The Sluggish Demise of Drug Prohibition Is Gaining Momentum
Right before the pandemic shut down shifted the focus of concern, NSW drug policy was under scrutiny with the then Berejiklian government baulking at pill testing trials to address drug-related deaths at events and rather attempting to shut down the festival industry...
When Will the Prosecution Pursue a Retrial in New South Wales?
A Queensland jury has failed to read a verdict in the trial of a homosexual man accused of sexually assaulting a female friend. The jury spent 10 hours deliberating but was discharged after being unable to reach a verdict. The...
What is a Community Correction Order in New South Wales?
Australian bikini model Stevie Bamford has found herself in trouble with the law again, this time for credit card fraud. The model made global headlines in 2012 after lying about being sexually assaulted by a tuktuk driver while two other...
Television Presenter Could Face Contempt of Court Charges
The trial of Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins in Parliament House in 2019, was due to begin in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory on Monday. But an acceptance speech by television presenter...
After WA’s Historic Pardons, Further Police Accountability Is Needed for Baby Charlie
WA attorney general John Quigley this week apologised for the treatment the state and WA police subjected Tamica and Ted Mullaley to in relation to the circumstances surrounding the 2013 murder of 10-month-old baby Charlie. The minister also pardoned the pair...
Authorities Continue Crackdown on Climate Activism With Extralegal NSW Police Raid
NSW authorities continue their crackdown on climate protests, as those raising the alarm about the climate emergency escalate their response to the unwillingness of those holding the reins of government to take adequate action in regard to mounting crisis. Blockade...
Victorian Government Backtracks on Promise to Decriminalise Public Intoxication
The government headed by Daniel Andrews in Victoria promised to decriminalise the crime of public intoxication following the tragic death of Yorta Yorta woman Tanya Day in 2017, but now says the offence won’t be repealed until at least next...
Calls for Police Guns Out of First Nations Communities and an End to the Intervention
Karrinjarla Muwajarri-Ceasefire protesters gathered out front of Sydney Town Hall on 18 June, as part of a National Day of Action calling for guns out of remote First Nations communities and an end to the imposed settler colonial police state...
Children Vandalise Detention Centre After Being Subjected to ‘Cruel and Degrading’ Treatment
Australia’s harsh youth detention regime is in the spotlight once again this week, after reports that mistreated children in Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre in Perth damaged around 100 of the 250 cells in the facility. The conduct follows a...
Albanese Must Step Up and Fight for Assange, as UK Greenlights Extradition
UK home secretary Priti Patel has done what those who were aware of her political leanings expected. Last Friday she greenlighted the extradition of Julian Assange, so that the White House can continue its assault on the Australian journalist, who...
