New Federal Hate Speech Offences and Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences Enacted
The Albanese government’s hate crimes bill had always been divisive because of the way it was wielded by government during heated public debate about the Gaza genocide. Yet the now passed laws that the attorney general said last year were...
PM Says, ‘No Comment”, as Wanted War Criminal and Convicted Felon Spruik Genocide
Convicted felon US president Donald Trump and internationally wanted war criminal Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, stood before reporters during a 4 February White House press conference, which saw these two fugitives conspiring to escalate the genocide of the Palestinians in...
Antisemitism-Specific Offence and Other Hate Crime Laws Are Coming to NSW
Ahead of 2025’s first sitting day of New South Wales parliament on 11 January, the state government announced its “tougher laws against antisemitism and hatred in NSW” package, which premier Minns has spruiked as a response to increasing acts of...
Human Rights Commission to Decide Racial Discrimination Complaint Against Peter Dutton
The Australian Human Rights Commission has accepted a racial discrimination complaint against Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton, which accuses the potential next prime minister of this country with having incited hatred against Palestinians, Jews and Muslims. Lodged in late November...
The Brave New and Inaccurate World of Artificial Intelligence Policing in New South Wales
The New South Wales Police Force has increasingly been employing the use of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which includes biometric facial recognition technology (FRT) and machine learning (ML), in its investigative processes since the turn of the century. These...
Trump’s Divisive Rights-Eroding Policies Are Already Shaping a Future Dutton Government
As the 2025 election draws closer, Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton continues to cop criticism for his lack of policies, his dearth of vision and his long-term openly racist points of views - however, this is somewhat unfair. Mr Dutton...
Young First Nations Man Left Untreated After Being Bashed by Prison Guards at Long Bay
A young Aboriginal inmate was allegedly bashed by Corrective Services NSW immediate action team officers at Long Bay Correctional Facility on 25 January, after he’d been repeatedly gassed in his cell in the days leading up to the incident. Elyas...
Foreign Actors and Criminals Rather than Local Protesters Are Likely Behind Antisemitic Attacks
Deputy commissioner of the New South Wales Police Force, David Hudson, told reporters on Thursday that detectives are considering whether a caravan packed with explosives found abandoned on the side of Derriwong Road in the northwestern semirural Sydney suburb of...
Police Brutality at Disrupt Land Forces Protests Goes Unchecked in Victoria
The scenes of police brutality coming out of Naarm-Melbourne during the Disrupt Lands Forces protests that served to counter the global weapons manufacturer expo Land Forces 2024, which was taking place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) over...
NSW Police Officers Continue to Engage in Misconduct with Impunity
A New South Wales police sergeant on a long drive with two junior officers in November 2023, refused to allow the car to stop when one of his colleagues needed to use the bathroom. Rather, the senior officer suggested the...