Victoria Police Apologies for Aboriginal Child Removals, Yet the Practice Is Ongoing
Victoria police chief commissioner Shane Patton last Friday apologised for the part state law enforcement played in the forcible removal of Aboriginal children, which was an apology that arose out of a suggestion from the truth-telling process undertaken by the...
Whistleblower’s Lengthy Sentence Will Deter Others from Exposing Crime and Corruption
Over eight years ending in early 2017, Major David McBride served as a legal officer for the Australian Defence Forces. And over the eight months to February 2012 and the five to December 2013, he served in Afghanistan as a...
With Boyle Next Up, It’s Time for Labor to Walk Its Talk on Whistleblowers
Not only were locals taken aback when lawyer David McBride was given such a severe prison sentence last week, close to six years inside for leaking information that exposed war crimes, but the global press appeared shocked that Australia was...
Gaoling Kids to Make It Safer is Ridiculous, Says ALS’ Karly Warner, as Minns Does Just That
“Locking up children in prison and thinking that that is going to make communities safer is ridiculous,” said Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT chief executive Karly Warner on 12 March. “This has not worked in a single place that it’s been...
A Glimmer of Justice for Assange Sparks Speculation There’s End in Sight
“It was such a victorious moment, to finally - to finally get a glimpse of hope into this case, and a glimpse of victory,” said WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson following the recent decision in the Assange extradition case. “I think...
Disappeared First Nations Women Are Murdered by the Settler Colonial State
“We argue that missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people are never actually missing, opens a December 2022 submission produced by Dr Amy McQuire, Sisters Inside and the Institute for Collaborative Race Research (ICRR). “Aboriginal and Torres...
ICC Application for Warrant Against Netanyahu Signals Justice May Still Prevail
As International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan appeared on global screens on Monday, announcing that he was applying for arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, a sense that justice still prevailed, at least somewhere,...
The Grim Choice of the 2024 US Election Will Be Replicated Here Next Year
US president Joe Biden called for an immediate ceasefire to bring an end to the “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, during a graduation ceremony at Atlanta’s Morehouse College on Sunday. Yet, this was just five days after his administration announced another...
Australian Government Should Be Ashamed of Imprisoning McBride
Picture troops stranded in a foreign land, beyond watch or care of government back home, which is only concerned in looking effective. Consider these soldiers don’t know their aim in a foreign conflict, as neither do their leaders. And think...
Crunch Time for Assange, Global Press Freedom and the Rule of Law
A final press briefing in regard to the extradition trial of Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange was held at the Foreign Press Association in London on Wednesday, ahead of Monday’s determination of the British High Court, which will seal...
