Tell the Truth: An Interview With the People’s Climate Assembly’s John Wurcker
The People’s Climate Assembly (PCA) is an alliance of action groups that have joined forces to stand against the continued climate denialism that the Liberal Nationals government has been propagating over the last decade. And to coincide with the first...
The Australian Constitution Does Not Protect Our Rights
The AFP raids last year brought the issue of press freedoms front and centre. The bushfires led to heated debate over the potential for a class action against the government’s climate inaction. And concerns over the right to privacy have...
“They Lie All the Time”: An Interview With the News Corp Lie-In’s Brad Pedersen
As unprecedented bushfires raged across NSW in early January, and the furore over the climate denial stance of government and its mainstream media backers was rising, a photo of Sydneysider Brad Pedersen lying down out the front of the Sydney...
What Are State of Emergency Powers In New South Wales?
As of last Friday, there were still over 50 bushfires raging in NSW and Victoria. Properties were lost to the Clear Range bushfire on the south coast of NSW over the weekend. And the ACT declared a state of emergency...
“A Disaster of Water Privatisation”: An Interview With Water for Rivers’ Tracey Carpenter
South Eastern Australia is facing its worst water crisis in living memory. In NSW, rivers that no one remembers having run dry in the past, have ceased to flow. And there are dozens of regional towns staring down the barrel...
Politicians Look Out For Themselves, At The Expense of The People
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists announced on 23 January that it’s set the Doomsday Clock to 100 seconds to midnight. This means that the clock, which symbolises “the gravest perils facing humankind, is now closer to midnight than at any...
Australia Needs a Bill of Rights, Not Religious ‘Freedom’ to Discriminate
A lot of issues have been pointing to the lack of rights protections in this country. The AFP raids shone a light on press freedoms. The 80-odd federal national security bills passed since 9/11 have been slowly eroding personal freedoms....
It’s Now Legal to Smoke Cannabis in Australia’s Capital: An Interview With HEMP’s Michael Balderstone
As of today, 31 January 2020, it’s legal to smoke a joint in your lounge room in Canberra. Possessing up to 50 grams for personal use is absolutely nothing to worry about. And you can grow up to two plants...
“Exacerbated by Global Heating”: An Interview With NSW Firefighter Jim Casey
The current bushfire crisis has so far destroyed over 10 million hectares. Unprecedented in its scope, it’s also taken the lives of 32 people - including 12 firefighters - while over a billion animals have perished in the flames. And...
The Inhumanity of Australia’s New Offshore Detention Centre
Papua New Guinea authorities arrested 52 offshore detainees previously held on Manus Island in August last year and incarcerated them in the purpose-built Bomana immigration centre. The facility is part of a large prison complex that goes by the same...
