The Repeal of Medevac Laws Mean More Power to Peter Dutton
In the past few years, what goes on behind the closed doors of Parliament has become a source of consternation for many Australians who are witnessing a slow undermining of democracy. This week Parliament reached a new low when a...
The Violence of the Frontier Wars Has Never Really Ended
Two police officers entered the home of a First Nations family in the remote NT community of Yuendumu in early November. One of them allegedly shot an unarmed 19-year-old Warlpiri man. This incident is now classed as one of the...
Suspicious Circumstances: Detained Eddie Murray Was Not in a State to Hang Himself
Eddie Murray was found dead, hanging in a cell at Wee Waa police station at around 3.00 pm on 12 June 1981. The 21-year-old Gamilaraay man had been detained by officers about an hour earlier for public drunkenness, under now...
George Pell’s High Court Appeal: Last Throw of the Dice
The High Court of Australia will hear George Pell’s application for ‘special leave’ (permission) to appeal, which if granted will provide him with the last throw of the dice to have his convictions for historical child sexual offences overturned. High...
Honest Cop Wins Appeal
Many Australians are cheering today, with the news that honest cop Rick Flori has won his appeal in Brisbane Supreme Court. It’s one of many battles the former Queensland police officer has fought, as he took and maintained a stance...
Drug Rehabilitation Programmes Reduce Reoffending Rates
The ACT will begin a new trial for drug and alcohol sentencing this week, favouring rehabilitation over prison time. The alternative sentencing arrangement will accept 35 people when it begins, giving these offenders the opportunity to spend time in rehabilitation...
Pregnant Mum Pleads Guilty to Multiple Fraud Offences
A pregnant mother of two has pleaded guilty to multiple fraud offences in Wollongong Local Court after police raided her home and found a criminal to-do-list sticky taped to her bedroom wall. The list detailed the criminal activities she would...
No Right to Know: Government is Secretly Prosecuting Australian Citizens
Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka’s 1915 novel The Trial tells the surreal tale of bank clerk Josef K, who awakens one morning to find that two agents working for an unidentified government agency have turned up to arrest him on unspecified...
Suspicious Circumstances: Injustice Served at the David Dungay Inquest
Six Immediate Action Team (IAT) officers stormed the cell that Dunghutti man David Dungay Junior was occupying in the hospital ward of Long Bay prison on 29 December 2015. The riot squad officers had been called in because the 26-year-old...
Robodebt is ‘Unlawful’, Federal Court rules
The Federal Court of Australia has found that Centrelink’s debt recovery system is unlawful, in a decision that could pave the way for more Australians to take legal action. Deanna Amato is just one of robodebt’s victims, but her case...
