Morrison’s Ministerial Deceits Exemplify a Democracy in Crisis
The revelations that Scott Morrison was moonlighting as a shadow minister holding five extra portfolios other than his own, have not only laid bare the extent to which authoritarian tendencies have crept into government, but they also indicate that recent...
Calls for PM to Keep Promise Regarding War Powers Reform
With a bill calling for change on how our nation enters an overseas conflict back on the Senate agenda for debate, Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) are calling on the Albanese government to follow through on its preelection promise to...
“Taking Back Control”: Greens MLC Abigail Boyd on Nationalising the Energy Sector
Crises linked to our use of fossil fuels have become an everyday occurrence. If it’s not drought then it’s megafires or more recently, it’s the ongoing floods, and since the Morrison government dropped us in it, it’s the crisis in...
A Secret Consolidation of Power: Morrison Trashes Our Democratic System
The prime ministership wasn’t enough for Scott Morrison. Indeed, what’s become clear over recent days is he sought to secretly control other key ministries in the background, which gave him the ability to override any decisions the publicly sworn in...
Reason Party’s Fiona Patten on Public Religious Hospitals Denying Abortion in Victoria, Which Andrews Will Continue
The Victorian government voted down Reason MLC Fiona Patten’s legislation that aimed to prevent denominational hospitals, or publicly funded Catholic hospitals, from denying patients certain legally sanctioned procedures due to the religious doctrine the institution adheres to. The Health Legislation Amendment...
Prison Guard Charged with Murder of Aboriginal Detainee
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) NSW announced on 10 August that it was applying to the NSW Supreme Court to have a charge laid against a Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) officer, who shot a Wiradjuri man in...
Senate Probe Reveals that Albanese is Not Taking Action on Assange
Award-winning Australian journalist and truth-teller Julian Assange has been remanded in custody on behalf of the United States in London’s notorious Belmarsh Prison for three years now. The UK’s treatment of the Wikileaks founder inside has been deemed torture by the...
Mounting Corruption Likely the End for the NSW Coalition Government
Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro called in sick on Friday, prior to his scheduled appearance before the NSW Legislative Council Public Accountability Committee. The ex-NSW Nationals leader cited mental health as the reason why he couldn’t front up to...
First Nations Prison Rate Climbs, Despite Pandemic Drop in Overall Inmate Numbers
The NSW Bureau of Crimes Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) just released its state custody figures for June 2022, which indicate that inmate numbers have continued on with their downward spiral that commenced at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mid-year, there...
Government Will Keep its Crimes a Secret, While Continuing to Prosecute Whistleblowers
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus’ decision to drop the Bernard Collaery prosecution on 7 July was praised, as the ACT barrister was facing multiple charges over allegedly exposing our nation having bugged the Timor-Leste cabinet offices in 2004 to gain unfair advantage...
