Mick Fuller’s Sexual Consent App: The “Worst Idea… All Year”
This week the New South Wales Police Commissioner has proposed developing an App to record sexual consent. The idea comes on the back of his recent assertion before the NSW Parliament that sexual assault cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute,...
Albanese Finds Wings, as Porter Moves to Sue and Morrison Continues to Fumble
As an estimated 110,000 women and allies were set to mobilise nationwide on Monday to call for an end to gendered violence and the silence surrounding it, attorney general Christian Porter pulled a strategic move in filing to sue the...
Streamlining Is Penalising Victim-Survivors: An Interview With DVNSW’s Renata Field
The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research released a report on Wednesday, revealing that over the three decades from 1990, the rates of most major property and violent crime categories have dropped or remained stable, except a marked rise...
Gladys Berejiklian Referred to ICAC Once Again
The New South Wales Upper House has referred Premier Glady Berejiklian to the state’s corruption watchdog, which is already investigating the business dealings of her former partner Daryl Maguire. Conflict of Interest The motion asserts that the NSW Premier failed...
Sydney Mobilises En Masse for the Women’s Justice March
An estimated 10,000 protesters covered the Sydney Town Hall forecourt and surrounding areas at 12 pm on Monday afternoon to say “enough is enough”, in terms of sexual assault and gendered violence, and the dismissive attitude towards its occurrence that...
“Disgraceful” NSW Police Officer Fails to Get His Job Back
A former New South Wales police officer who was dismissed for running in private WhatsApp group in which he and other officers joked about rape, referred to an Indigenous colleague as a ‘coon’, made a range of other sexist, homophobic...
“My Heart Lies in Seeking Justice”: An Interview With Wiradjuri Lawyer Taylah Gray
Taylah Gray made a splash across headlines last year when she fronted up to the NSW Supreme Court to represent a Newcastle Black Lives Matter protest, as the NSW Police Force attempted to silence the 5 July First Nations rights...
Doctors Face Deregistration for Expressing Concerns About COVID Vaccines
Healthcare professionals have been warned they could be stripped of their ability to practise if they disseminate information about Covid-19 vaccines which regulators consider to be false or misleading. The Medical Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory...
Attorney-General Sues for Defamation
Attorney-General Christian Porter has been at the centre of a media storm over allegations he sexually assaulted a debating teammate during a trip to Sydney in 1988, as well as had inappropriate relations with a female staffer at a Canberra...
“Until We Win”: Assange’s Father John Shipton on the Home Run Tour for Julian
For the past fortnight the Home Run for Julian tour has been weaving its way through regional and suburban Victoria and NSW, towards the nation’s capital. And along its route, it’s met with supporters to spread the word that Australians...
