First Nations Suicide Prevention: An Interview With R U OK?’s Dr Vanessa Lee
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide rates have reached crisis point. After being very low in the late 1980s, the number of First Nations people taking their own lives over the last decade has been increasing dramatically. And over the...
Death by Stoning for Sodomy, Adultery and Rape in Brunei
As of today, a new law comes into force in the Southeast Asian sultanate of Brunei, which prescribes the penalty of death by public stoning for partaking in sexual acts with another person of the same sex. The barbaric new...
Twilight of the Federal Coalition: It’s Time for Change
After eight years of the NSW Liberal Nationals government slowly implementing a suite of laws which have eroded civil liberties, including anti-protest laws and legislation passed under the guise of fighting terrorism, as well as a drawn out assault upon...
Maralinga No More: The British Nuclear Bombing of First Nations Lands
As former Australian Conservation Foundation anti-nuclear campaigner David Noonan put it in 2005, “Australia is the only society to have ever provided its own uranium to an overseas nuclear weapons state to make nuclear weapons to then bomb back on...
Justice for Bowraville: Calls to Review NSW Double Jeopardy Laws
Three Aboriginal children from the NSW mid-North Coast town of Bowraville were murdered over a five month period beginning in September 1990. And while police claim there is now enough evidence to establish the guilt of the alleged killer, the...
Solidarity With Palestinians: An Interview With Palestine Action Group’s Damian Ridgwell
Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the ongoing weekly protest in the Gaza Strip known as the Great March of Return, which has involved hundreds of thousands of Palestinians marching to the border with Israel every Friday. This peaceful...
Rallying for the Trans Day of Visibility: An Interview With Trans Action Warrang
This Sunday, 31 March, is the International Day of Transgender Visibility, which is a time to celebrate the lives of transgender and gender diverse people globally, as well as acknowledge leaders within trans communities who’ve spoken out against discrimination and...
Calls for Overhaul of Drug Driving Laws
Roadside drug testing was introduced into the NSW setting in 2007. Just like random breath testing (RBT) for alcohol, drug testing drivers was said to be brought in to improve safety on the roads. But, unlike RBT, it doesn’t test...
Coalition Re-Elected Despite its Assault on Civil Liberties. So What’s Next?
NSW has spoken. And at the polling booths the collective said that what it wants is another four years of the fun police. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is back with a majority, which means a resounding no to festivals, no to...
The Stop the Adani Convoy: An Interview With Bob Brown
Date published: 22 March 2019 Adani announced last November that it plans to go ahead with a self-funded and scaled-down version of the overwhelmingly opposed Carmichael thermal coal mine in the central Queensland Galilee Basin. This is following the Indian...
