Australia’s Mounting Mass Surveillance Regime Must Be Reined In
“A creeping surveillance state”, “the world’s most secretive democracy”, “civil liberties in peril”: these types of phrases are increasingly being used to describe our nation in US headlines. The examples listed have all appeared whilst the Coalition government has been in power,...
Christian Porter and His Barrister Ordered to Pay Legal Costs
Former Attorney General Christian Porter has been ordered to pay more than $430,000 in legal costs relating to his defamation case against the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The costs were awarded to Jo Dyer, the friend of the woman only known...
Officer Allegedly Shot Restrained Warlpiri Teen Twice, Hears Historic Custody Murder Trial
After NT police constable Adam Eberl had restrained Warlpiri teen Kumanjayi Walker upon a mattress on the floor of his grandmother’s home in the remote Aboriginal town of Yuendumu, constable Zachary Rolfe allegedly walked across the room and shot him...
Liberties Council Maintains Ending Indefinite Detention Is a Moral and Legal Obligation
The Novak Djokovic fiasco exposed the Australian government’s practice of detaining “noncitizens” indefinitely to the globe. The sports star was placed in a hotel used as an immigration prison, where 25 of the 32 men inside are processed refugees, who’ve...
Sexual Violence Supports Need Strengthening, Say’s Full Stop Australia’s Hayley Foster
The Australian Bureau of Statistics released data last week outlining that police agencies had recorded 53,570 sexual assault offenders over the ten years ending in June 2020, which included a 13 percent increase in the number of male offenders. This was...
NSW Government Faces Fresh Allegations of Pork Barrelling
The New South Wales government is again facing allegations of pork barrelling in relation to “The Refresh and Renew Programme”, a grants initiative set up to help struggling tourism operators across the state. More grant rorts uncovered The programme gave...
An Australian Criminal Cases Review Commission: An Interview With Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby
Michael Kirby has recently completed a chapter for a Canadian legal publication, in which the esteemed former High Court Justice outlines the need for more thorough safeguards against unjust convictions in this country. Within the chapter Miscarriages of Justice in...
Federal Government Refuses to Establish Federal Corruption Watchdog
Only months away from the Federal Election, the Morrison Government has reneged on its promise to instate the Commonwealth Integrity Commission (CIC) – the federal anti-corruption watchdog, despite the fact the proposed body would have significantly less investigative power than...
PM Apologises Over Parliamentary Sexual Abuse Scandal
In parliament recently, embattled Prime Minister Scott Morrison said sorry to Brittany Higgins. “I am sorry. We are sorry. I am sorry to Ms Higgins for the terrible things that took place here. And the place that should have been...
Morrison’s “Kafkaesque” Deportation System Begs a Federal Bill of Rights
“The Migration Act has become a fest of discrimination,” says Social Justice Independent Gerry Georgatos. This is especially so, when considering the series of amendments to the legislation that current prime minister Scott Morrison oversaw the passing of in late 2014....
