As Trans Visibility Rises, Australian Conservatives Are Taking Aim
Visibility was on high last weekend as a lengthy procession of transgender and gender diverse people, along with their allies, streamed down the centre of Newtown’s King Street to mark the day set aside for trans people to be seen....
No Jab, No Work: Healthcare Workers May Be Required to Have the AstraZeneca Vaccine
Healthcare workers have been told ‘they don’t get a choice’ when it comes to the Covid vaccine, amid reports that some Victorian health care staff are missing scheduled appointments, hoping to ‘hold off’ and wait for the Pfizer vaccine. Concerns...
Medicinal Cannabis Is Effective in Relieving Pain, According to Patients
Since the Turnbull government legalised the cultivation, production and distribution of medicinal cannabis effective October 2016, the estimated 100,000 Australians who’d already been using the medicine have had a rough time in accessing legal and affordable product. The medicinal cannabis...
Australia Suffering Biggest Impacts: An Interview With Climate Scientist Dr Andrew King
As the last blazes of the 2019-20 bushfire season were still ravaging the south east of this country, a group of over 200 Australian scientists presented an open letter to the federal government calling for urgent action on climate. While...
Teflon Gladys: More Adverse Findings But Still No Accountability
The NSW parliamentary inquiry into the allocation of grants via the $252 million Stronger Communities Fund has confirmed it will be referring NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and the NSW Auditor General. The parliamentary...
“We Need the People Behind Us”: Elizabeth Jarrett on the Sydney Black Custody Deaths Rally
Tens of thousands of people got out on the Sydney streets last June calling for an end to First Nations deaths in custody. At the time, there had been 433 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander custody deaths since 1991. Today,...
There May be Light at the End of the Tunnel for Biloela Family
Official announcements have confirmed what the rumour mill has been predicting for days: Scott Morrison’s latest federal cabinet reshuffle has moved Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton into the portfolio of Defence, replacing Linda Reynolds who is on medical leave. Michaela...
Protesters Demand an End to the Narrabri Gas Project
A group of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists dropped out of the sky and blocked the major Sydney CBD intersection where Bathurst crosses George Street right on 8 am Monday morning, causing 47 minutes’ worth of traffic disruption during peak hour....
Government Protects Vaccine Companies, But Rejects Compensation Scheme for Australians
As the Covid-19 vaccination rolls out in Australia, there are plenty of people sitting on the sidelines. This group has been described as having ‘vaccine hesitancy’. Some people within this group are staunchly against vaccinations, but many others are just...
Federal Government Flouts the Rule of Law When It Comes to Refugees
The principle of non-refoulement prohibits nation-states from removing refugees from their jurisdiction or effective control to send them to the country from which they fled, when it entails returning them to a genuine risk of irreparable harm. Non-refoulement underpins the...
