Subs or No Subs, US Domination of Australia Is Absolute and so Is Its Call to War
After the fanfare of the San Diego AUKUS announcement in March, which was preceded by the star spangled unveiling of the new Australia, US and UK security pact in 2021, it only took a few more months before it became apparent that...
Rights Commission Confirms Torture and Abuse Are Rife in Australian Detention
“Australia used to be a world leader in human rights” is a lament that’s often been used over recent decades, as the globe has looked on while successive local governments have illegally detained thousands of foreigners on remote islands in...
Calls for a Royal Commission, as NSW Police Killing Spree Continues
A New South Wales police officer lethally tasered 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who suffered dementia, as she was approaching the officer holding a steak knife and using a walking frame to aid her. This incident, which took place in a...
Vatican Accuses Australian Bishop of Sexual Offences
An independent report commissioned by the Vatican has labelled a Catholic Bishop from Western Australia a ‘sexual predator’, accusing him of sexually assaulting four Indigenous youths and grooming dozens of others. Vatican commissioned investigation The Vatican confirmed it commissioned the...
There’s a Desperate Need to Focus on Rehabilitation in Australian Prisons
A new programme introduced this year at Cooma Correctional Centre in in Southern New South Wales is matching inmates with homeless, unwanted dogs, and the early results are exceptionally positive. The programme is a collaboration between the prison and Snowy...
PM’s COVID Inquiry Will Be Ineffective, As It Ignores State and Territory Responses
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Federal Health Minister Mark Butler have announced a 12-month inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic response, but it falls well short of public expectations, even though taxpayers will be the ones funding it. The inquiry’s terms...
The By-Design Lack of Federal Rights Protections Is Driving Australia’s Authoritarian Drift
“Australians are unaware of the vast inroads made into our civil liberties by the most authoritarian western democracy currently in the world: Australia,” ACT barrister Bernard Collaery told the Guardian in April. “Democratic Australians are just asleep at the wheel.” And he...
It’s Always Been About Treaty: Senator Lidia Thorpe on the Progressive Vote
Not having bothered to pay attention to the Coalition’s No campaign as it makes its usual racist claims, this time about an all-powerful Voice to Parliament dividing the nation, hearing leader Peter Dutton’s use of the word “squalor” in relation...
Another Mentally Ill Woman Dies After Being Tasered by NSW Police Officers
Another woman has died after New South Wales Police used “a number of tactical options, including a taser” during her arrest last week. The woman’s family is now demanding answers. The incident Police were called to 47-year old Krista Kach’s...
The Deployment of ADF Troops for Domestic Disturbances is an Ominous Sign
The Australian Defence Forces alerted the Lismore public, via the local council’s Facebook page, that it would be in the vicinity of their town over 6 to 8 September conducting exercises, which would include “riot control” at Lismore Airport and “blank-fire...
