Jarryd Hayne Faces Third Trial Over Sexual Assault Allegation
Former National Rugby League star Jarryd Hayne is back in Downing Centre District Court to face a third trial over allegations of sexual assault. Vehemently maintains innocence Mr Hayne has steadfastly maintained his innocence throughout years of prosecution, and has...
Supreme Court Overrules Magistrate’s ‘Emotional’ Decision
The NSW Supreme Court has overturned a Local Court Magistrate’s decision to dismiss assault charges and an apprehended violence order brought against a school teacher for striking an unruly student, as he was found to have based his decision on...
Albanese Condemns Refugees Detained Offshore for a Decade to No Future
After a decade of breaching international law by detaining asylum seekers who arrived by boat on poor island nations, the Australian government is continuing to hold around 130-odd refugees offshore: 88 in Papua New Guinea and 51 on Nauru. These...
Sydney Trans Rights Activists Protest UK TERF Kellie-Jay Keen: In Pictures
Sydney trans rights activists and antifascists gathered in Victoria Park on Saturday to rally against an event put on by prominent UK transphobe and far-right figure Kellie-Jay Keen, who’s currently on the Australian Let Women Speak Tour, which involves a...
Sydney Animal Liberationists Call on Government to End Lawful Systemic Abuses
Sydney’s Belmore Park was awash with animal rights activists last Saturday, 4 March, as they gathered, just weeks before the NSW state election, for the Sydney Animal Rights March to protest against the systemic abuse of animals under Australian law....
Stop the Cultural Genocide: Sydney’s Tibetan Community Rallies Against Colonial Schools
Tibetans rallied in Sydney’s Martin Place on Friday, 10 March, marking 64 years since the 1959 Tibetan Uprising, which saw thousands gather in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa to protest China’s consolidating of its control over its neighbouring nation, after...
Hillsong Church Accused of Financial Crimes
The beleaguered Hillsong Church is under fire again, this time facing allegations of misusing funds in conduct that has the potential to amount to obtaining a benefit by deception - which is a type of fraud, as well as money...
There’s a Dire Need for a National Forensic Science Authority
Sue Neill-Fraser is currently living in the Tasmanian community under strict parole condtions, including having to wear an ankle bracelet, which will continue on for another decade, in relation to the murder of her de facto partner Bob Chappell on...
What is the Time Limit for Commencing Defamation Proceedings?
The mainstream media is starting to salivate over the legal strategies Network Ten and News Corp, as well as reporters Lisa Wilkinson and Samantha Maiden, intend to use with a view to defending a defamation case launched by Bruce Lehrmann,...
NSW Police Falsely Claimed that Violet Coco Blocked an Ambulance
A good cross-section of NSW civil society was appalled when Violet Coco was sentenced to 15 months prison time last December, in relation to her taking part in a Fireproof Australia action that blocked one lane - just one lane - of...
