Australia’s Arms Exports System Is a Loose Free-for-All: Interview with Renegade Activists Jacob & Mercedes
Australian arms exports became a front and centre issue in October 2023, on outbreak of the Gaza genocide, and regardless of the fact that former Palestine stalwarts PM Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong were reimaging the mass murder...
Challenging the Power to Extinguish Protest Across Sydney: Interview with Palestine Action Group’s Josh Lees
The Palestine Action Group launched a legal challenge against one of the new antiprotest laws that the Minns government rushed through New South Wales parliament as part of a package of bills in February 2025, which were said to be...
This Election the Climate Crisis Is a Major Party Nonissue: Interview with Rising Tide’s Alexa Stuart
“Mr Albanese, you say you care about young people, and yet, since getting elected your government has approved 33 new coal and gas projects,” 21-year-old Alexa Stuart called out to the prime minister, whilst he was hosting a 7th April...
Enshrining Prisoners’ Rights in Law: Interview with Social Justice Academic Gerry Georgatos
Tuesday the 15th of April 2025 marked the 34th anniversary since the tabling of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which delivered 339 recommendations, many of which have never been actioned, and this has resulted in no allaying...
The Burning Question of Sovereignty: Interview with IAPA Candidate Uncle Wayne Wharton
Uncle Wayne “Coco” Wharton is running for the Queensland Senate in the 7 May federal election for the Indigenous Aboriginal Party of Australia (IAPA), and the Kooma elder, along with his fellow IAPA candidates, are seeking to advance improved waterways,...
The Greens Defence Policy Is About Peace and Independence: Interview with Senator Shoebridge
On 22 March 2025, there occurred frenzied discussions and even denouncements across Australian social media feeds, following news breaking that the Australian Greens had unveiled their first “formally costed policy” regarding Australian defence, which was announced under a headline, outlining...
Reoccupying Illegally Acquired Wiradjuri Country: An Interview with Uncle Paul Towney
Wiradjuri elder Paul Towney began occupying a parcel of land of over 2,000 acres in size said to be owned by Charles Sturt University in the NSW regional town of Orange, as he came to understand that when that land...
Sydney Pro-Palestinians Call Out Pitiful Major Party Form on Ongoing Gaza Genocide
As they have so many times over the last 18 months, pro-Palestinians from across Greater Sydney gathered on Gadigal land in the city’s Hyde Park to call for an end to the Israeli-perpetrated genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza, and...
The Dangers of Criminalising Criticism of Israel: Interview with Muslim Legal Network’s Dr Oz Susler
Universities Australia announced on 27 February that all of its 39 member universities nationwide have agreed to adopt a definition of antisemitism “that aligns closely with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition”, which has a controversial reputation as it...
Police Should Not Decide Bail for Fellow Officers: An Interview with Former NSW Magistrate David Heilpern
Former New South Wales Magistrate David Heilpern is calling for an overhaul of the NSW police bail system as it continues to see police officers making the decision on whether their fellow officers who fall foul of the law should...
