Police Recommend Criminal Charges Against William Tyrell’s Foster Mother
New South Wales detectives investigating the 2014 disappearance of toddler William Tyrrell have recently handed over a brief of evidence to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), recommending that criminal charges be brought against William’s foster mother. The recommended charges are...
Australia Continues to Detain and Brutalise Children, Despite Royal Commission
Radio stations nationwide reported on a “deliberately lit” fire at Tasmania’s Ashley youth prison facility on 18 June, which saw a staff member taken to hospital for observation, while the authorities have estimated that the damage to and destruction of property...
Once a World Leader in Transgender Law, NSW Now Sadly Lags Behind All Other States
Queensland enacted the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2022 (Qld) on 14 June. This legislation replaced a two-decade-old Act of the same name, due to the fact that times have changed, the document’s explanatory memorandum sets out. Indeed, in outlining the...
Police Officers Will Not Be Charged Over the ‘Lawyer X’ Scandal
The ‘Lawyer X’ scandal appears to have become a circus, with the Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) announcing no criminal charges will be brought against Victorian Police over what the highest court in the land described as “atrocious” and...
Senator Asks International Criminal Court to Investigate Australian Commanders Over War Crimes
The deputy leader of the Palmer United Party, Jacqui Lambie, announced in the Senate yesterday that she has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Australian Defence Force Commander over war crimes committed in Afghanistan. Her statement has been...
As Christian Thugs Rally in Newtown Yet Again, Leong Assures That Diversity Will Prevail
Christian Lives Matter descended upon Newtown again, about a week back, on a Friday night. The rally was just a bunch of neofascist Christians gathering in public to vocally share their social hangups about some people not having sex in the...
Should Politicians Be Permitted to Accuse Others of Crimes With Impunity Under Parliamentary Privilege?
Senator David Van may not have been well known before last week. But he is now a household name after Senator Lidia Thorpe accused him last week of sexual assaulting her in parliament, under the protection of parliamentary privilege. During...
Can Anyone Own a Poker Machine in New South Wales?
So, you’re setting up your man cave with your bar, pool table, arcade machine and big screen TV to watch the footy - and wouldn’t mind a second-hand poker machine to add to your nirvana. Or, you may be reminiscing...
Weak Integrity Laws Ensure Albanese, Just Like Morrison, Prioritises Corporate Want
On election, Albanese promised to end the “climate wars”, which much of the constituency took to mean commence the winding back of fossil fuel extraction, exportation and use, so as to limit the causes of global heating, which would have served...
Morrison Government Engaged in Pork Barrelling on Monumental Scale, Audit Office Finds
You could almost hear a collective audible sigh when a report by the Australian National Audit Office was released recently, detailing its findings on the Morrison Government’s misuse of $2 billion for the Community Health and Hospital Program. The ANAO...
