Sisters Inside Condemns Palaszczuk’s Youth Crime Crackdown, as Viable Alternatives Exist
The Palaszczuk government announced last week that it plans to build another children’s gaol in Woodford, right next door to the adult maximum-security facility in the local corrections precinct, which comes on the back of its decision last October to build another...
The Right to Legal Representation in Serious Criminal Cases
A group of religious adherents who are facing serious criminal charges over the death of an eight-year old girl in Queensland have refused to engage legal representation. The case raises important questions around the right to a fair trial, whether...
Queensland Police Commissioner Bows to Police Union by Backflipping on Chokehold Directive
The Head of the Queensland Police Union (QPU), Ian Leavers, has told the state’s police officers they can defy a direction issued by Queensland Police Commissioner, Katarina Carroll, to prohibit the use of potentially deadly ‘chokeholds’ on members of the...
AUKUS Powers Are Militarising Papua New Guinea in Preparation for War with China
Journalist John Pilger’s 2017 documentary The Coming War With China warned that the US had established a “perfect noose” of 400-odd military bases surrounding China, while former Australian PM Paul Keating recently asserted that the AUKUS deal makes us part of this “containment policy”....
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...
NSW Police Officers Charged with Perverting the Course of Justice
Two New South Wales police officers have been charged with perverting the course of justice and will appear in the Mt Druitt Local Court on 21 June 2023. The officers - a man and a woman both aged in their...
Jarryd Hayne Sentenced for Sexual Assault, Again
Jarryd Hayne has been sentenced to four years and nine months for sexual assault, with a minimum term of three years. As he has already spent roughly nine months behind bars, he will be eligible to apply for release on...
The Proposed “Voluntary” National Digital ID System May Involve Facial Recognition
In late January of this year, news bulletins included details about the just released user audit report into myGov: “the government’s front door for digital services and support”, or put more plainly, a digital platform that currently links users to fifteen...
The Case of Alexander Csergo and Mounting Cold War Criminalisation in Australia
Australian businessman Alexander Csergo, who has long resided in Shanghai, was arrested in Bondi by Australian Federal Police on 14 April, as part of an ASIO-initiated taskforce investigation, and he was promptly charged with reckless foreign interference and denied bail. The...
Sentencing Hearing in Limbo as Government Assistance Denied to Fraud Offender
The sentencing hearing for the mastermind behind a $100 million in tax fraud scheme is in limbo until the issue of who will pay his estimated $50,000 in legal fees is settled. Others involved in the Plutus Payroll scheme –...
