Elite Sydney School Students Could Face Criminal Charges Over Offensive Group Chat
A group of students from Sydney’s elite Knox Grammar School are under investigation over allegations they shared videos depicting child abuse, rape and assault and engaged in misogynistic, racist and homophobic discussions in a closed online chat group. Parents of...
Domestic Violence Groups Call for Greater Community Consultation for Coercive Control Laws
Midnight on Wednesday saw the “short six-week consultation period” close on submissions to the NSW government’s coercive control legislation, and an impressive list of domestic and family violence advocates are calling for an extension, as, currently, the draft is potentially harmful....
Protesting Australia’s Peak Far-Right Gathering: CARR’s Owen Marsden-Readford on CPAC
Billed as “the largest and most prominent conference for conservatives and liberty lovers in Australia”, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) was set to take place over the 1st of October weekend at Sydney’s Luna Park, until it wasn’t. Featuring...
The Office of the Governor General Is No Longer Tenable
Whilst prime minister Anthony Albanese has downplayed the role of Scott Morrison-appointed Australian governor general David Hurley’s role in the multiple ministries saga, there are clear signs that the part played by “Her Majesty’s representative in the Commonwealth” was problematic. As...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Dealing in the Proceeds of Crime
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has boasted the seizure of 47 vehicles, including 31 classic cars, as well as gold bullion and cash with a combined value of around $5 million, which they say was connected to a 46-year old...
Torres Strait Masig Statement Calls for Regional Autonomy by 2037
The people of the Torres Strait Islands came together on Tuesday to release The Masig Statement: Malungu Yangu Wakay - Voice from the Deep. The release of the document came a week after prime minister Anthony Albanese and Indigenous affairs minister...
Morrison’s Multiple Ministry Plan Was Hatched Early On, Suggests Solicitor General
A startling fact that Australian solicitor general Stephen Donaghue identified in his advice on the Morrison multiple ministries scandal is that there’s evidence the former PM had been contemplating secretly taking on the administration of extra departments from his early days...
Father of Deceased Alleged Child Sexual Assault Victim Permitted to Sue Catholic Church
In a major win for those who were sexually assaulted by clergy as children, as well as for their loved-ones, the Supreme Court of Victoria has ruled that the father of a deceased former choirboy who reported having been sexually...
Australia Has a Nasty Habit of Incarcerating Children It Doesn’t Want to Kick
The Queensland Labor government, along with the opposition Liberal National Party, One Nation MPs and those from Katter’s Australian Party, all voted against preventing children aged 10 to 13 from being imprisoned, as well as releasing those already inside. Voted...
Court Orders Sydney Casino to Pay Disabled Man’s Jackpot
The District Court of New South Wales has ordered The Star to pay a disabled man’s $285,000 poker machine jackpot plus interest and legal costs after the controversial casino refused to do so in 2019 on the basis that an...
