NSW Police Needs Greater Transparency Around Domestic Violence, Says DVNSW’s Renata Field
Currently, there are at least six senior police officers, who’ve recently been found guilty of serious domestic violence offences, yet they’re continuing to serve on the NSW Police Force. Indeed, over 2018-21, 56 officers were charged with domestic violence offences and...
The Solomons: Australia Offered Fruit-Picking, While China Offers Economic Stability
During the 2019 Pacific Island Forum, nations raised concerns about Australia’s fossil fuel industry and the climate impact it’s having on their environments. Then deputy PM Michael McCormack, however, said this annoyed him, as these nations would be able to survive...
This Anzac Day, ADF Veterans Call on Government for War Powers Reform
Anzac Day is a moment when the Australian public collectively pauses to contemplate the Australia Defence Force personnel who fell in conflicts on foreign soil. The futility of war is particularly pertinent this year with the brutality of the Russian invasion...
Coalition Attempts to Retake Warringah Using Extreme Anti-Trans Bigotry
Senior Liberal officials have outlined that when they were screening Katherine Deves for the key electoral seat of Warringah, they weren’t made aware that she was an anti-trans tyrant, which seems to imply the party may have had second thoughts...
Campaigning 2022: Which Major Can We Trust to Treat Refugees With the Most Cruelty?
Having fled their countries of origin due to conflict or persecution, often with little more than the clothes on their backs, refugees are some of the most desperate people on the planet. And in our country, they’ve also played a...
“An Extraordinary Wave of Extreme Sentences” as the Coalition Stamps Out Dissent
Andrew George ran onto the field at Sydney’s Pointsbet Stadium during a Sharks versus the Tigers football match on 10 April. Wearing a cape emblazoned with Fireproof Australia and carrying a flare, his aim was to draw attention to the climate...
Imprisoned for Defending the Climate: An Interview With Blockade Australia’s Max Curmi
After scaling multiple barbed wire fences to waltz into Sydney’s Port Botany, Max Curmi scaled a 60-metre-high crane at around 2 pm on 25 March and achieved his aim, which was to obstruct the loading of the ship beneath him,...
Climate Revolution Now: An Interview With Scientist Rebellion’s Karin Xuereb
Back in the day, the process of disseminating the message that the climate is collapsing to the point of no return was clear. The scientists did the research, produced the evidence, and the activists held public demonstrations to raise awareness....
ASIO Depoliticises Its Far-Right Surveillance Targets, Yet Continues Its Islamophobia
The largest and most devastating terrorist attack committed by an Australian national over recent times was the 15 March 2019 Christchurch massacre that saw an Anglo Australian gun down 51 Muslims worshipping at mosques on New Zealand soil. This action was heavily...
High Court Delays Collaery Decision as Government Seeks Further Secrecy
The High Court was set to deliberate last week upon whether the full transcript of the 2021 ACT Court of Appeal case Collaery versus The Queen (No 2) could be made publicly available, as federal attorney general Michaela Cash has...
