Computers in NSW Prison Cells: An Interview With Former Family Court Chief Justice Elizabeth Evatt
As the old adage goes, prison is for punishment, not for further punishment. Indeed, it’s the deprivation of an individual’s liberty that a judge sentences them to prison for, not so they can be subjected to further retribution while behind...
Allocating Millions Without Documentation. So What? Says Berejiklian
The rules pertaining to proper conduct applying to all citizens of this state, as well as less senior politicians, don’t apply when it comes to the NSW premier, according to the suspect actions and excuses of current office-bearer Gladys Berejiklian....
Drop the Charges Against Former Military Lawyer David McBride
Former Australian Defence Force lawyer David McBride is still facing five national security-related charges - that carry up to life imprisonment - for exposing the SAS “warrior culture” in Afghanistan that was leading troops to perpetrate war crimes. McBride blew...
The Hypocrisy of Australian Politicians Condemning Crime and Corruption
On the day of the release of the Brereton report into alleged war crimes perpetrated by Australian SAS troops in Afghanistan, Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie suggested in a tweet that the concern being shown by government ministers over its...
The White Australia Policy Part 2: The Legacy
With the passing of the Migration Act (Cth) in 1958, most of the laws that made up the White Australia Policy came to an end. The dictation test that was imposed upon potential migrants that the nation wanted to keep...
The White Australia Policy Part 1: Constructing Fortress Australia
“This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race,” remarked Australian PM John Curtin, following the outbreak...
NSW Government Wants “Retrograde” HIV Testing Laws: An Interview With ACON’s Brent Mackie
The Berejiklian government recently introduced a bill that requires people to undergo mandatory blood testing to see if they have a blood-borne disease - specifically HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C - if they deliberately expose a health, emergency or...
Lawyer Mark Davis on the Brereton Report, McBride and Assange
Released publicly on 19 November 2020, the Brereton report exposes the “warrior culture” prevalent amongst SAS troops deployed in Afghanistan between the years 2005 and 2016, which fostered the committing of war crimes and “a code of silence” to conceal...
Australian Soldiers Unlawfully Killed Civilians and Covered it Up
Released publicly on 19 November 2020, the redacted version of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry report - or the ‘Brereton report’ - is a 465 page document covering the findings of a four year investigation into...
Berejiklian Digs in Her Heels on Eliminating the Koala, As Greens Kill the Nats Bill
As NSW Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack told parliament on 19 November, Australia has a long history of killing off koalas, which was going on a century ago. Back in the day, it consisted of selling pelts to the UK and...
