Shoebridge on Delivering a Federal ICAC With Teeth Soon After Taking Senate
Over their current terms in office, the federal and NSW Liberal Nationals governments have been rocked by one grants scandal after another. At the state level, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian resigned, while federally, Senator Bridget McKenzie was provided with a new...
ATO Investigates 40,000 Aussies Over Alleged Tax Fraud Scheme
The ATO has more than 40,000 Australians in its sights, as it begins investigating what it says is a fraudulent scheme that’s cost the community around $850 million. Individuals warned they are responsible for their conduct The scheme, promoted through...
Yuendumu Walpiri Elders Call for Indefinite Police Ceasefire: Karrinjarla Muwajarri
Just two months after NT police constable Zachary Rolfe got off scot-free over the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker, whilst his partner was on top of the 19-year-old Warlpiri teen, the NT police minister Nicole Manison on 5 May announced the biggest...
New NSW Police Commissioner: All Talk, No Action
There is mounting pressure on newly appointed NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb to make good on her promises to reform the culture of unaccountability and lack of transparency within the force, including changes to support victims of domestic violence offences....
Biloela Family: Political Pawns in the Upcoming Federal Election
Australia’s poor treatment of a family fighting to stay in Australia has become a Federal election issue, as senior politicians within both major parties pledge to let them stay in the country. Labor Leader Anthony Albanese has publicly criticised the...
Police Officer Sent to Prison Over Fatal Collision
An officer who crashed while speeding to a non-urgent call killing a man and leaving his wife with permanent injuries has been sentenced to three years in prison. Former Tasmanian police officer, Aaron Bonner, was responding to a non-urgent call...
Rights-Based NGO Rates Political Parties on Trade Justice
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) is a mechanism often incorporated into free trade agreements, which provides corporations with specific rights that allow them to sue governments if their business interests are affected by decisions made by local authorities that are adverse to...
The War Against First Nations Hasn’t Ended, It’s Just Become More Subtle
“I didn’t do it. That was 200 years ago. It’s not my fault” has been a common sentiment expressed amongst Anglo Australians for decades, and, although fading, most continue to abide by it as they concurrently reap the benefits of...
NSW Regional Health Crisis: Emergency Rooms Without Doctors, Cooks Caring for Patients, Systemic Misdiagnoses and Critical Errors
Cooks looking after patients and emergency departments without doctors - this is the current state of parts of the New South Wales Regional Health System, according to a recent parliamentary inquiry. In its final report, the inquiry uncovered woeful inadequacies...
Protecting the Pristine Takayna/Tarkine: An Interview With Bob Brown Foundation’s Scott Jordan
Right now, Chinese mining company MMG is attempting to construct a huge heavy metal waste dump in the middle of the takayna/Tarkine Rainforest: the nation’s largest surviving temperate forest of its kind. This means acid-producing tailings from the nearby Rosebery...
