Northern Territory Bail Reforms Target First Nations Youths, Warns Justice Not Jails
The Country Liberal Party (CLP) took office in the Northern Territory in August last year, having been elected on a platform that prioritised cracking down on youth crime. This involved now NT chief minister Lia Finocchiaro and her colleagues, all...
The Demonisation of Antiwar Activists Is Afoot, Explains Wage Peace’s Margaret Pestorius
The Queensland Police Service Counterterrorism Investigation Unit executed five search warrants across Magandjin-Brisbane on 23 January last year, in relation to two nonviolent antiwar demonstrations that had recently taken place in the southeast of the state. Wage Peace activist educator...
Kostakidis Hasn’t Apologised for Criticising Israel on X, Despite The Australian’s Assertion
Despite assertions recently made in The Australian on 3 January, veteran journalist Mary Kostakidis has not apologised for certain posts she made on X earlier last year, which subsequently became the evidence cited in a racial vilification complaint raised against...
Dutton’s Racist Politicking Is Concerning in the Context of Potential Prime Ministership
With the 2025 federal election looming, concerns about the prospect of Liberal leader Peter Dutton being elected as the next Australian prime minister are on the rise. This is not just because the Liberals are willing to commit ecocide on...
Pro-Palestinians March on Gadigal to End Genocide for 65th Week: In Photos
The 65th consecutive weekly Free Palestine protest took place on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park North on Sunday 5 January 2025. The city has never seen such a prolonged and continuous protest action before, but then again, the world...
Indonesian Government Enters a New Phase in the Occupation of West Papua
United Liberation Movement for West Papua provisional government interim president Benny Wenda warns that since Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto took office in October, he’s been proven right in having remarked, after the politician’s last February election, that his coming marks...
The Crisis in Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Continues at Record Levels
As of 2 January 2025, there have been 582 Aboriginal deaths in custody since the release of the Royal Commission report into this issue on 15 April 1991. This is despite the 339 recommendations made by the national inquiry all...
NSW Labor Is Continuing to Refuse Major Drug Law Reform Despite Election Promises
According to veteran NSW drug law reformist Dr Alex Wodak, it’s “an open secret that most of the NSW cabinet now support major drug law reform”. This suggests that the recent 2024 NSW Drug Summit was “designed to not recommend...
Making a Hero of an Alleged Murderer: The Killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Video footage taken on 4th of December 2024 shows a hooded person emerge out from the shadows on a New York City street at night to shoot a man in the back of the head in front of a Manhattan...
Victorian Government Stokes Division with Proposed ‘Social Cohesion’ Antiprotest Laws
Following the early December 2024 arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne, the Victorian state government, led by Jacinta Allan, went on to announce that in response, it’s going to introduce new laws “to confront antisemitism, deal with...
