Is Chris Minns Going to Ban Gay Conversion or Not? Or Is He Attempting to Do Both?
New South Wales premier Chris Minns prioritised the establishment of a multifaith council charged with providing advice to government on policy affecting faith groups. And having had its first meeting in November 2023, the influence of the NSW Faith Affairs Council...
As Morrison Cosies Up to Former CIA Chief, It’s Clear Assange Never Stood a Chance
Former PM Scott Morrison announced on 23 January that he’s leaving federal politics this month for bloodier pastures, and as the news of his future endeavours came to light, the details reinforced the fact that there’s no need for dystopian fiction...
Coroner Refers Jai Wright Death in Custody to the DPP for Potential Criminal Charges
Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright died in hospital on the night following “a head-on collision”, involving an unmarked police car hitting the trail bike he was on at an intersection in the Sydney inner city suburb of Eveleigh in early...
Mainstreaming Civil Resistance: Climate Defender Brad Homewood on Building the Movement
The climate crisis gave everyone living on this continent a severe warning over the summer of 2019/20, when wildfires burnt 20 percent of forest to the ground. And for those who didn’t heed the call, a series of extreme flooding events hit...
Alabama Begins Gassing Inmates to Death, With Other US States Set to Follow
The US state of Alabama executed Kenneth Eugene Smith on 25 January, and whilst US authorities killing a person as a result of being sentenced to death by a court is nothing new, as it’s long taken place, what has caused...
Open Letter to Prime Minister Albanese on Gaza – February 2024
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has released this open letter to prime minister Anthony Albanese on Monday. IPAN members are hoping to present it, including with the list of signatories, to either the PM or foreign minister Penny...
Shoebridge Confirms Arms to Israel, Despite Wong’s Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” Approach
The ABC reported on Thursday that defence industry insiders are reporting that the Albanese government has applied something of a go-slow on the processing of weapons and military equipment, adding that it’s considered that foreign minister Penny Wong is partly responsible....
ACT to Protect the Right to a Healthy Environment, Due to Climate, Pollution and Biodiversity Loss
That an ACT parliamentary committee has recommended that the right to a healthy environment be inserted into the capital territory’s Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) shows Australian politicians progressing a law necessitated by global developments, such as climate change, that...
“Under Threat of Police Brutality”: An Interview with the Port Melbourne ZIM Ship Community Picket
The Port Melbourne ZIM Ship Community Picket served to successfully prevent a ship belonging to Israeli company ZIM from docking at the Port Melbourne Webb Dock, so it couldn’t pull in and deliver its goods. Not only did this cause...
Every Police Shooting, Nothing Happens, Regardless: Darren Gilbert on the Killing of His Son
“In any police shooting, number one, it is looked at civilly. Not criminally, straight off the bat,” says Darren Gilbert in the interview below regarding the shooting of his son, Luke, by two Queensland Police Service officers at Airlie Beach...
