“Adani’s Mine Is Up and Running”: Frontline Action on Coal’s Andy Paine on Disrupting It
As Australia shutdown for the Christmas-New Year period, Indian mining giant Adani announced on 27 December, that it was close to sending its first shipload of coal exports from its Carmichael mine, situated in central Queensland’s Galilee Basin, overseas. The greenlighting...
Far-Right Provocateurs Have Descended Upon Old Parliament House
The symbolism conveyed by the front entrance of Old Parliament House going up in flames on 30 December is clear: Australia is a democracy in trouble. Of course, it’s foundations have always been in dispute, as the nation was created...
Letting COVID Rip Condemns the Vulnerable to Ensure Market Wellbeing
After a year and a half of lockdowns, border closures, mask-wearing and distancing, coupled with the 2021 vaccine rollout, the Morrison and Perrottet governments have championed the “let it rip” pandemic approach, which means late-arriving Omicron is surging at unprecedented...
Morrison’s Divisive Leadership Is Corroding the Nation
Under three years of Scott Morrison’s leadership, Australia has fractured. The Liberal leader’s prioritisation of the needs of corporations over the people and his persistent avoidance of key issues - whether in presence or in rhetoric - has far broadened...
Sydney Festival Boycott Grows Due to Sponsorship from Apartheid Israel
The ever-growing boycott of the coming Sydney Festival over its partnering with the Israeli embassy in Canberra, is hardly surprising given the more than 70 years of oppression Palestinians have faced, which this year saw yet another escalation in unbridled...
The Light at the End of the Failed Drug War Is Growing Brighter
The 17th of June this year marked the 50th anniversary of the war on drugs. Launched by then US president Richard Nixon in 1971, the drug war led to the enhancement of law enforcement approaches to prohibition, and a heightened...
Forging Social Justice in “Dickensian” Australia: Independent Gerry Georgatos Runs for Senate
Social justice is something that the Morrison government hasn’t had time for since it tripped into power in August 2018. Indeed, for neoliberals, like the prime minister, ensuring equality for all is anathema to their creed. This can be seen...
Giving Voice to Migrants and Refugees: An Interview With IMA’s Professor Bruno Di Biase
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the entire nation of Australia go into lockdown. However, when 500 Victoria police officers were deployed to enforce a hard lockdown at nine public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington, it was...
Six Years on, Still No Justice for David Dungay Jnr, Says Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The footage of five Long Bay prison guards holding David Dungay Jnr facedown in the prone position on a bed, as he screams out that he can’t breathe multiple times, is not only hard to watch, but it begs why it...
Doctors Implore Joyce to Back His Words and See Assange Released
The UK High Court determined on 10 December that Julian Assange could be extradited to the United States to face multiple espionage charges carrying up to 175 years imprisonment. This is even with the Australian journalist having suffered a ministroke during...
