Consider the Garment Worker Behind the Price Tag: An Interview With BCWS’ Kalpona Akter
Increasingly, over the last decade, the labels on the cheap clothes at Australian fashion outlets read, “Made in Bangladesh”. And despite rising prices and inflation, the clothing coming out of the South Asian garment manufacturing powerhouse only seems to get...
Stop Morrison’s Straight White Privilege Laws: An Interview With CARR’s April
The current bushfire crisis has exposed how out of line the Morrison government’s prioritising of the Religious Discrimination Bill actually is. It’s the legislation that’s purportedly necessary in order to protect those of faith in the community. However, there isn’t...
Global War, Anyone? Trump’s Got One Brewing With Iran
The US killed Iran’s most powerful and respected military official last Friday, in a move that has the potential to escalate the Trump-provoked tensions that have been mounting between the two nations into a full-scale war. Major general Qassem Soleimani...
Sack Scott Morrison: An Interview With Uni Students for Climate Justice’s Gavin Stanbrook
Despite the ongoing bushfire crisis, Scott Morrison didn’t see fit to cancel his official diplomatic tour of India until last Friday night. Scheduled to commence next Monday, the trade-related jaunt was expected to feature discussions related to Australia’s coal export...
NSW Police Facilitate Bikie Meth Trade, According to Watchdog Chief
“We know that there must be significant corruption going on,” soon to be stood down Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) chief commissioner Michael Adams QC said in relation to the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) at a parliamentary inquiry in mid-December....
Paramedics Don’t Call Police Over Illicit Drug-Related Ambulance Call-Outs
NSW deputy state coroner Harriet Grahame recently recommended that pill testing services be rolled out at festivals and the use of drug detection dogs be dropped. She came to these conclusions as a result of her investigation into drug-related deaths...
Australians Are Screaming for Real Leaders
As bushfires broke out in the eastern states in early September, it occurred that something might be amiss. But, five months later, as both NSW and Victoria declare states of emergency for the coming weekend, it’s glaringly obvious that something...
The Government Continues the Slow Torture of Refugees, In Our Name
With the new year having ticked over, it must be comforting for Liberal Nationals politicians, such as Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton, to begin 2020 knowing that they have offshore detainees exactly where they want them: acting as beacons of...
Your PM Is an Arsonist: An Interview With Climate Expert Dr Saleemul Huq
As 2019 tips over into 2020, the bushfire crisis continues to sweep through Australia. And after more than two months of constant flames in the eastern states, prime minister Scott Morrison is still no closer to admitting that the climate...
“You Have a Right to Know”: An Interview With Witness J
The case involves Commonwealth orders that suppress the publishing of the identification of a former Australian intelligence official or the details of the charges that led to their imprisonment. Indeed, the details of the orders themselves are classified. Dubbed Witness...
