Police Brutality Escalates Under the Cover of COVID
Australia watched on in disbelief as the violence on Melbourne streets escalated over the past week, with hoards of heavily armed police officers clashing with members of the public protesting against extended lockdowns and vaccination mandates. The mainstream media has...
Police Officer Charged with Misconduct Over Alleged COVID-19 Breaches
A police officer has been charged with misconduct in public office and suspended from his duties after allegedly helping his daughter cross the Queensland border. Senior Constable Robert Eickenloff from the Queensland Police Service (QPS) was on duty when he...
With No Plan, Morrison Implies Committing to Net Zero Is Un-Australian
Prime minister Scott Morrison appeared before a press conference in New York City on Wednesday, with foreign affairs minister Payne and defence minister Dutton in tow. This was following having met with the Biden administration to discuss the AUKUS pact...
Extreme COVID Law Enforcement Has Helped Fuel the Anti-Lockdown Movement
The recent use of non-lethal weapons on anti-lockdown demonstrators in Melbourne are the most extreme examples of the approach Australian government and its law enforcement agencies have taken to COVID-19 pandemic restrictions. The onset of what’s now referred to as...
Disparities in Berejiklian’s COVID Response Are Leaving Vulnerable Communities Unprotected
As the state of NSW focuses upon being released from the shackles of lockdown - with those sacred 70 and 80 percent adult vaccination rates as a means of doing so - significant parts of the community are being left...
Police Brutally Assault Anti-Lockdown Protester
In amongst all the footage of this week’s Melbourne protests, a horrific video has emerged of a police officer approaching a man from behind and violently throwing him head first to the ground at Flinders Station in the CBD –...
“We Should Be Outraged”: AWPR’s Dr Alison Broinowski on the AUKUS Pact
“G’day,” said the prime minister as he addressed the nation on 16 September. Scott Morrison then went on to reveal that he’s been busy committing us to a tripartite defence alliance - known as AUKUS - which includes the US...
Tradies Fight to Protect Their Livelihoods
For the third day in a row, construction workers in Melbourne have taken to the streets, resulting in violent clashes with police. The Tradies are protesting vaccination mandates and the temporary shutdown of their industry, as well as the loss...
Ditch Latham’s Anti-Trans Laws: An Interview With Equality’s Ghassan Kassisieh
Mark Latham seems to be having a very public and paranoid personal crisis about “the family unit”, as the leader of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party in NSW is concerned that “family life is under challenge” and the chief culprits...
The Far-Right Has Infiltrated the Anti-Lockdown Movement
Hundreds of protesters assembled at the Melbourne CBD headquarters of the CFMEU (the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union) on Tuesday morning, following violent clashes between protesters and riot police at the same location the day prior. Those gathered...
