Australia Must Establish a National Register of Lawyers
On 24 January 2023, a young man was representing a client for a defended criminal law hearing at Sydney’s Downing Centre Court when he brought to the Presiding Magistrate’s attention that he had been advised he could not continue to...
Attorney General to Reform National Security Secrecy Orders, as Closed Trials Continue
In its response to the findings of a review of national security orders that have been used by the federal government to cloak specific trials in secrecy over recent years, the Albanese government agreed in its 19 January response to action...
Sydney Calls Out Apartheid Israel in the Wake of the Jenin Massacre
Hundreds gathered before Sydney Town Hall on Wednesday evening in a show of solidarity with Palestinian people living in their occupied homelands, after they’ve suffered through some of the deadliest events and days in recent memory at the hands of Israeli...
Thorpe on the Shadow of Paternalism Alice Casts on the Voice
After coming on strong with talk of the referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament as a means of empowering First Nations, the Albanese government, in its burgeoning approach to Alice Springs, is veering towards the paternalism and punitiveness of...
What is the Role of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority?
Controversial New South Wales Opus Dei schools are now under investigation by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) after recent media coverage which raised concerns about the school curriculum. A story, which recently aired on ABC’s 4 Corners,...
We’re Taking Back Our Land and Future, Says Black Peoples Union’s Kieran Stewart-Assheton
The Invasion Day protests held in major urban centres across the continent on 26 January saw a determined rejection of the Albanese government-led proposal for a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament to be enshrined in the Australian Constitution....
Protesting Pell’s Legacy of Enabling Child Sex Offences
As George Pell’s body lays in state at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney in preparation today’s mass, there are tens of thousands of ribbons being tied to fences surrounding the church. The ribbons are intended as a reminder of those...
Employer-Paid Domestic Violence Leave is Now Available to Employees
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken to the airwaves to boast of his government’s passing of legislation which entitles those who are affected by domestic violence to up to 10 days of paid leave per year, replacing previous laws which...
The “Hi Mum” Scam and the Offence of Fraud
A 21-year-old Victorian man has been charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception for fraudulent transactions linked to the increasing popular “Hi Mum” scam. But what is the “Hi Mum” scam? How does it fit into the legal...
Onshore Immigration Detention Centres are Rife With Abuses, Ombudsman Finds
During disturbances at Christmas Island’s North West Point Immigration Detention Centre early last year, staff were found to have engaged in using fire extinguishers and other firefighting equipment upon detainees. This use was unauthorised but appeared to be planned and...
