Join the Trans Day of Resistance in Newtown: Pride in Protest’s Charlie Murphy
Pride in Protest and Trans Action Warrang are calling on Sydneysiders to get out on the streets and join them at the Trans Day of Resistance rally in Newtown, because, as both activist groups assert, there’s a lot to be...
Why Is the Coalition So Reluctant to Establish a Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog?
After promising to establish a federal anti-corruption body in December 2018 - and then hoping the public forgot about it - the Morrison government has finally produced its draft legislation outlining its proposed version of a federal ICAC. Having dragged...
Refugees Call to Be Reunited With Their Families
“Scott Morrison, where are you? Come outside and tell the truth,” chanted around a dozen refugees who’ve been living in the community long-term. They were calling on the prime minister while lined up out the front of his residence, located...
“It’s Designed to Fail”: Geoffrey Watson SC on Morrison’s Federal ICAC Proposal
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, prime minister Scott Morrison promised he was going to deliver on the long-sought-after federal anti-corruption commission. It would be kind of like a NSW ICAC, although shrouded in secrecy. The...
The Nats Are Still Attempting to Kill Off Koalas: An Interview With Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann
The decades-long association between the NSW Liberal Party and the Nationals known as the Coalition was almost brought to an end in mid-September, when deputy premier and Nats leader John Barilaro threatened to march his entire party over to the...
First Nations Mobilising Was Overpoliced, Again, at Sydney’s Djab Wurrung Rally
“This is about black liberation in this country,” said Gwenda Stanley, as she stood on Sydney Town Hall steps on 7 November. The Gomeroi woman was addressing a crowd of demonstrators about bringing an end to the “cultural genocide that’s...
Increase in Corruption Complaints Against Home Affairs is a Positive Sign, Watchdog Claims
The federal law enforcement watchdog has asserted that an increase in corruption referrals regarding the Department of Home Affairs doesn’t indicate a rise in dishonest conduct, but rather displays a “growing maturity” within the ministry’s “integrity arrangements”. The Australian Commission...
The ICAC and NSW Corruption Offences
Counsel assisting the ICAC (Independent Commission Against Corruption) Scott Robertson SC wrote to premier Gladys Berejiklian on 21 October notifying her that in December, he’ll be issuing his draft submission relating to the evidence unearthed at recent hearings involving her....
Punishing, Silencing and Detaining the Innocent: An Interview With Refugee Farhad Rahmati
On 29 October 2020, refugee Farhad Rahmati was forcibly removed from the Brisbane Immigration Transit Accommodation (BITA) facility and taken to the nearby airport, where he was handcuffed, placed on a plane, flown down to Sydney and locked up at...
Morrison Is Fast Turning Australia Into a Climate Pariah
Along with a number of other world leaders, prime minister Scott Morrison received an official invitation on 22 October 2020, asking him to join an online global climate summit, as the usual UN climate conference – the COP – has...
