Scout Leader Sent to Prison For Child Sexual Offences
A former New South Wales scout leader has been given a full term of more than 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to 12 child sexual assault offences, including one count of sexual intercourse with a child under 10...
Pandemic or Not, the Morrison Squad Represents the Corporates
The current COVID-19 pandemic overshadowed the revelations around the Australian government’s dodgy dealings with Timor-Leste that Bernard Collaery set out in his recently published foreign policy history, Oil Under Troubled Water. A key issue raised in the book is that...
The Second Wave: How COVID Police Powers Could Become Permanent
The huge number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the United States hasn’t prevented the right-wing nutjobs from taking to the streets - some bearing arms - calling for an end to lockdown restrictions and a prioritisation of economic activity...
Tanya Day’s Family Continue Fight to See Justice for Their Mother
Tanya Day’s children are continuing their campaign for justice in relation to their mother’s death in custody, following Victorian state coroner Caitlan English’s recommendation that two police officers involved in monitoring her be considered for criminal prosecution due to negligence....
No Social Licence for Effective App Take-Up: An Interview With Digital Rights Watch’s Lizzie O’Shea
The prime minister outlined last week that the nation might be able to start lifting some of the restrictions involved with the COVID-19 lockdown in a month’s time. And this is in part based on the proviso that at least...
COVID-19: Is More Police the Answer?
According to the press release issued by the New South Wales minister for police and emergency services, David Elliott, these police officers will be “assigned to local stations and specialist commands over the next 12 months to protect communities and...
COVID Policing in Australia: An Interview With Liberty Victoria’s Michael Stanton
As the majority of Australians sit at home during the lockdown, we’re keenly aware that the reason we are isolating is to halt the spread of COVID-19. And as a nation, we’ve been very compliant. Indeed, some might say, this...
Homeless Man Imprisoned For Sleeping on a Park Bench
Dwayne Kennedy has finally been freed after two bail applications by his lawyers had been unsuccessful, forcing them to apply for an urgent Supreme Court Bail hearing. In releasing Mr Kennedy, Victorian Supreme Court Judge Stephen Kaye found that a...
The Offence of Failing to School Your Child
Many New South Wales residents have been critical of the state government’s decision to keep schools open during COVID-19, believing the risk of infection outweighs the benefits of formal schooling. But when may it be illegal not to send your...
“A Looming Humanitarian Crisis”, as Migrant Workers Are Left in the Cold
Unions NSW found that of the 3,700 migrant workers it surveyed across this state in early April, 46 percent had already lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Forty three percent were skipping meals, a quarter couldn’t pay their...
