NSW Government Effectively Bans Climate Protests, Under Threat of Imprisonment
Despite Matt Keen saying the odd environmentally friendly statement, the NSW Liberal Nationals government is a well-oiled machine designed to facilitate the wants of the fossil fuel industry and shield it from a rising number of constituents who oppose its...
Islamophobia Continues to Rise, Report Finds, Even After Christchurch
The third Islamophobia in Australia report was released on 19 March. This marked the third anniversary of the Christchurch massacre, which saw an Anglo Australian terrorist gun down 51 Muslims worshipping at mosques in the southern New Zealand city. The document...
Former Residents in Immigration Detention Treated to State-Sanctioned Violence
NZ-based advocacy and support group Route 501 recently came into possession of footage showing what appeared to be a group of bashed and bleeding Aotearoa nationals tied to common room furnishing in this nation’s immigration facility on Christmas Island. And this...
“Redrawing the Lines of Power”: Peace Activist Jacob Grech on Mounting Global Tensions
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered into its second month despite early claims that it would be a fast takeover. And as the Ukrainian civilian population continues to be slaughtered, the Kremlin is now suggesting a potential de-escalation. But many...
“Racism Does Kill People”: Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi on an Anti-Racist Australia
Australia prides itself on being a vibrant multicultural society. The nation isn’t so proud of its high levels of racism, however. But for some reason, those holding onto positions of governance - the majority being white and overwhelmingly male -...
NSW Government Is Imprisoning Its Opponents: Shoebridge on New Anti-Protest Laws
The five days of strategic and targeted actions that Blockade Australia activists carried out last week, at chokepoints providing access to the nation’s largest container facility, saw climate defenders successfully hit the fossil fuel industry where it’s most effective: its profit margin....
Despite the Backlash, Blockade Australia Successfully Disrupts Port Botany as Planned
Blockade Australia has just completed its second major mobilisation, which, this time, entailed disrupting Sydney’s Port Botany over five days ending last Saturday. This involved eight disruptive actions that saw access points to the port shut down and nine climate...
With the Climate Duty of Care Overturned, Extinction Rebellion Calls for People to Act
A May 2021 Federal Court ruling known as the Sharma decision, led Justice Mordecai Bromberg to officially declare last July that the federal environment minister has a duty of care to the wellbeing of Australian children when deciding on whether...
Rolfe’s Acquittal Highlights Australia’s Well Oiled Settler Colonial Machinery
The not guilty verdict delivered by an all-non-Indigenous jury on 11 March in relation to the trial of former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe for the November 2019 killing of 19-year-old Warlpiri man Kumanjayi Walker was simultaneously shocking and yet...
Forget Closed Court Orders, Now Collaery Can’t Even See Evidence Against Him
The Coalition government’s pursuit of barrister Bernard Collaery has crept up another notch on the Orwellian scale, as, last week, ACT Supreme Court Justice David Mossop ruled that the attorney general can use “court only” evidence against him, meaning he and...
