Australian Police Continue to Apply Prone Restraint Despite Multiple Deaths
The prone position involves a person lying face down on the ground. Police and corrections officers the world over apply the prone restraint when they’re trying to subdue an individual. And the use of this position during such episodes, does result...
In an Age of Unprecedented Polycrisis, “Taxing the Rich is Vital”, Declares Oxfam
Humanity is living through an unprecedented moment of multiple crises: basic goods and energy prices are rising, extreme poverty is growing for the first time in 25 years, millions are still reeling from the impact of the pandemic and climate...
Pokies Out of NSW Pubs and Clubs, Says Greens MLC Faehrmann, as Labor Trial Set to Fail
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann launched her party’s plan to phase out pokies from pubs and clubs on 5 December. And when the Greens gambling harm reduction spokesperson did, she made the announcement from the Petersham Bowling Club, which ditched...
No Crime, No Time: ISJA’s Dave Pollock on Reforming Victoria’s Harsh Bail Regime
The impacts of harsh bail laws have been increasingly raised over recent years, as state governments have tightened them. Indeed, last year saw NSW impose an unworkable prohibition on granting bail to those convicted, prior to their “likely” sentencing, unless exceptional circumstances...
Pell’s Passing Marks Justice Unserved and Exposes the Power of a Corrupt Church
The 10 January death of George Pell left many with a bad taste in their mouths. A former archbishop of both the Melbourne and Sydney archdioceses, Pell represented to many, the corrupting effect of power and the ability it gives...
Australia Continues to Stall on Human Rights, Finds Annual HRW Report
Former Australian PM Scott Morrison was still in office last January, which saw him, in conjunction with recently dethroned US president Donald Trump and then Brazilian head of state Javier Bolsonaro, considered to be amongst the world’s top three climate policy criminals....
What’s Contained in the Australian Constitution, Anyway?
The Australian Constitution is the founding document of the nation, which provides the basic rules of how government is formed and the processes by which it should govern. The fundamental law within it, however, differs starkly to the reality of how...
Right Wing Coalition Senators Introduce Anti-Abortion Propaganda Bill
Coalition Senators Alex Antic and Matt Canavan have found it an opportune time to stir up a scare campaign about babies being born alive due to abortion procedures. These ultraconservative politicians are insisting that this results in babies then being...
Australia Deports Long-Term Residents Over Nonviolent Crimes, Destroying Families
Born in the United Kingdom in 1973, Robert Taylor immigrated to Australia with his parents at them age of 10-months-old. In fact, having arrived in Western Australia back in 1974, Taylor hasn’t ever set foot outside of that jurisdiction again....
Take a Stand Against Injustice This Invasion Day, Says Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The 26 January this year marks 235 years since British ships arrived at Kamay-Botany Bay. The pretext for the invasion was that English gaols were bursting with inmates, so the nation thought it wise to spend 252 days sailing 700-odd inmates to...
