The Chilling Effect of the NSW Antiprotest Regime Appears to Be Waning
The 2022 New South Wales antiprotest regime was put to one of its most significant tests on Awabakal and Worimi land in the regional city of Newcastle late last November, and it appeared that the deterrent effect these laws and...
Kostakidis Hasn’t Apologised for Criticising Israel on X, Despite The Australian’s Assertion
Despite assertions recently made in The Australian on 3 January, veteran journalist Mary Kostakidis has not apologised for certain posts she made on X earlier last year, which subsequently became the evidence cited in a racial vilification complaint raised against...
Dutton’s Racist Politicking Is Concerning in the Context of Potential Prime Ministership
With the 2025 federal election looming, concerns about the prospect of Liberal leader Peter Dutton being elected as the next Australian prime minister are on the rise. This is not just because the Liberals are willing to commit ecocide on...
Pro-Palestinians March on Gadigal to End Genocide for 65th Week: In Photos
The 65th consecutive weekly Free Palestine protest took place on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park North on Sunday 5 January 2025. The city has never seen such a prolonged and continuous protest action before, but then again, the world...
The Crisis in Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Continues at Record Levels
As of 2 January 2025, there have been 582 Aboriginal deaths in custody since the release of the Royal Commission report into this issue on 15 April 1991. This is despite the 339 recommendations made by the national inquiry all...
NSW Labor Is Continuing to Refuse Major Drug Law Reform Despite Election Promises
According to veteran NSW drug law reformist Dr Alex Wodak, it’s “an open secret that most of the NSW cabinet now support major drug law reform”. This suggests that the recent 2024 NSW Drug Summit was “designed to not recommend...
Victorian Government Stokes Division with Proposed ‘Social Cohesion’ Antiprotest Laws
Following the early December 2024 arson attack on the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne, the Victorian state government, led by Jacinta Allan, went on to announce that in response, it’s going to introduce new laws “to confront antisemitism, deal with...
Is Dutton Receiving Pro Bono Legal Advice from Zionists Over a Racial Complaint?
Liberal leader Peter Dutton updated his listing of interests in the Register of Members’ Interests for the 47th Parliament on 23 December. And the potential next prime minister added three gifts to his interests that comprised of a Chinese tea...
Federal Government Fails to Condemn Antisemitic Nazi Rally in Naarm-Melbourne
A most shocking display of antisemitism occurred out the front of Parliament House in Naarm-Melbourne on 20 December 2024, which involved 20-odd neo-Nazis rallying upon the steps before it, and this included prominent National Socialist Network (NSN) figure Joel Davis...
Labor Routinely Condemns Perceived Antisemitism, While Ignoring Islamophobic Attacks
Sydney woman Kelly Farrugia was arrested by NSW police officers on Dharug Country at her Parramatta home last Sunday afternoon, 22 December, in relation to her threatening an Egyptian mother and daughter in Bankstown Kmart a few days prior, after...
