“Australia Day No Longer Exists”: An Interview With Gomeroi Activist Gwenda Stanley
The inner west bus ride heading into Sydney’s CBD on 26 January spoke of one thing, First Nations resistance. There were numerous passengers seated inside the vehicle wearing shirts emblazoned with the Aboriginal flag, and this was both Indigenous people...
Recent Events Highlight the Need for a Bill of Rights in Australia
The need for legislation that protects citizens’ basic freedoms at the national level is an ongoing concern for the politically-minded, as at present, Australia is something of an anomaly on the global stage, being the only western democracy without some...
While a Successful Climate Class Action is Unlikely, the Courts Have a Role to Play
Cries of indignation levelled at Scott Morrison grew, as the coal-adoring PM kicked back in Hawaii at the same time the entire eastern seaboard was going up in smoke. And calls for bringing a class action against the federal government...
The Coal Industry Controls the Coalition
As the unprecedented Australian bushfire crisis continues, many Australians are starting to question why, if the government has been made aware of the threat of changing climate, it hasn’t moved to mitigate its escalating effects that droves of scientists assert...
Cannabis Possession Will Soon Be Legal In Canberra: An Interview With Cannabis Club’s Mark Hutchison
Just quietly, from Friday week onwards, if you’re in the ACT and you want to smoke cannabis in the privacy of your own home it will be completely legal. You’ll also be able have up to 50 grams of weed...
Australia’s First Privacy Breach Class Action: An Interview With Lawyer George Newhouse
It’s said that data has replaced oil as the most profitable commodity in today’s digital era. And like all things lucrative, the potential for data to be used in deceptive or illegal ways for financial benefit is not only there,...
Bring Berejiklian’s Strip Search Regime to an End
“Summer of Glove” posters have been springing up around Sydney’s CBD. They feature an image, depicting NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian pulling on some latex gloves in preparation, it would seem, for a rather invasive strip search she’s about to conduct....
Aussies Demand Climate Action, Scotty Delivers Marketing, and Anthony Rolls Over
The cooler, wetter weather over recent days has brought some respite from the months of sweeping bushfires, which have destroyed 10 million hectares nationwide and taken the lives of over two dozen people, along with those of an estimated billion...
Muslim Minorities Are Facing Genocide in Asia
Developments involving Muslim populations in India have echoes of the fate that’s recently befallen Islamic minorities elsewhere in the region. There are now fears that a new humanitarian crisis could unfold in India, similar to those involving the Uyghurs and...
Myanmar Cuts Off Aid to Devastated Rohingya Populations
As of last week, a humanitarian crisis began unfolding in Myanmar’s north eastern Rakhine state, as aid agencies, such as the International Rescue Committee and the International Organisation for Migration, have been blocked from entering the townships of Rathidaung and...
