Prioritising Truth-Telling and Treaty, Prior to Any Parliamentary Voice
Senator Lidia Thorpe has always supported the prioritisation of establishing treaty/treaties prior to any constitutional voice to parliament, and this is the position that the party she represents, the Australian Greens, adheres to as well. The 2017 Uluru Statement from...
Morrison Recommits to Legislating Discrimination Against Those Who Don’t Mirror Him
PM Scott Morrison last weekend recommitted to seeing the Religious Discrimination (RD) Bill passed if re-elected. He also underscored that the issue that stalled its passing this session - religious schools discriminating against LGBTQ people - will be separated from...
Will Alleged Australian War Crimes Be Criminally Prosecuted?
With the Ben Roberts Smith defamation trial underway, some are asking whether anything has been done about criminally prosecuting Australian soldiers accused by their peers of horrific war crimes against unarmed Afghan civilians and captured combatants - allegations which have...
ATO Investigates 40,000 Aussies Over Alleged Tax Fraud Scheme
The ATO has more than 40,000 Australians in its sights, as it begins investigating what it says is a fraudulent scheme that’s cost the community around $850 million. Individuals warned they are responsible for their conduct The scheme, promoted through...
Police Officer Sent to Prison Over Fatal Collision
An officer who crashed while speeding to a non-urgent call killing a man and leaving his wife with permanent injuries has been sentenced to three years in prison. Former Tasmanian police officer, Aaron Bonner, was responding to a non-urgent call...
The Link Between Rising Authoritarianism and the Protection of Big Business
NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has done quite a good job of presenting himself as something of a “swell guy”, despite the fact he’s an extreme ultraconservative who has just overseen the passing of the most draconian anti-protest laws in any...
Disturbing New Crime Trend Goes Viral on Social Media
The New South Wales Police Force has established a dedicated unit to investigate and prosecute a new criminal craze that is said to have been sweeping through the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie area in recent weeks. According to police, young...
Chris Dawson to Face Judge-Alone Trial for the Alleged Murder of his Wife
The former footballer and high school teacher is facing criminal proceedings for the alleged murder of his wife, who mysteriously disappeared in 1982. Since Lynnette Dawson’s disappearance, there have been two coronial inquests and several police investigations, as well as...
Court Dismisses Application to Halt Brittany Higgins Sexual Assault Trial
The Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has dismissed an application by Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal defence team for a permanent stay of proceedings on the basis that the intense and prolonged publicity would make it impossible to find...
Wisened Up Quiet Australians Won’t Be Duped by Anti-Democratic Morrison This Time
Nine days before he took out his “miracle” election win in May 2019, Scott Morrison was photographed sitting amongst a group of elderly people at a Port Macquarie forum, as he expressed his views on “quite Australians” and why they...
