Former NRL Player Found Not Guilty of Aggravated Sexual Assault
Former NRL player Tristan Sailor has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault. The jury took less than two and a half hours to return the verdict, in a Downing Centre District Court trial which spanned past several weeks. ...
Islamophobia Continues to Rise, Report Finds, Even After Christchurch
The third Islamophobia in Australia report was released on 19 March. This marked the third anniversary of the Christchurch massacre, which saw an Anglo Australian terrorist gun down 51 Muslims worshipping at mosques in the southern New Zealand city. The document...
‘The Slap’ – Would Criminal Charges Have Been Filed if it Happened in Australia?
It’s the slap that has the world talking, debating, asking questions: Staged or unstaged? Justified or unjustified? Chauvinism at play or a family man just protecting his loved-one? A comedian just doing his job or a weasel that crossed the...
Former Residents in Immigration Detention Treated to State-Sanctioned Violence
NZ-based advocacy and support group Route 501 recently came into possession of footage showing what appeared to be a group of bashed and bleeding Aotearoa nationals tied to common room furnishing in this nation’s immigration facility on Christmas Island. And this...
“Redrawing the Lines of Power”: Peace Activist Jacob Grech on Mounting Global Tensions
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered into its second month despite early claims that it would be a fast takeover. And as the Ukrainian civilian population continues to be slaughtered, the Kremlin is now suggesting a potential de-escalation. But many...
“Racism Does Kill People”: Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi on an Anti-Racist Australia
Australia prides itself on being a vibrant multicultural society. The nation isn’t so proud of its high levels of racism, however. But for some reason, those holding onto positions of governance - the majority being white and overwhelmingly male -...
Criminal Offences Relating to Filicide in New South Wales
The coronial inquest into the death of Hannah Clarke is well underway in Queensland. Over the past few weeks, the inquest has heard evidence of Hannah’s former partner’s violent tendencies, his increasingly erratic behaviour, the numerous formal complaints made by...
NSW Government Is Imprisoning Its Opponents: Shoebridge on New Anti-Protest Laws
The five days of strategic and targeted actions that Blockade Australia activists carried out last week, at chokepoints providing access to the nation’s largest container facility, saw climate defenders successfully hit the fossil fuel industry where it’s most effective: its profit margin....
Despite the Backlash, Blockade Australia Successfully Disrupts Port Botany as Planned
Blockade Australia has just completed its second major mobilisation, which, this time, entailed disrupting Sydney’s Port Botany over five days ending last Saturday. This involved eight disruptive actions that saw access points to the port shut down and nine climate...
Reports of NSW Government’s Mismanagement of Grants Continue
The New South Wales Government’s disaster management agency has come under fire in recent weeks - for its slow response to the flood crisis across Northern New South Wales. Now, Resilience NSW is facing a fresh round of questioning over...
