“Don’t Waste Your Vote on a Major Party”: The New Rallying Cry This Federal Election
Not so long ago, when the country paused to take the nationwide visit to the ballot box to vote on who might govern the country for the next term of parliament, an admission that one was voting for a minor...
The Liar from the Shire Strikes Again
A lot of leaders, at all times throughout history have been caught telling fibs. The small lies that are often trotted out under the guise of ‘Public Relations’ but which can, and sometimes do, eventually get found out. But Scott...
Aboriginal Death in Custody Was Preventable, Inquest Hears
The inquest into the death of an Aboriginal woman taken into custody after being refused bail over suspected shoplifting offences has heard that there were multiple opportunities to help her, which went ignored by ‘arrogant’ prison staff. Yorta Yorta woman...
COVID Restrictions Have Eased, But the Impact on Mental Health Continues
Now that the Covid -19 pandemic has settled, and while life might ‘appear’ to be returning to some sort of normality, it is far from ‘normal’ for hundreds of thousands of people across Australia - including those who remain homeless,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Biloela Family: Political Pawns in the Upcoming Federal Election The Labor Leader has promised to return the family to their Queensland community, while the Deputy...
Prioritising Truth-Telling and Treaty, Prior to Any Parliamentary Voice
Senator Lidia Thorpe has always supported the prioritisation of establishing treaty/treaties prior to any constitutional voice to parliament, and this is the position that the party she represents, the Australian Greens, adheres to as well. The 2017 Uluru Statement from...
Morrison Recommits to Legislating Discrimination Against Those Who Don’t Mirror Him
PM Scott Morrison last weekend recommitted to seeing the Religious Discrimination (RD) Bill passed if re-elected. He also underscored that the issue that stalled its passing this session - religious schools discriminating against LGBTQ people - will be separated from...
Will Alleged Australian War Crimes Be Criminally Prosecuted?
With the Ben Roberts Smith defamation trial underway, some are asking whether anything has been done about criminally prosecuting Australian soldiers accused by their peers of horrific war crimes against unarmed Afghan civilians and captured combatants - allegations which have...
Minor Parties May Hold the Key to a Legalised and Regulated Cannabis Market
The situation with illegal recreational cannabis in Australia is beyond ridiculous. The 2019 National Drug Strategy Household Survey outlines that 36 percent of locals have used the fairly innocuous plant at some point in time, 11 percent of the population had use...
The Extralegal Christmas Island Brutality Regime: Interview With Refugee Action Coalition’s Ian Rintoul
Victoria police pepper sprayed refugee activists out the front of the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) centre on 3 May, as 12 detainees were hauled off by the Australia Border Force to be transferred to the Christmas Island immigration facility....
