Pub Offers Free Pints to the Vaccinated
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has congratulated a Melbourne Pub for ‘getting behind’ Australia’s vaccination drive by offering a free beer to patrons who have been vaccinated. What’s more, the PM is so supportive of the campaign that he’s told the...
Queensland Premier’s Trip to Tokyo: Justified or Irresponsible?
Last year, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk made a reputation as one of the most controversial politicians in the country with her snap border closures and harsh restrictions during the first wave of the pandemic. Now, as the Delta variant of...
I Live in An Affected Local Government Area: Can I Leave it to Work?
We felt great pity for Melbournians last year when the ‘ring of steel’ was assembled around the metropolitan area, with various police checkpoints to ensure that people were only leaving or entering for ‘authorised’ reasons under the state’s public health...
In National Security State Australia, Press Freedom Is Just a Nice Idea
Hong Kong police raided the office of pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily on 17 June and arrested its five chief directors on national security grounds, while local authorities froze its assets, effectively shutting it down. Beijing has been increasing its grip...
Tough New Covid Restrictions for Greater Sydney
Just a month ago, the New South Wales Premier told a Liberal Party Council meeting in Canberra that the state would never go into lockdown again. Touting the state as the nation’s leader in containing outbreaks, and backed by PM...
COVID Policing: We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out of a Pandemic
As COVID-19 delta strain spread its way out to Sydney’s southwest, NSW police deployed 100 extra officers to the area as of 9 July with the aim of patrolling the streets to ensure the largely migrant population is abiding by...
Despite PM’s 2018 Promise, Religious Schools Can Still Expel LGBTQ Students
In the early days of Scott Morrison taking the top office, it came to light that there were exemptions set out within the Sex Discrimination Act 1984 (Cth) (the Act), which permit religious schools to expel LGBTQ students, as well...
What Does the DPP Consider When Deciding Whether to Withdraw Criminal Charges?
Many Australians were surprised to hear the charges against the woman accused of triggering Australia’s ‘needles in strawberries crisis’ have been withdrawn, and want to know why. The back story – a national crisis My Ut Trinh, who is also...
Decriminalising Victorian Sex Work: An Interview With Reason’s Fiona Patten
The state of NSW decriminalised sex work in 1995. The criminal sanctions relating to it were removed, in recognition that sex work is a legitimate form of work and should be treated as such. Since then, the entire nation of...
Indigenous Deaths in Custody Continue Unabated
A New South Wales family is still waiting for meaningful answers about the final moments of Frank ‘Gud’ Coleman, and why he died alone last week in a Sydney prison cell. Mr Coleman is the seventh Indigenous Australian to die...
