Protest the Religious Discrimination Bill Before It’s Too Late, Says CARR’s April
Morrison’s term in office has done a lot of harm to this country. However, possibly the greatest setback the current government poses to the nation is yet to come, with its potential to see the Religious Discrimination Act 2021 (RD Bill)...
Corporate Giant Accused of Systemic Workplace Bullying and Harassment
Another corporate global giant has been caught out covering up systemic bullying, assault and harassment within its Australian workplace. DP World, which operates ports in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Freemantle has been publicly called out by a number of its...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 31 January to 6 February 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Only Fully Vaccinated Participants Can Attend Supreme Court Trials A participant must be fully vaccinated to physically attend a Supreme Court trial, with the possible...
The Political Climate Being Conjured by Morrison Is Hardly the Way Forward
Earlier this week, it came to light that Brisbane’s Citipointe Christian College had sent out an updated enrolment contract to parents specifying that the religious school reserved the right to expel their children on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity....
Amnesty Declares Israel an Apartheid State
The understanding that Israel is operating as an apartheid state, whereby Palestinian citizens are systematically discriminated against and oppressed has been growing. But there still exists a fierce resistance to asserting this on mainstream media platforms. This is likely to...
The Genocide Games: AUTWA’s Ramila Chanisheff on Boycotting the Beijing Olympics
The independent Uyghur Tribunal delivered its final report in December, outlining that it found China’s treatment of the Uyghur people living in the province of Xinjiang - known to the Indigenous people as East Turkestan - amounts to genocide. While French parliamentarians...
Morrison to Silence Online Dissent Under Pretext of Protecting Against Trolls
Governments globally have found social media a prickly beast to deal with, as it’s provided those not usually afforded a voice in the mainstream media with a platform and an audience where they can express opinions, without being filtered through...
Criminal Conviction Recorded Against Child Over Brutal Attack
The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal has reversed a judge’s decision not to record a conviction after a 15-year old teenage girl who pleaded guilty to charges including take and detain with the intention of obtaining an advantage,...
Boycott Beijing’s Sportswashing: An Interview With Australia Tibet Council’s Dr Zoe Bedford
The Australia Tibet Council, and other human rights groups, staged a rally out the front of the Channel 7 studios in Sydney’s Martin Place last Friday. Those demonstrating were calling out the television network for its part in broadcasting the Beijing...
Mining Giant Under Fire for Workplace Toxicity, Social Irresponsibility and Environmental Destruction
Mining giant Rio Tinto has vowed to implement the recommendations of a review into its toxic workplace culture, but in the eyes of many Australians, the company will have to do much much more if it is to garner confidence...
