made a decision that affects tens of millions of people - makes their lives worse - with the stroke of a pen,” said Unite Against the Right spokesperson Hersha...
Robodebt 2.0: Labor Moves to Hit Up the Unemployed for Debts Caused by Mismanagement
The ultimate issue with Robodebt, the Coalition government’s illegal automated debt collecting scheme, was the resulting human cost, which involved harming many struggling to survive on the pittance that’s doled out as social security benefits, and in some cases, it...
Albanese Retains Dutton’s Righthand-Man Mike Pezzullo as Home Affairs Boss
Prime minister Anthony Albanese’s 22 June decision to keep controversial senior public servant Mike Pezzullo on as home affairs secretary doesn’t bode well for the hope of progressive change the nation is currently bathing in with the coming of a new...
NSW Government Stalls on Inevitable Drug Reforms: An Interview With NUAA’s Dr Mary Ellen Harrod
Prior to COVID entering our world, the issue of illicit substances and the need to move away from the punitive law enforcement approach the NSW government and most others around the nation are taking to them was front and centre...
“This Litany of Horrors Degrades Our Whole Nation”: PJLU’s Fabia Claridge on Refugee Policy
Newly minted PM Anthony Albanese was part of a 2015 attempt to ensure that a future Labor government would reverse the Operation Sovereign Borders policy of turning back asylum seeker and refugee boats. Albanese’s first act in office, however, was to facilitate...
NSW Police Emboldened by Anti-Protest Regime, As Blockade Australia Takes the Streets
As the nation continues to bask in the light of hope the change in federal government has brought, at the street level in Sydney, the authoritarian creep is alive and well and getting stronger as is evidenced by the NSW...
Whistleblower David McBride Remains the Only One Charged Years After Brereton Report
Due to mounting evidence that war crimes were being perpetrated by Australian special forces in Afghanistan, the federal Coalition government established the four-year-long Brereton inquiry, which tabled its final report in November 2020. The report recommended that the Australian Federal Police...
The Sluggish Demise of Drug Prohibition Is Gaining Momentum
Right before the pandemic shut down shifted the focus of concern, NSW drug policy was under scrutiny with the then Berejiklian government baulking at pill testing trials to address drug-related deaths at events and rather attempting to shut down the festival industry...
