Protesting Australia’s Peak Far-Right Gathering: CARR’s Owen Marsden-Readford on CPAC
Billed as “the largest and most prominent conference for conservatives and liberty lovers in Australia”, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was set to take place over the 1st of October weekend at Sydney’s Luna Park, until it wasn’t. Featuring...
The Office of the Governor General Is No Longer Tenable
Whilst prime minister Anthony Albanese has downplayed the role of Scott Morrison-appointed Australian governor general David Hurley’s role in the multiple ministries saga, there are clear signs that the part played by “Her Majesty’s representative in the Commonwealth” was problematic. As...
Fighting Near Nuclear Power Plant Threatens the Globe
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general Rafael Grossi announced in a tweet on Monday morning, that he and his team of inspectors will arrive at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant later this week to “protect the safety and security of Ukraine’s...
Inside Bangkok’s Legal Cannabis Café
Bangkok’s backpacker mecca Khao San Road has gone through a lot of changes over recent decades. The slick neon-lit bars lining much of the street are a far cry from the more down-home establishments of the past. But the most...
Torres Strait Masig Statement Calls for Regional Autonomy by 2037
The people of the Torres Strait Islands came together on Tuesday to release The Masig Statement: Malungu Yangu Wakay - Voice from the Deep. The release of the document came a week after prime minister Anthony Albanese and Indigenous affairs minister...
Morrison’s Multiple Ministry Plan Was Hatched Early On, Suggests Solicitor General
A startling fact that Australian solicitor general Stephen Donaghue identified in his advice on the Morrison multiple ministries scandal is that there’s evidence the former PM had been contemplating secretly taking on the administration of extra departments from his early days...
“A Legal Quagmire”: Georgatos on Incarcerating Youths in Casuarina Adult Prison
The WA Department of Justice transferred 17 youth detainees aged from 14 to 17 into Casuarina Prison, an adult maximum-security facility, on 20 July, as the conditions at their former place of detention, Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre, were reaching crisis...
“A Crime Against Humanity”: Independent MP Andrew Wilkie on Ending Mandatory Detention
The staggered release of the Medevac refugees from long-term detention in hotels scattered across the nation, which began in December 2020 and came to a close right before this year’s election, brought a lengthy campaign to see them out and living in...
Australia Has a Nasty Habit of Incarcerating Children It Doesn’t Want to Kick
The Queensland Labor government, along with the opposition Liberal National Party, One Nation MPs and those from Katter’s Australian Party, all voted against preventing children aged 10 to 13 from being imprisoned, as well as releasing those already inside. Voted...
Wikipedia Is Influencing Judicial Decisions, Study Finds
Individuals awaiting trial after being charged with a serious indictable offence are usually under a lot of stress, which would only be compounded if they thought the judge presiding over their case was regularly consulting Wikipedia as a source of authority....
