Ecstacy and Magic Mushrooms to be Approved for Treatment
In a major win for those suffering from chronic depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) has added Psilocybin - or magic mushrooms – and 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, or ‘ecstacy) to Schedule 8 (Controlled Substance) of the Poisons...
Government Talks Loud But Does Little to Bring Julian Home
Many aspects of the ongoing detainment of Julian Assange in London’s notorious Belmarsh Prison at the behest of the White House, as it continues to seek the WikiLeaks founder’s extradition to the US, have been criticised as measures that undermine...
How Can I Find Out if Someone is a Lawyer?
On 24 January 2023, a defended criminal law hearing was stopped in its tracks in Downing Centre Local Court after information was received to suggest the young man who was presenting himself as a practising lawyer was never in fact...
Attempted Assassination of Queen Elizabeth II: Revenge Was the Motive
The Jallianwala Bagh massacre occurred when British soldiers shot and killed approximately 400 unarmed protesters, men, women and children, injuring 1,200 in Amritsar, India in 1919. Many historians say the casualties were much higher than reported, dependent on whether the...
The Offence of Inciting a Person to Sexually Touch Another Without Consent
High-profile rugby union player Kurtley Beale is facing several charges relating to sexual offences arising from an incident that allegedly occurred in Sydney’s eastern suburbs late last year. Although details of the alleged offence are sparse, it has been reported that...
Thorpe Quits Greens to Represent Black Sovereignty Movement in Voice Debate
On Monday, the first sitting day of 2023, Senator Lidia Thorpe announced early in the afternoon that she’s determined to quit the Australian Greens, so that she can represent the grassroots Blak Sovereign Movement in federal parliament. The Gunnai Gunditjmara and...
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...
