Posting About Politicians? The NSW Police Force May Have You In Their Sights
A Blue Mountains man was arrested in August last year, over allegations that he’d been harassing the local mayor and a NSW Labor MLC. The 37-year-old was charged with a number of offences, including stalking or intimidation with intent to...
Debunking the Myth that the Greens Caused the Bushfire Crisis: An Interview With MLC David Shoebridge
Climate scientists have linked the length and intensity of the current bushfire season - and the extremely dry conditions that have led to it - to human-caused climate change. According to them, the fire crisis is all down to the...
Consider the Garment Worker Behind the Price Tag: An Interview With BCWS’ Kalpona Akter
Increasingly, over the last decade, the labels on the cheap clothes at Australian fashion outlets read, “Made in Bangladesh”. And despite rising prices and inflation, the clothing coming out of the South Asian garment manufacturing powerhouse only seems to get...
Stop Morrison’s Straight White Privilege Laws: An Interview With CARR’s April
The current bushfire crisis has exposed how out of line the Morrison government’s prioritising of the Religious Discrimination Bill actually is. It’s the legislation that’s purportedly necessary in order to protect those of faith in the community. However, there isn’t...
The Offence of Sexual Assault
Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein has been charged in Los Angeles with felony offences including forcible rape, forcible oral copulation, sexual penetration by use of force and sexual battery by restraint. Charges were laid just hours after Mr Weinstein appeared...
Scammers, looters and arsonists – the dark side of the bushfire tragedy
National disasters such as Australia’s current bushfire crisis, usually inspire our communities to rally together - to help each other when we need it the most. But sadly, there are always those willing to take advantage of the misfortune of...
Global War, Anyone? Trump’s Got One Brewing With Iran
The US killed Iran’s most powerful and respected military official last Friday, in a move that has the potential to escalate the Trump-provoked tensions that have been mounting between the two nations into a full-scale war. Major general Qassem Soleimani...
Sack Scott Morrison: An Interview With Uni Students for Climate Justice’s Gavin Stanbrook
Despite the ongoing bushfire crisis, Scott Morrison didn’t see fit to cancel his official diplomatic tour of India until last Friday night. Scheduled to commence next Monday, the trade-related jaunt was expected to feature discussions related to Australia’s coal export...
Getting a Divorce in New South Wales
Divorce is a delicate subject, especially over the holiday period when families are meant to be coming together rather than falling apart. But there is no denying the holidays can have a way of magnifying tensions in relationships that aren’t...
NSW Police Facilitate Bikie Meth Trade, According to Watchdog Chief
“We know that there must be significant corruption going on,” soon to be stood down Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) chief commissioner Michael Adams QC said in relation to the NSW Police Force (NSWPF) at a parliamentary inquiry in mid-December....
