Court Reduces Sentence for Customs Officer Turned Tobacco Smuggler
It was around March 2017 when ex-Australian Border Force (ABF) customs official Johayna Merhi and current ABF senior customs officer Craig Eakin agreed to assist the Jomaa crime syndicate with their illicit large-scale tobacco importation operation. Unbeknownst to the pair...
Century-Old Anti-War Warning About the 1 Percent Still Rings True Today
A racket is a way of profiteering from an operation in a dishonest manner. According to Smedley D Butler, “only a small ‘inside’ group knows what” a racket’s about. It usually involves making money for the few at the expense...
NSW Government Silences Police Watchdog
NSW special minister of state Don Harwin announced on 23 December that the head of the sole state police watchdog former NSW Supreme Court Justice Michael Adams QC will be stood down at the time that his three year contract...
How Does the NSW Demerit Point Suspension Scheme Work?
At around 1 am on Christmas day this year, NSW Central West highway patrol officers pulled over a Nissan Skyline on the Newell Highway near Parkes to randomly breathalyse the driver. However, on checking the details of his licence, officers...
Police Abuse Powers at Kirribilli: An Interview With Greens MLC David Shoebridge
As rumours circulated about the PM having perhaps taken off to Hawaii for a holiday with his family as a well set in nationwide bushfire crisis continued, hundreds of student climate activists gathered out front of Kirribilli House on 19...
The Injustice in Chile Continues: An Interview With Pinochet-Era Activist Paula Sanchez
After more than two months of protests, the mass movement of grassroots Chileans calling for system change continues. And while the nation is often held up as a beacon of economic prosperity, those demonstrating are the overwhelming majority, who don’t...
Straight Talking Cannabis: An Interview With LoudCloudHealth’s Bojana Petkovic
Fibromyalgia is a medical condition that intensifies pain. Characterised by widespread musculoskeletal agony, fibro is often accompanied by fatigue, sleep and mood issues. It’s more common in women than men. And there’s no known cure for this neurological health disorder....
Donate to the Black Ops Firefighters: Unofficial Grassroots Defenders
Kicking in extremely early, this year’s fire season has been unprecedented in its intensity. In NSW and Queensland alone, over 3 million hectares have been destroyed. While last Friday saw over 200 bushfires raging across five states. And the ferocity...
“The Liar From the Shire”: Thousands March Demanding Action from Morrison
A now usual smoky haze covered the city skyline as thousands of ticked off citizens streamed across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on Saturday, demanding drastic action from the government in the face of fire conditions that authorities had deemed catastrophic....
Climate Activists Bring Sydney Traffic to a Standstill
On Friday morning, the prime minister apologised to the nation for going on holiday whilst half the country was burning and promised he’d return. However, “fair go” Scomo forgot to mention that he was already here. At 7.15 am on...
