An Australian Republic: Morrison Scandal Marks Death Knell of British Crown
Governor general David Hurley stood by as then prime minister Scott Morrison made a powerplay to obtain the keys to five additional government departments. Holding ultimate power, Hurley, the Queen’s representative down under, either did this with the understanding that...
Adani v Dad: Mining Giant Continues Supreme Court Case Against Brisbane Father
Galilee Blockade activist Ben Pennings is currently being dragged through the Queensland Supreme Court by the world’s fourth richest individual, Gautam Adani, as the Indian mining magnate seeks $17 million in damages over campaigning against his Carmichael coal mine. As part...
Morrison Scandal Highlights the Folly of the First Nations Voice Relying on Good Faith
The Morrison multiple ministries scandal has exposed a significant issue with relying on convention in politics. Convention involves carrying out a particular process in an established manner that’s not governed by a specific law but is rather guaranteed by its...
Rohingya Genocide Case Against Myanmar Continues in International Court
The Arakan Rohingya National Organisation has welcomed the announcement that the United Kingdom and Germany will be intervening in The Gambia versus Myanmar proceedings that are currently before the International Court of Justice. Filed with the ICJ registrar in November 2019...
Domestic Violence Groups Call for Greater Community Consultation for Coercive Control Laws
Midnight on Wednesday saw the “short six-week consultation period” close on submissions to the NSW government’s coercive control legislation, and an impressive list of domestic and family violence advocates are calling for an extension, as, currently, the draft is potentially harmful....
Empowering Myanmar’s Indigenous Refugee Women: An Interview With the WEAVE Foundation’s Mitos Urgel
WEAVE Women operates a series of development projects, which aim to empower women from Indigenous minorities, who’ve fled across the border from Myanmar into north-western Thailand and are currently living in refugee camps along the border. Headquartered in Thailand’s second...
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...
