Thorpe Delivers Bill to Establish Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Law
Adopted on 13 September 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a comprehensive document that sets out the universal rights of First Peoples globally, including their rights to self-determination and to free, prior and informed...
The Prime Minister is Not Fit for Purpose, According to Liberal Senator
Just days after a scathing address to the senate in which outgoing Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells labelled Scott Morrison, a ‘ruthless… autocrat’ with ‘no moral compass’, NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack has asserted that The Prime Minister excluded Ballina,...
Is Anyone Really Surprised That Morrison Used Racism for Political Gain?
Accounts emerged in the press over the weekend that current PM Scott Morrison used the ethnicity of his opponent in the 2007 Cook preselection, as well as citing the rumour that he was a Muslim, as fuel to tip the...
Will the Death of Hannah Clarke and Her Children Bring Real Change?
Last week, the Coronial Inquest into the death of Hannah Clarke and her three children - who burned to death after her estranged husband set the family car alight before killing himself was finalised after 9 days of hearings in...
Married At First Sight Nude Photo Sharing Scandal: Was a Crime Committed?
For some, nothing makes for better reality TV than a bitter dispute between contestants. But in the current series of Married At First Sight, a long-standing argument between two participants could potentially land them on the wrong side of the...
Former NRL Player Found Not Guilty of Aggravated Sexual Assault
Former NRL player Tristan Sailor has been found not guilty of aggravated sexual assault. The jury took less than two and a half hours to return the verdict, in a Downing Centre District Court trial which spanned past several weeks. ...
Islamophobia Continues to Rise, Report Finds, Even After Christchurch
The third Islamophobia in Australia report was released on 19 March. This marked the third anniversary of the Christchurch massacre, which saw an Anglo Australian terrorist gun down 51 Muslims worshipping at mosques in the southern New Zealand city. The document...
Former Residents in Immigration Detention Treated to State-Sanctioned Violence
NZ-based advocacy and support group Route 501 recently came into possession of footage showing what appeared to be a group of bashed and bleeding Aotearoa nationals tied to common room furnishing in this nation’s immigration facility on Christmas Island. And this...
NSW Government Is Imprisoning Its Opponents: Shoebridge on New Anti-Protest Laws
The five days of strategic and targeted actions that Blockade Australia activists carried out last week, at chokepoints providing access to the nation’s largest container facility, saw climate defenders successfully hit the fossil fuel industry where it’s most effective: its profit margin....
Despite the Backlash, Blockade Australia Successfully Disrupts Port Botany as Planned
Blockade Australia has just completed its second major mobilisation, which, this time, entailed disrupting Sydney’s Port Botany over five days ending last Saturday. This involved eight disruptive actions that saw access points to the port shut down and nine climate...
