Coalition Refuses to Act Against the Threat of Far-Right Extremism
Images capturing a group of Anglo Australian men with their shirts off standing before a burning cross in the Victorian Grampians in late January 2021 make it increasingly hard to dismiss far-right groups as simply ineffectual suburban youths with too much...
Uncle Ray Jackson on Aboriginal “Murders by Neglect” in Custody
The Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its 339 recommendations on 15 August 1991. It considered 99 First Nations custodial deaths that occurred between 1 January 1980 and 30 May 1989. “The Royal Commissioners looked at that...
Alternate Mardi Gras to March on Oxford: An Interview With Pride in Protest’s Evan Van Zijl
Due to the global pandemic, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground. However, the event’s spiritual home, Oxford Street Darlinghurst, will not be left wanting, as an alternative march is set...
NSW Greens Deliver Workable and Timely Cannabis Legalisation Bill
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann has introduced a bill into state parliament that aims to establish a regulated retail cannabis market in NSW - as well as decent provisions for homegrow - at a time when, if world trends are...
Australia’s Immigration Policy Is Unfairly Impacting NZ Citizens: An Interview With Oz Kiwi’s Joanne Cox
The 1973 Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement is an agreement between the Australian and New Zealand governments that permits the free flow of citizens between each nation. The TTTA formally acknowledged a pre-existing open-door policy. As of 1 September 1994, all noncitizens...
The New Offence of Combined Drink and Drug Driving in New South Wales
Driving under the combined influence of alcohol and other drugs has long been understood to compound the dangers of impaired driving. A drink and drug driving incident involving the roadside deaths of four children in the Sydney suburb of Oatlands...
The PM Can’t Empathise With Women, So It’s No Wonder the Culture is Toxic
Since the turn of the century, crime rates in Australia have been on a consistent downward spiral. However, the persistent exception to this has been the rate of adult sexual assault - it’s been on the increase. Violence towards women...
The Homeless were Housed in Hotels for COVID, But Are Back on the Streets as Governments Sell-Off Public Housing
With the onset of the continuing COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, it became apparent that there was an issue with Australia’s ever-increasing homeless population being able to self-isolate to prevent virus contraction and transmission. This included concerns around rough sleepers,...
Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court to Merge
While it hoped no one was looking last Monday night, the Morrison government whipped a 2019 bill out of its back pocket. Aimed at effectively abolishing the standalone Family Court, the government then placed it on the Senate agenda for...
Prison Guards Alleged to Have Kept ‘Trophies’ of Aboriginal Deaths In Custody
Amongst some of the more distressing malpractices raised by the recent NSW parliamentary inquiry into First Nations overincarceration and custodial deaths are allegations of a “trophy culture” existing within Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW). Initiated by NSW MLC David Shoebridge, the...
