Welfare Not Warfare: NUS Education Officer Xavier Dupé on Students Rejecting Militarisation Over Society
The Morrison government had already kicked the Australian constituency in the guts in September 2021, when it announced that we were entering a new security arrangement with the US and UK, known as AUKUS, which includes acquiring new submarines that require...
“It’s a Whole Systems Change That We Need”, Asserts Blockade Australia’s Zelda Grimshaw
Blockade Australia (BA), one of the most successful and assertive climate defence groups to have emerged over recent years, descended upon key public infrastructure again last week, as it successfully disrupted “business as usual” at three ports in three states...
The Time Is Ripe for Drug Law Reform in New South Wales
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann hit the opening of the 58th NSW parliament running, as she moved four notices of motion on its second day indicating soon-to-be-tabled bills on key drug law reforms: pill testing, cannabis legalisation, a medical cannabis driving defence and decriminalisation....
The NSW Public Trustee Is Liberally Selling Off Managed Persons Assets, Says APTAGIE
“Imagine being under the control of a state-appointed guardian or public trustee and not being allowed to grab an ice coffee for a treat, buy presents for the grandkids or to replace your ill-fitting underwear?” posed Independent MP Andrew Wilkie...
NSW Has a Police Problem, Says Higginson, “Use of Excessive Force and Misconduct are Systemic”
NSW police senior constable Kristian White pulled his taser out, as 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who was holding a steak knife, was approaching with the aid of her walking frame, and the 33-year-old officer then stunned her with his device....
Disruptive Protest Is Necessary, Says Extinction Rebellion, as SA Antiprotest Regime Likely to Pass
Amnesty International organised a 500 hundred strong protest in the Adelaide CBD last Friday evening, as civil society groups, unions and climate defenders marched united in their demand that the Malinauskas government’s proposed extreme antiprotest regime is not enacted into law....
Minns, Time to De-Christianise Parliament in Multifaith/Nonreligous NSW, Say Rationalists and Greens
The March state election saw Catholic premier Dominic Perrottet hand over the reins of NSW top minister to current Catholic premier Chris Minns, who is now set to establish a multifaith religious advisory group to parliament with a direct line to...
Join the Walk for Justice: RACS Director Sarah Dale on the Importance of Pro Bono Work
Pro bono is taken from the Latin phrase “pro bono publico”, which means “for the public good”. These days, pro bono legal work commonly refers to free legal services, or those provided at a significantly reduced cost, with no expectation...
Inquiry into Extralegal Nature of Dan Duggan’s US Extradition Warrants Stay, Lawyer Says
The proposition is that former US Marine Corps fighter pilot Daniel Duggan is currently being held in Lithgow Correctional Centre pending extradition to the US, as the Australian citizen was “unlawfully lured” back to this country by ASIO, which was...
Australia Card Mark II: NSWCCL’s Michelle Falstein on Labor’s Proposed Digital Identity System
A meeting of the nation’s various data and digital ministers early this year, resulted in the release of a 24th February communique, which asserts an urgency around implementing a national digital identification system, which would make it easier for “citizens to...
