Sydney Condemns Morrison’s Attempt to Enshrine Religious Bigotry in Law
Before a crowd of protesters gathered at Sydney’s Taylor Square on Sunday, well known drag queen Etcetera Etcetera recalled spending 13 years in “incredibly religious, conservative school systems”, where they were taught that the way that they are is wrong....
Victorian Premier and Health Minister Given Indefinite ‘Pandemic Powers’
Victoria’s controversial Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 has been passed after a marathon sitting in which upper house MPs negotiated a number of amendments. However, the amended laws still give both the Victorian Premier and State Heath...
Politicians Continue to Behave Badly Despite Sex Commissioner’s Report
Our male politicians have been front and centre of the issues surrounding unacceptable behaviour in parliament since the beginning of this year, but recent incident highlights the fact our female politicians need are also part of the toxic culture within...
Thorpe Calls for a First Nations Legal Defence Fund to Battle Miners
The Coalition’s neoliberal approach to governing involves the passing of flimsy regulations - dressed up as palatable laws - that, in the case of mining and development, charge corporations with progressing the Australian colonising project via the further dispossession of...
Bans on Human Rights Abusers are Set to Become Law
Laws which ban human rights abusers and cyber criminals from entering, trading in, and holding bank accounts in Australia are set to pass federal parliament. Under these laws, known as ‘Magnitsky laws’, the government can impose strict prohibitions on criminals...
Brad Hazzard is Not Fit to Lead the Pandemic Response
Another bizarre and unnecessary verbal attack by a politician has occurred the very week the Set the Standard report has been released, highlighting just how far we have to go in stamping out disrespect and misconduct in the workplace. NSW...
As NSW Refuses to Save Teenage Lives, NZ Legalises Pill Testing Nationwide
New Zealand became the first nation to officially legalise pill testing, or drug checking services, on 1 December, as the government passed a bill enshrining the harm reduction intervention in law. The move comes just a week after a bill...
Is it Legal for Businesses to Refuse Entry Based on Vaccination Status?
The New South Wales government says that despite yet another variant of the COVID-19 virus, labelled Omicron, finding its way onto Australian shore, the ‘freedoms’ returned to the state’s residents will remain in place and that, from 15 December 2021,...
Out There, Settling Scores: The NSW Police Fixated Persons Investigation Unit
A successful motion was passed in state parliament on 24 November, which requires the NSW Police Force, the minister for police, and the LECC to hand over any documentation relating to the wrongful arrest of Luke Brett Moore on 25...
Access to NSW Court Transcripts to Be Digitised
Until now, the process of ordering court transcripts and other documents has been slow and cumbersome. But a new initiative launched by the New South Wales Government means that as of next year, court documents and transcripts will be available...
