‘View the Footage’, Says DPP Solicitor to the Judge
On 11 September 2014, David Mulligan was walking his dog along a street in Alexandria, when another man approached walking two boxer dogs. All of the canines were on a leash. As they got closer, the boxers lunged at Mr Mulligan’s...
The Attempted Genocide in Tasmania
The British began their takeover of the island now referred to as Tasmania in 1803. At that time, there were already nine Indigenous nations present on the land. Indeed, the Aboriginal people had been living there for tens of thousands of years....
Death of Elijah Doughty: No Justice for Indigenous People
The verdict in the trial of the Kalgoorlie man who fatally ran over Elijah Doughty in August last year, has laid bare the inherent racism in the Australian criminal justice system. Last Friday, the 56-year-old non-Indigenous man - whose identity has...
Reducing Wage Theft: An Interview with Unions NSW’s Thomas Costa
The practice of underpaying employees is on the rise in this state, according to a recently released Unions NSW report. Four out of five businesses advertising on popular non-English language websites were found to be offering illegal pay rates. The Lighting...
Global Calls to Stop “Normalisation” Surgery on Intersex Children
US-based organisations Human Rights Watch and interACT released a report on Tuesday, calling for the end to the practice of performing medically unnecessary “normalisation” surgeries on intersex children in the United States. Intersex people are born with physical sex characteristics that are more...
A Forgotten Genocide: The Congo Free State
In the last decades of the 19th century, the European colonial powers laid claim to vast tracts of land on the African continent, expanding their spheres of influence and plundering natural resources. It’s commonly referred to today as the Scramble for...
The Ongoing China-India Border Stand-off Is Escalating
Tensions are mounting over the China-India border stand-off in the Himalayas, as Chinese troops have begun conducting live-fire drills in the contested area. The almost six-week long dispute is occurring in the tri-junction border point between China, Bhutan, and the Indian region...
Fast Times: An Interview with Criminal Psychologist Tim Watson-Munro
The tragedy of the Hoddle Street Massacre, the murder charges against the ‘Black Prince of Lygon Street’ Alphonse Gangitano, and the fall of Perth multimillionaire Alan Bond: these were high-profile cases that gripped the nation in the twilight years of the...
Modern Chains: An Interview with Anti-Slavery Australia’s Professor Jennifer Burn
The 2016 Global Slavery Index estimates there are 45.8 million people around the globe currently in some form of modern slavery. While Australia has one of the lowest rates in the world, the index still puts the number of people enslaved...
South Australia Set to Decriminalise Sex Work
South Australia currently has some of the most repressive sex work laws in the country. However, a bill that passed through the South Australian upper house on July 6, has brought the decade’s long push to decriminalise the state’s sex...
