Government’s Disaster Payments Labelled ‘An Insult’
With large parcels of Sydney, the Hunter Valley and surrounding areas under water during the past few weeks, devastated by flood for the second time in several months, the Albanese Government has responded by offering a $1,000 emergency payment for...
Man Acquitted of Police Killings After 22 Years Behind Bars
A man who was convicted of killing two police officers has been acquitted after spending 22 years behind bars. Jason Roberts was just 17 years old when Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller were murdered at Moorabbin, 15...
If Assange Is Sent to the US, He Will Die, Pilger Says, as Australia Continues to Collude
“I don’t think there is any doubt in my mind, as there is no doubt in the minds of his loved ones, that if Julian goes to the United States, and is effectively dropped in a penal hellhole, that will...
Government Scraps Paid Pandemic Leave
Covid-19 case numbers are still peaking across the country and it is still against the law for anyone who tests positive to the virus not to self-isolate. Despite this the Federal Government is scrapping paid pandemic leave. A $750 payment...
Tennis Star Accused of Domestic Violence
Australian Tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been accused of domestic violence by his former girlfriend. Mr Kyrgios is due to appear in court in the ACT Magistrates’ Court next month, facing charges of assault that relate to an alleged incident...
NSW Government to Expand Power to Seize Unexplained Wealth
Acting NSW police commissioner David Hudson flagged the scenario of his officers pulling up a young person driving a luxury sports car and questioning them as to how they came to be behind the wheel of such an expensive vehicle,...
Bullying and Harassment are Rife in the Legal Profession
Tackling sexual harassment and bullying in the legal profession is a high priority for regulators in Australia according to a research report published by the International Bar Association (IBA) this month. The International Bar Association (IBA) is the world’s leading...
Local Court to Require Attendances in Person
New Local Court rules in relation to Covid19 came into effect earlier this month, and include all Local Court sittings, including criminal and civil cases. At the height of the pandemic, many court matters were being handled ‘remotely’ that is...
Labor Has Ended the Political Prosecution of Bernard Collaery
Federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus announced in Sydney on Thursday that he’s ordered the prosecution of Bernard Collaery to be dropped. The ACT barrister was being pursued over charges relating to his having exposed the Howard government’s illegal bugging of the...
“The Most Oppressive Industrial Laws in the Developed World”: Interview With MUA’s Paul Keating
NSW employment relations minister Damien Tudehope passed a motion on the 23 June, outlining that his government will be introducing a bill to increase the maximum penalties applying to industrial action taken in spite of the Industrial Relations Commission having deemed...
