“People of Faith Aren’t Being Discriminated Against”: An Interview With Father Rod Bower
In December 2017, literally days after marriage equality was passed, then treasurer Scott Morrison announced that he’d be pushing for laws in 2018 that prevented discrimination against Christians and those of other religious faiths. “Where I think people are being...
Djab Wurrung “Stand Tall” in the Face of Neo-Colonisation
Victoria police turned up at the Djab Wurrung Heritage Protection Embassy on 8 August and issued the traditional owners camped there with a notice to vacate the sacred landscape in southwestern Victoria within 14 days. Major Road Projects Victoria and...
Decriminalised: The NSW Laws Governing Sex Work
NSW was the first jurisdiction in the world to decriminalise adult sex work. And the outcomes have been lauded globally. Indeed, in a 2016 report, the NSW government stated that decriminalisation is the best way to ensure sex worker safety...
Government’s Union-Busting Laws Will Cement Wage Stagnation
Australia has some of the most restrictive industrial relations (IR) laws in the Global North. In contravention of international labour standards, these anti-protest laws determine when actions can take place, provide enhanced abilities to stifle them, and curb unions from...
Occupy Sydney on the Extinction Rebellion: The Lessons Learnt
Tuesday saw Extinction Rebellion (XR) protesters taking to the Brisbane streets with the aim of causing peaceful disruption to bring about societal change, so that a global climate catastrophe can be averted. And over 70 rebels were arrested, as they...
The Ihumātao Occupation: In Protection of Māori Land
The more than three-year-long occupation at Ihumātao in Māngere, south Auckland, has come to a head over recent weeks, with police numbers stepped up at the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve, where the local Māori protectors of the area are camped....
Saving the Rivers from Corporates: An Interview With Water Activist Bruce Shillingsworth
News of the environmental devastation taking place along the Barwon-Darling river system in north western NSW hit the city last summer, when reports of several mass fish kills near the town of Menindee made headlines. Part of the larger Murray-Darling...
“The Best Form of Welfare is a Job”: PM Refuses to Raise Welfare Payments
“The best form of welfare is a job,” prime minister Scott Morrison suggested to the House of Representatives on 29 July, as he was justifying why he wouldn’t be raising the rate of the pittance Newstart allowance. Rather than upping...
Transformation Through Telling: An Interview Ngikalikarra Media’s Alexander Hayes
The Church of England Boys’ Society was an outreach program of the Anglican Church that involved adults running weekly meetings and weekend activities for young members of the faith. The organisation was at its height during the 1970s and 80s....
The Rules for Changing a Plea from Guilty to Not Guilty
On 30 June 2004, Raymond Wong pleaded guilty before a magistrate in the Sydney Local Court to one count of committing an act of indecency, contrary to repealed section 61N of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). At the time, Wong...
