“Racism Writ Large”: An Interview with Close Don Dale Now’s John B Lawrence SC
Right now, Don Dale Youth Detention Centre continues to operate. Despite a Royal Commission recommending its immediate closure five years ago, the notorious prison for children is crowded, incarcerating kids as young as 10, applies the use of isolation and self-harm...
Bail and Remand Are Being Weaponised to Stamp Out Climate Activism
“Police are weaponising the legal system to disable climate activists” is the charge Blockade Australia levelled against NSW law enforcement in an online post last month, following a recent blitz on its activities. “Peaceful protesters are receiving bail conditions more punitive than those...
Consumer Watchdog to Investigate Claims of Anti-Competitive Conduct by Energy Companies
Australian residences are falling below the World Health Organisation’s safe temperature guidelines with a new survey suggesting that many homes aren’t reaching the recommended 18C degrees in winter, for about 70 percent of the time. The survey results have been...
NSW Supreme Court Challenge Could Invalidate Thousands of COVID Fines
A Supreme Court challenge to the validity of penalty notices issued for alleged contraventions of COVID-19 rules has the potential to invalidate thousands of fines. 30-year old Rohan Pank and two other plaintiffs commenced civil proceedings in the Supreme Court...
What is an Extended Supervision Order in New South Wales?
The Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled last week that a ‘high-risk’ convicted child sex offender can return to the region where he broke into a home and sexually assaulted a four-year old girl. Residents of Grafton in Northern...
The Historical Offence of Carnal Knowledge in New South Wales
Former rugby player Chris Dawson who is currently facing a judge alone trial for the murder of his ex-wife Lynette Dawson, has had his trial for carnal knowledge delayed by a further nine months. Mr Dawson was charged in 2019...
Albanese Goads Greens on Climate, Yet the Party Is Offering the People’s Targets
Prime minister Anthony Albanese claimed on Tuesday that the actions of the Greens “led to a decade of inaction and delay and denial” on climate, while that party, now holding balance of power in the Senate, is prioritising the targets needed...
The Crackdown on Climate Defenders Will Result in an Escalation in Tactics
The Perrottet government jamming through the most draconian protests laws in the nation over a 48 hour period in March, reveals that the “climate wars” that the new prime minister promised to end on taking office two months later, have only...
Opposition to Santos Gas in the Pilliga Is the Largest Ever Seen, Say Gomeroi Women
The Gomeroi people voted overwhelmingly against Santos’ proposed Narrabri gas project at a meeting in Tamworth on 25 March. The Australian fossil fuel company has been negotiating with the Gomeroi Nation going back a decade, and this rejection was to an...
Family Demands Inquest, After Hospital Sends Kamilaroi Dunghutti Man Home to Die
Ricky “Dougie” Hampson Junior presented to Dubbo Hospital last August, with severe stomach pain, which was accompanied by a popping and tearing sensation, while his heart was racing at a rate of 130 beats per minute. Two perforated ulcers, which...
