PM’s Continuing ‘War on Drugs’ Rhetoric Ignores That There’s a Better Way
During an 8 June press conference, PM Scott Morrison called on Australians to reject illicit drug use, as “it fuels organised crime in this country, as well as “human misery” here and in many “parts of the world”. The prime...
Stop-the-Boats Morrison Continues to Brutalise Sick Australian-Born Infant
Right now, 3-year-old Australian-born girl Tharnicaa Murugappan is undergoing treatment for a blood condition in a Perth hospital, because our Pentecostal PM and some of his underlings have been slowly torturing and depriving her in immigration detention for more than...
Disrupting Weapons Suppliers: An Interview With Make West Papua Safe’s Jason MacLeod
Professor Jason MacLeod and several other antiwar activists staged a peaceful demonstration on the doorstep of the Brisbane offices of transnational weapons manufacturer Thales on 31 May, to draw attention to the company supplying weapons that are used to kill...
Drop the Whistleblower Prosecutions: An Interview With AAPP’s Kathryn Kelly
Currently, the federal government is continuing the prosecutions against a number of its former distinguished representatives and affiliates for blowing the whistle on the corrupt practices of its officials and agents. Former ACT attorney general Bernard Collaery is one of...
Activists Accuse Police of Heavy-Handed Tactics and Signalling White Supremacist Tendencies
Brisbane last week hosted the Land Forces 2021 expo that saw hundreds of global weapons companies, spruiking the benefits of the killing machines they produce. Over 1 to 3 June, more than 12,700 attendees, including former federal defence minister Christopher...
Latham’s Anti-Trans Kids Laws Signal a Decline in the Christian Right
Self-professed atheist Mark Latham is a curious choice to have as the central force behind the Christian Right in this state. However, the NSW One Nation leader is currently driving the agenda for those who are also referred to as...
Vaccine Apartheid: Morrison Backs Big Pharma in Denying Poorer Nations
As criticism of the Coalition government’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine reaches fever pitch in line with the Melbourne lockdown, a lesser-known fact is that Scott Morrison is continuing to side with a small group of richer nations who refuse...
The Racist Implications of the Age of Criminal Responsibility in Israel and Australia
Prior to their 11 day aerial assault upon Palestinian civilian populations in Gaza, Israeli authorities had come under international scrutiny for their detainment of five Palestinian children in March, as three of them were under the age of criminal responsibility,...
Justice for Mr Riley: An Interview With Cassandra Riley and Dr Hannah McGlade
The coronial inquest into the death in custody of Mr Riley came to a close on 1 June. The 39-year-old Noongar man was tasered a total of 10 times in the carpark of East Perth Officeworks on the morning of...
New Zealand Deportees Take Class Action Against Morrison Migration Regime
A group of lawyers, activists and deportees in Christchurch has just announced its intention to launch a class action in the Australian Federal Court to challenge the Coalition government’s mass deportation of New Zealander residents, along with those of other...
