Victoria Decriminalises Sex Work: A Victory for Workers
Tuesday saw Victoria become the third jurisdiction in Australia, and the fourth globally, to decriminalise sex work. This will see the local industry operate in accordance with regular business laws, as well as the improvement of standards and the enhancement...
Death in Custody Questions Mount as Dunghutti Teen Dies After Police Collision
Dunghutti teenager Jai Wright died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last Sunday night after he collided with an unmarked police car at an intersection in inner city Sydney’s South Eveleigh on Saturday 19 February. NSW Police News reported the incident...
Roadside Drug Testing Aims to Punish Illicit Users, Not Save Lives
Back in 1970s Australia, drink driving was socially acceptable amongst a large portion of the population. And whilst on the books it was outlawed, unless a vehicle was discernibly swerving its way down a road, a drunk driver would likely make...
Join the Radical Counter Mardi Gras: An Interview With Pride in Protests’ Wei Thai-Haynes
The second Mardi Gras Rally is set to take over Darlinghurst’s Oxford Street on 5 March. This counter event to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade is being staged as organisers assert the official procession has lost its radical...
Thorpe Condemns Torture Treaty Delay in Harming First Nations and Elderly
Senator Lidia Thorpe raised “torture in Australia” with Attorney General Department deputy secretary Sarah Chidgey during a 22 February Senate Estimates hearing, querying why our nation missed its obligation to implement a UN treaty that aims to prevent this ongoing issue....
Go Fiona! Patten Legislates for Drug Decriminalisation in Victoria
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten is yet again doing what she does best: pushing for progressive change in the state of Victoria. Over recent years, the Victorian MLC has successfully seen the establishment of the Richmond supervised injecting room, the enactment...
Morrison’s Australia Is a Far-Right Wonderland
To pinch a phrase from the Oils, the nation under Scott Morrison has become something of a “redneck wonderland”, as evidenced by a truckload of antivaxxers protesting against his government in Canberra last weekend, based on a political ideology that looks...
Home Affairs Erodes Oversight to Spying on Citizens, Warns NSWCCL
As home affairs minister Karen Andrews delivers further national security amendments that would serve to extend the reach of intelligence, it’s becoming clear as to why the ex-industry minister stepped into the shoes of former department head Peter Dutton. On...
Fuller’s Undisclosed Horse Dealings Jeopardise Racing NSW Role
It’s been a big couple of days for former NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller, as the Herald revealed on Tuesday that he was amongst a number of frontrunners to join the board of horseracing operator and regulator Racing NSW. The ex-top...
Anglican Alumni Oppose the Religious Bill: An Interview With Ex-SCEGGS Student James Kong
The half-decade-long religious freedoms debate came to a head last week, when the prime minister’s prejudicial project, the Religious Discrimination Bill, was shelved after it looked like religious schools would lose their power to expel students on the basis of gender...
