Pork Barrelling Breaches the Rule of Law
Disinformation regarding the lawfulness of pork barrelling prevails at present, and this has been propagated by senior Coalition ministers, an ICAC forum has found. Former PM Scott Morrison suggested last month that the practice of handing out public money to gain...
‘Hey Dad!’ Star Granted Parole and Will Be Deported
Australian Actor Robert Hughes will be deported from Australia at the end of this month, having been granted parole for child sexual offences. Mr Hughes is best known for his starring role in the television series, Hey Dad…! In 2014,...
Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva Calls on Albanese to “Step Up” on Deaths in Custody
“It’s appalling that it’s continuing, and no one is calling it out for what it is: the murder of First Nations people,” said rights activist Paul Silva. “Hopefully, Albanese can step up, take into account these events and recognise what’s...
Police Commissioner Under Fire Over Vaccine Mandates
Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carrol has come under fire in the Supreme Court over her directive last year compelling officers to be vaccinated against Covid-19 in order to keep their jobs A number of Queensland Police Officers pushed back against...
Canberra and Beijing Scramble for Security Influence in the Pacific
New foreign affairs minister Penny Wong on Wednesday set off on the second leg of her diplomatic tour of Pacific nations with the aim of smoothing over the animosity that’s built up after Morrison government neglect. Wong paid a visit to...
The Aboriginal Tent Embassy Doesn’t Support the Voice Referendum
Aboriginal Tent Embassy representatives are asserting that the Albanese government’s prioritisation of the implementation of the Uluru Statement from the Heart is flawed as no real on-the-ground consensus has ever been established with First Nations peoples in this regard. The main...
Peter Dutton: A Man of Hypocrisy and Double Standards
For many Australians, Peter Dutton’s campaign to ‘soften’ his image are a hard pill to swallow. This is particularly the case given that, as his public relations machine went into overdrive this past week, the Margaruppans - who are the...
Albanese Needs to Clean Up Our Nation’s Resident Deportation Regime
Leah Porter took her own life in Sydney’s Villawood Immigration Detention Centre on 22 May: a day after the Albanese government was voted into power. The 53-year-old mother-of-two from Christchurch had been in the centre for five months awaiting deportation...
Collaery Trial Date Set: Federal Government Continues to Prosecute Whistleblowers
The ACT Supreme Court last week set the date for the trial of Canberra barrister Bernard Collaery for 24 October this year. ACT Justice David Mossop did this despite the wishes of Collaery and his lawyer Philip Boulton SC, who consider...
Biloela Family Will Return to Their Community, But for How Long?
New Prime minister Anthony Albanese has made much of the Murugappan’s family’s plight over the past few years, often calling their detention and ongoing court battle with the Federal Government ‘publicly funded torture.’ He was explicit in the lead up...
