Peter Dutton: A Man of Hypocrisy and Double Standards
For many Australians, Peter Dutton’s campaign to ‘soften’ his image are a hard pill to swallow. This is particularly the case given that, as his public relations machine went into overdrive this past week, the Margaruppans - who are the...
Albanese Needs to Clean Up Our Nation’s Resident Deportation Regime
Leah Porter took her own life in Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on 22 May: a day after the Albanese government was voted into power. The 53-year-old mother-of-two from Christchurch had been in the centre for five months awaiting deportation...
Collaery Trial Date Set: Federal Government Continues to Prosecute Whistleblowers
The ACT Supreme Court last week set the date for the trial of Canberra barrister Bernard Collaery for 24 October this year. ACT Justice David Mossop did this despite the wishes of Collaery and his lawyer Philip Boulton SC, who consider...
Biloela Family Will Return to Their Community, But for How Long?
New Prime minister Anthony Albanese has made much of the Murugappan’s family’s plight over the past few years, often calling their detention and ongoing court battle with the Federal Government ‘publicly funded torture.’ He was explicit in the lead up...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Australia Has Spoken: Greenslides, Triumphant Independents and Far-Right Rejection Australians have turned to independents and minority parties who call for climate action and a federal...
Dictator Dutton’s Disdain for Democracy: Part 1, Building the Surveillance State
Peter Dutton confirmed his candidacy for the leadership of the Liberal Party this week, and the public relations campaign to ‘soften’ his image has gone into overdrive. The so-called ‘hardman of politics’ says he is keen to show the public...
Albanese Gets Back to Business as Usual, But the Progressives Await
This week has been marked by a sense of new hope. With the fall of Morrison, no longer does the nation have to listen to the patronising voice of a glib leader rolling out one-liners with no real meaning, whilst...
Time to Legalise: Australia Demands Cannabis Law Reform
At the time of writing, Pauline Hanson’s seat in the Senate is in question as the votes for the last Queensland upper house seat are still being counted and are too close to call, as Legalise Cannabis candidate Bernie Bradley...
Uyghur County Has Highest Prison Rate on Earth: Interview With AUTWA’s Ramila Chanisheff
Currently, Konasheher county in southern East Turkestan has the highest imprisonment rate in the world. One out of every 25 of its local Uyghur citizens is detained within the China-run prison system. Beijing, however, refers to the region as Shufu...
The Return of the Dutton: The Coalition Strikes Back With the Archconservative
With that other guy having stepped down as leader of the federal Liberals after losing the election, and other favoured members having fallen by the wayside during the vote, ultraconservative Peter Dutton is set to step into the role of...
