The Slow Drip Death of the NSW Festival Industry: A Targeted State Approach
The Australian festival industry is still struggling post-pandemic shutdown. Main stayer Groovin the Moo had to cancel its annual regional tour last February, while Victoria’s three-decade-old Falls Festival had to cancel its last New Year’s Eve event, with dozens more...
Zionist Who Planted Bomb on Pro-Palestinian’s Vehicle Could Soon be Released
A man who left a homemade bomb on a ute in the driveway of a Botany home in January, with a note attached threatening reprisal if the resident did not remove a Palestinian flag hanging out the front of his...
‘Student Camps Are Anti-Genocide, Not Anti-Semitic’, Says UniMelb for Palestine’s Dana Alshaer
Right now, it would be difficult not to be aware that students at numerous Australian universities have set up campsites on campuses, with the aim of opposing the Israeli government perpetrated genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Another aspect to...
“Don’t Blow the Whistle”, Australia Warns, as It Imprisons Lawyer for Exposing War Crimes
Australians are raised on ideas of freedom, justice and equality: principles that the nation is said to embody, and its defence forces uphold. And it’s implicitly understood that serving military officers take no pleasure in committing acts that are usually...
Higher Bail Threshold and Monitoring Devices Proposed for Alleged Domestic Violence Offending
The New South Wales government’s latest response to the epidemic of domestic violence across the state is to make it harder for those charged with domestic violence offences to achieve bail and to require monitoring devices to be worn by...
New South Wales Offences for Selling, Advertising and Promoting Tobacco and E-Cigarettes
The prices for tobacco products in Australia have skyrocketed in recent years, making our nation one of the most expensive in the world for cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco and other items containing the plant. And while this has contributed to...
As Israel Establishes Extermination Zones, South Africa Calls for ICJ Intervention
Over the last seven months, Israel has carpet bombed, chased, traumatised and humiliated Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, to the point that 1.5 million of the 2.3 million civilians are now congregated in the southernmost city of Rafah, which has...
New South Wales Traffic Offences: Recent Updates to Road Rules
As the pace of modern life accelerates and technology continues to shape our world, it is essential to update road rules to keep drivers safe and traffic flowing efficiently. In Australia, a series of new road rules and regulations, including...
First Nations Oppose Ongoing Landgrab as Labor Relaunches Gas-Led Recovery
Resource minister Madeline King announced the Future Gas Strategy on 9 May, which involves increased investment in gas, a fossil fuel that produces emissions that increase climate change, to reduce the impacts of climate change, along the way to net...
Systemic Criminal Justice Bias Sees Only Muslim Crime Designated as Terrorism
In the wake of two mid-April Sydney stabbings that garnered intense public attention, not only due to the violence involved, but also the subsequent divergent manner in which the NSW Police Force and, indeed, politicians and intelligence agencies, have approached...
