Campaigning 2022: Which Major Can We Trust to Treat Refugees With the Most Cruelty?
Having fled their countries of origin due to conflict or persecution, often with little more than the clothes on their backs, refugees are some of the most desperate people on the planet. And in our country, they’ve also played a...
“An Extraordinary Wave of Extreme Sentences” as the Coalition Stamps Out Dissent
Andrew George ran onto the field at Sydney’s Pointsbet Stadium during a Sharks versus the Tigers football match on 10 April. Wearing a cape emblazoned with Fireproof Australia and carrying a flare, his aim was to draw attention to the climate...
The Offence of Contravening an Order to Leave or Not Enter a Court in New South Wales
As New South Wales continues to adjust to the changing nature of the pandemic, new health and safety protocols will be in place in Local Courts until at least 9 May 2022 under the Court Security Act 2005. The legislation...
When Can Police ‘Caution’ a Young Person in New South Wales?
The mother of a teenage girl who was subjected to an unprovoked attack by a group of teens has expressed disappointment the perpetrators were cautioned rather than charged by police. Savage attack 14-year old Amber Saied and a friend left...
NSW Police Officers Keep Their Jobs Despite Having Domestic Violence Convictions
Newly appointed New South Wales Police Commissioner, Karen Webb, has faced significant criticism of the NSW Police Force’s ability - or, rather, inability – to respond promptly, fairly and properly to cases of domestic violence. Now, that criticism has been...
High Court Delays Collaery Decision as Government Seeks Further Secrecy
The High Court was set to deliberate last week upon whether the full transcript of the 2021 ACT Court of Appeal case Collaery versus The Queen (No 2) could be made publicly available, as federal attorney general Michaela Cash has...
Police Accused of Protecting Politicians
Damning allegations have emerged that senior officers within Victoria Police prevented detectives from arresting and prosecuting up to 16 members of the Andrews Government over the ‘red shirts rort’. Red shirts rort The ‘red shirts rort’ involves allegations that almost...
Morrison’s Ransacked Australia: Time to Turf Him Before It Goes Further
In Morrison’s Australia, if you have a go, you get a fair go. It’s the type of nation where even a thug in an expensive suit can grapple their way to the top of the heap if they come from...
The Ever-Increasing Authoritarianism of the NSW Coalition Government
The Perrottet government has just passed some of the most draconian anti-protest laws in any liberal democracy around the globe. These were seemingly in response to recent nonviolent disruptive actions taken by climate defenders, yet they have implications for all...
Perrottet’s Protest Crackdown Won’t Halt 78-Year-old Scientist Climate Defender
There’s something happening here, and what it is, well, it’s exactly clear. The global climate systems are beginning to collapse before our eyes. The cause is humanity’s fossil fuel use. And yet, in a nation like Australia, the so-called leaders...
