Illegal Strip Searches Are Sexual Assault, But Police Watchdog Has No Power to Discipline Offenders
The civil campaign against the dramatic increase in strip search use by NSW police started gaining traction in mid-2018, as it became apparent that Mick Fuller’s troops were engaging in what’s supposed to be a tactic of last resort like...
The Fight to Protect Gomeroi Sites From Mining Continues: An Interview With Dolly Talbot
Gomeroi traditional custodians spokesperson Dolly Talbot makes certain that the fight to stop the proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine from desecrating thousands of years old sacred sites is far from over, despite a recent court setback. Last week, the Federal...
Mass Police Presence Serves to Intimidate the Black Lives Matter Protest
The NSW police presence at the Domain-Djarrbarrgalli late on Tuesday morning was a bit over the top to say the least. There were large numbers of officers milling about, chatting to one another, dressed in blue uniforms and yellow raincoats,...
Morrison Again Closes Parliament, as MPs Can’t Work Zoom
What’s good for the frontline Aussie worker is definitely not good for the prime minister of the nation, or so it seems, as Hawaii 5-0 Scott Morrison announced on 18 July that he’d be shutting down federal parliament for the...
Fuller’s Economics Don’t Add Up, When It Comes to Silencing First Nations Voices
At 11.38 am on Friday 24 July, the NSW Supreme Court was taking a short recess during the proceedings that involved NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller attempting to have next Tuesday’s Sydney Black Lives Matter rally shut down. The word...
Suing the DPP and FACS: An Interview With Paul Robert Burton and Dr Andrew Katelaris
A malicious prosecution is a tort - a wrong act - that allows an individual who has been subjected to unjustified court proceedings to take civil action against those responsible for their groundless prosecution. The High Court set out in...
Victorian COVID Prison Lockdown Reawakens Calls to Release Inmates
As of Thursday afternoon, two of Victoria’s prisons - Ravenhall and Fulham correctional centres - remained in lockdown, while COVID-19 precautionary measures had been lifted on another four state correctional facilities. Six Victorian prisons were locked down on Tuesday, after...
Suli Deserves a Full Inquest: An Interview With Medicinal Cannabis Advocate Steve Peek
Steve Peek hesitated in treating his daughter, Suli, with medicinal cannabis, as the Queensland father-of-three was initially unsure about the illicit medicine. However, after hearing that it might help ease his daughter’s constant seizures, he went on to source some...
Silenced During the Narrabri Gas Project Hearings: An Interview With NSW Gas Ban’s Jo Evans
Last Friday, Facebook notified the admin of the NSW Gas Ban page that it would be censoring its content for the period of a week ending on 24 July. This means that any posts made by the page this week...
Victory Against Forced Injection Regime in NSW, as Order Against Patient is Quashed
NSW Health admitted last week that it has been wrong in subjecting 74-year-old Kerry O’Malley to monthly forced injections, under the coercion of a community treatment order (CTO) issued by the NSW Mental Health Review Tribunal on 1 April this...
