Sky News Ban: Google Cracks Down on Murdoch Spreading COVID Misinformation
Yesterday saw the week-long ban on Sky News Australia from posting new content on YouTube come to an end. This barring was significant for the right-wing broadcaster as, while its television audience is relatively small, its YouTube presence outstrips other...
Indefinite Detention Without Trial, That Is Australia, Says SA Barrister Claire O’Connor SC
The majority of the High Court ruled on 23 June that Australian law provides for the indefinite detention of asylum seekers, refugees, and stateless people in immigration detention under the authority of the executive branch of government. The finding came...
PM Facilitates Green Energy for Singapore and Gas for Australia: An Interview with 350’s Lucy Manne
The sequence of events is well known. Over the summer of 2019-20, Australia suffered its worst bushfire season ever. This occurred at the same time as extreme climate-driven weather events were steadily increasing around the planet. In February last year,...
NSW Police Force Ensures There Will Be No Protests During Lockdown
In response to the massive anti-lockdown protest that shook the Sydney CBD on 24 February, the NSW Police Force turned the Sydney’s central business district and sizable areas around it into a no-go zone over the last weekend. On the Saturday...
The Laws Governing the Military’s Deployment on the Australian Public
As of this morning, three hundred Australian Defence Force troops have been deployed primarily to southwest and western Sydney to help state law enforcement police ensure the diverse communities of lower socioeconomic standing comply with COVID stay-at-home orders. NSW police...
Instead of Rights for All, Morrison Is Pushing for a “Christian Bill of Rights”
The second wave of COVID-19 with its accompanying lockdowns has brought rights issues to the fore. But while many are questioning whether rights to movement and association are being undermined, the truth is there’s no federal law guaranteeing most human...
The Federal Government Does Not Want a National Bill of Rights
Tensions are high in the Greater Sydney region as it continues on through its fifth week of a lockdown designed to curb the spread of the COVID-19 delta variant that’s currently circulating within the community. Questions are being asked about...
On a Trajectory Towards Self-Annihilation: An Interview With Dr Helen Caldicott
Russian president Vladimir Putin currently has his people developing two so-called “Doomsday” planes that would allow him and other top leaders to fly to safety in the event of a nuclear conflict, whilst maintaining contact with the rest of the...
The Need for a Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence: An Interview With Former Magistrate David Heilpern
The NSW government introduced the state’s much maligned drug driving laws in 2007. The regime criminalises any trace of the psychoactive component of cannabis, THC, in the system whilst driving. The federal government, however, legalised the use of medicinal cannabis...
Scrutinising Berejiklian’s COVID Response: An Interview With David Shoebridge
The temperament of this year’s COVID-19 lockdown is completely different to the 2020 episode. Last year, the entire nation, along with the globe, closed down for an extended period, with financial packages rolled out at the federal level. This year,...
