The Unholy Alliance Between the Perrottet Government and 2GB Shock Jocks
NSW roads minister Natalie Ward called into the 2GB Ben Fordham show on 14 March this year, to complain about climate protesters having blocked traffic on the Spit Bridge, stating “she was sick of it”, as she’d been stuck with...
“A Case of Cultural Genocide”: Kathmandu Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office’s Karma Gyaltsen
These days, there are around 20,000 Tibetan refugees living in Nepal. This is a nation that shares a common border with the country Tibet, which is now referred to as the Tibetan Autonomous Region: a province of China. Although, the use...
Nationwide Vigils After White Man Bludgeons First Nations Youth to Death
A group of white men in a ute pulled up beside some teens walking home from school in the Perth suburb of Middle Swan on 13 October, and 21-year-old Jack Brearley jumped out and bashed 15-year-old Noongar boy Cassius Turvey to...
ACT Decriminalises Drug Possession: Labor MP Michael Pettersson on Forging Reform
That the century-old system of drug prohibition is a failure is well-established in legal circles, amongst medical experts, those who partake in illicit substances, families who’ve lost loved ones to the use of them, and a growing cross section of...
The Coalition Has Made It That Much Easier for NSW Police to Access Electronic Devices
Obviously, the NSW Police Force has been whispering into police minister Paul Toole’s ear about its officers not having enough powers when policing the general public, as the Perrottet government has just passed a plethora of bills to placate its chief...
Invited UN Inspectors Cut Visit Short, as Rights Violations Continue Under Albanese
The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) on Sunday cut its long-awaited visit to our nation short, due to a number of state authorities denying cooperation to the independent experts, whilst supposedly rights-forward PM Anthony Albanese has been...
Standing With Thorpe: An Uncompromising First Nations Voice in Parliament
Lidia Thorpe is not someone who made the decision to enter Australian parliament lightly, one would presume. She grew up amongst staunch First Nations rights activists, who vocally assert and continue to uphold their sovereignty over stolen lands. Australian parliament...
Land of the Gods: Nepalese Hindu Deities in Pictures
If ever a visitor in Nepal, one should be mindful that if you appear to be the first customer on entering a shop early morning, your subsequent actions have consequences for the rest of the store owner’s day. If you...
“Birds Without Wings”: Undocumented Tibetans Refugees in Nepal Await Return Home
Being a majority Buddhist people, Tibetans well understand the concept of impermanence, or the temporary nature of all things. And at Tashiling, a permanent Tibetan settlement in Nepal that grew out of a short-term refugee camp, the temporary still reigns...
McBride to Argue Public Interest Defence Next Week, Under Flawed Laws
Former ADF lawyer David McBride is set to appear before the ACT Supreme Court on 27 October, as his public interest disclosure defence hearings commence, under legislation that federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus drafted himself, and now admits is problematic...
