Victorian Government Wants COVID-19 Powers to be Permanently Expanded
Under its original strategy to enforce public health laws which were created at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Victorian Government expanded the powers of ‘protective services officers’ (PSOs) on an emergency basis. Now, they want those powers not...
Sports Rorts Scandal: Emails Suggest Morrison Lied About Involvement
Further investigations by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) into the ‘sports rorts’ scandal have uncovered emails that show the PM’s office took more than a ‘passing interest’ in the grants scheme and that Senator Bridget McKenzie – who was...
Government Proposes to Ban Mobiles Phones from Detention Centres
The Federal Government has proposed new laws which would give the Immigration Minister the power to ban mobile phones, computers and other items it sees fit from detention centres and other places of immigration detainment. The laws - a similar...
Robodebt Class Action is Coming
Centrelink will be contacting hundreds of thousands of Australians in the coming weeks to notify them that they could be part of a Robodebt class action lawsuit against the federal government. About 13,000 people have already signed up to the...
Australian ‘Church’ Fined for Selling Bleach as a Coronavirus Cure
If you thought Donald Trump spouting the potential health benefits of disinfectant to cure the coronavirus was ridiculous, a church in Australia has just been fined more than $150,000 for selling a concoction called Miracle Mineral Solution (MMS). In a...
Sydney Man Sent to Prison for Child Sexual Offences
“Police don’t have the tools or the power to catch people like me,” Kurtis Whaley boasted to a friend of one of his victims shortly before he was arrested at Sydney Airport in February 2019. In January 2020, the 24-year...
NSW Police Chief to Get 15% Pay Rise, While Many Are in Dire Straits
In a move that has caused a public backlash, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has recommended – and also painstakingly defended – a pay increase for the State’s Police Commissioner Mick Fuller worth a whopping $87,000. The Statutory and...
‘Lawyer X’ Royal Commission: More Than 1200 Cases to be Reviewed
In her closing remarks at the end of the The Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants’ public hearings, Commissioner Margaret McMurdo thanked the commission lawyers and staff who have been working to investigate and identify any tasks that...
New Mobile Phone Cameras Rake In $7 Million In One Month
Controversial high-tech mobile phones ‘hidden’ on New South Wales roads have pulled in $7 million worth of fines in their month of operation. The cameras were introduced in December last year, and drivers were given a three-month grace period with...
Mother Arrested While Protesting Her Rights
It’s difficult to believe these are scenes from Australia. A dramatic arrest, with police dragging a mother away from her screaming son as she was protesting ‘her rights’ during the Covid-19 pandemic. Before being confronted by police, the woman, Renee...
