What is a ‘Stay of Proceedings’ in New South Wales?
Former rugby league player Chris Dawson will stand trial for allegedly murdering his wife Lynette Dawson 40 years ago. Mr Dawson pleaded not guilty to murder charges laid against him in 2018. He was scheduled to stand trial in February...
Federal Parties and Independents on How They Plan to Uphold Civil Liberties
The close to a decade that the federal Coalition has been in power has seen an ever-increasing authoritarian creep. The last three years under Morrison have seen this rise to such a level that those “quiet Australians” he posits get...
Coalition Is Undermining Our Human Rights Commission, Global Body Asserts
The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) is an independent body representing and monitoring national human rights institutions (NHRIs), which are bodies set up within countries to promote and protect rights, especially against government encroachments. The GANHRI Sub-Committee...
The Cocaine Will Flow, Despite Police Parading Latest Seizure
Yet another image of police parading in front of a large haul of drugs appeared in the press last week. Located off the South Australian coast by the Australian Border Force on 18 March, the drugs were detected after intelligence suggested...
“Business as Usual Will Kill Us All”: An Interview With Fireproof Australia’s Danny Noonan
“I sat on the Spit Bridge that morning and I felt it like every other commuter around me. I saw people sitting in their cars with their schoolchildren trying to get to school,” NSW roads minister Natalie Ward told the...
What is the Suitors’ Fund in New South Wales?
Being accused of a criminal offence can be a life-changing experience, one that can lead to reputational and career loss, great stress and anxiety, and in cases where the defence team is privately funded, enormous financial loss. On top of...
The Death of Protest in NSW: An Interview With Greens MLC Abigail Boyd
Date published: 7 April 2022 The June 2020 Sydney Black Lives Matter protest rocked the city to its foundations, as it had a focus on NSW police brutality towards First Nations peoples, then police commissioner Mick Fuller tried to have it prohibited...
Auditor-General Slams NSW Police Force Over Domestic Violence Failures
The New South Wales Police Force has a significant job ahead of it to manage increasing rates of domestic violence offences. Two reports released in recent days show point to a number of specific failings that need to be addressed....
Thorpe Delivers Bill to Establish Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Law
Adopted on 13 September 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a comprehensive document that sets out the universal rights of First Peoples globally, including their rights to self-determination and to free, prior and informed...
The Prime Minister is Not Fit for Purpose, According to Liberal Senator
Just days after a scathing address to the senate in which outgoing Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells labelled Scott Morrison, a ‘ruthless… autocrat’ with ‘no moral compass’, NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack has asserted that The Prime Minister excluded Ballina,...
