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Right Wing Coalition Senators Introduce Anti-Abortion Propaganda Bill

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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...

The Offence of Being Armed with Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence in NSW

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A passenger has been charged with a string of criminal offences after allegedly shooting two drivers with a nail gun in separate incidents on the New South Wales Central Coast. According to police, they responded to reports at around 4.10pm...

What is Extradition?

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A man suspected of killing a young woman on a secluded Queensland beach before fleeing abroad just hours later has agreed to return to potentially face charges of murder. 38-year old nurse Rajwinder Singh is suspected of murdering Toya Cordingley...

Australia Deports Long-Term Residents Over Nonviolent Crimes, Destroying Families

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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

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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

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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...

Unproven Sexual Assault Allegations: Creating Celebrities While Destroying Lives

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The accusations of sexual assault levelled against Bruce Lehrmann by complainant Brittany Higgins over many years led to one of the most high-profile prosecutions in Australian history, resulting in the annihilation of the former’s reputation and destruction of his life....

Refugee Advocates Sick of Albanese Dragging Feet on Human Rights Reforms

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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...

The Offence of Possessing Ammunition Without a Licence or Permit in New South Wales

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A man has been charged with several firearms offences after police attended his home in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales after receiving reports of a domestic disturbance. According to police, at around 10.30pm on Sunday, 9th January 2023 officers...

Lethal Prejudice: First Nations Deaths in Custody Continue, Despite Royal Commission

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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...
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