The Offence of Possessing Ammunition Without a Licence or Permit in New South Wales
A man has been charged with several firearms offences after police attended his home in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales after receiving reports of a domestic disturbance. According to police, at around 10.30pm on Sunday, 9th January 2023 officers...
Lethal Prejudice: First Nations Deaths in Custody Continue, Despite Royal Commission
First Nations custodial deaths have continued this summer. Over the holiday period, two Aboriginal people have died in WA correctional facilities, with a 45-year-old man having fatally collapsed whilst playing basketball in Geraldton’s Greenough Regional Prison on 27 December. This followed...
Queensland Gets Tough on Youth Crime
Just days after the Palaszczuk government announced it would be getting tougher on youth crime, statistics released in Queensland suggest that in the space of just 12 months, well over 1,000 children were arrested on suspicion of property crimes. The...
Queensland Announces Draconian Penalties to Deal With Youth Crime
Three days before 2022’s end, the Palaszczuk government announced it’s set to enact a set of laws designed to crack down on the punishment of youth offenders, at a time when the nation’s habitual gaoling and harsh treatment of young...
The Government Is Again Detaining Offshore Refugee Medical Transferees In Hotels
Following the passing of Medevac laws in early 2019, and to the chagrin of then PM Scott Morrison and home affairs minister Peter Dutton, 190-odd long-term offshore refugees needing medical treatment were transferred to Australia and promptly dumped in local hotels....
Court Decision Forces Government to Release Detainees Slated for Deportation
In the days leading up to Christmas and on to New Year, Australian authorities released 100-odd immigration detainees awaiting deportation, as a result of their having fallen foul of the character test set out in section 501 of the Migration Act...
The Offence of Sexual Touching of a Child Under the Age of 10 in New South Wales
A man has been charged with 21 criminal offences after multiple alleged sexual offences against children at a shopping centre in the south-west of Sydney. Police say they were called to a shopping centre on Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool at...
Movement on a Federal Human Rights Act, With Ability to Seek Remedy
The COVID-19 pandemic restrictions placed on Australian society sparked a huge national debate on whether governments across the continent had the power to encroach upon the rights of citizens and residents in imposing extraordinary measures, such as statewide lockdowns. Many...
Jesus the Agitator and the Perrottet Anti-Protest Regime: An Interview With Historian Diane Fieldes
The right to protest is under attack in the state of NSW, elsewhere around the country and, indeed, across the western world. And the reason for this is well understood: disruptive protests are drawing attention to the escalating climate crisis and...
Prisoners Must be Given Access to Medicare, Says Gerry Georgatos
Australia has a growing issue with incarcerating people, especially First Nations adults and children, and this habit of dealing with society’s most disadvantaged and marginalised people by hiding them in correctional institutions, extends to denying them regular healthcare inside. Successive...
