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...
Medevaced from Nauru to Brisbane Hotel Detention: An Interview With Refugee Nur Mohammed
Right now, Home Affairs has five long-term offshore detainees confined in their rooms at Brisbane’s Meriton Hotel, following having transferred them to Australia to undergo medical treatment that isn’t available on the island of Nauru, where they’ve been held for almost...
Refugee Advocates Sick of Albanese Dragging Feet on Human Rights Reforms
Towards the end of 2022, refugee rights advocates were complaining that when they raised the fact that the Albanese government hadn’t made good on its promise to provide those on temporary protection with permanent visas, they were still being told...
Lethal Prejudice: First Nations Deaths in Custody Continue, Despite Royal Commission
First Nations custodial deaths have continued this summer. Over the holiday period, two Aboriginal people have died in WA correctional facilities, with a 45-year-old man having fatally collapsed whilst playing basketball in Geraldton’s Greenough Regional Prison on 27 December. This followed...
Queensland Announces Draconian Penalties to Deal With Youth Crime
Three days before 2022’s end, the Palaszczuk government announced it’s set to enact a set of laws designed to crack down on the punishment of youth offenders, at a time when the nation’s habitual gaoling and harsh treatment of young...
The Government Is Again Detaining Offshore Refugee Medical Transferees In Hotels
Following the passing of Medevac laws in early 2019, and to the chagrin of then PM Scott Morrison and home affairs minister Peter Dutton, 190-odd long-term offshore refugees needing medical treatment were transferred to Australia and promptly dumped in local hotels....
Court Decision Forces Government to Release Detainees Slated for Deportation
In the days leading up to Christmas and on to New Year, Australian authorities released 100-odd immigration detainees awaiting deportation, as a result of their having fallen foul of the character test set out in section 501 of the Migration Act...
Movement on a Federal Human Rights Act, With Ability to Seek Remedy
The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions placed on Australian society sparked a huge national debate on whether governments across the continent had the power to encroach upon the rights of citizens and residents in imposing extraordinary measures, such as statewide lockdowns. Many...
