Teflon Gladys: Inquiry Hears Fresh Evidence of Corruption
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has attracted media headlines yet again as the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the allocation of government grants heard fresh reports of corruption. Summary approval The inquiry into the Integrity, Efficacy and Value for Money of...
Australians Demand a Real Political Alternative
Preselections for the next federal election are underway. And as the Herald has reported, despite PM Scott Morrison suggesting the nation won’t be voting until 2022, Liberal Party officials have been telling their electorates to get ready for a potential...
What is ‘Child Abuse Material’ in New South Wales?
A 48-year old New South Wales police sergeant was arrested on Friday 29 January 2020 and charged with accessing child abuse material online. The sergeant, who is attached to a ‘specialist command’, was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he...
Former School Principal Faces 74 Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Alleged child sex offender Malka Leifer was extradited from Israel last week, just hours before the Israeli airports were closed due to coronavirus restrictions. Her arrival back in Australia ends several years of negotiations between government officials at the highest...
Camera Phones Are the “Single Best” Tool for Police Accountability
A few weeks back, the brutality involved in the western Sydney arrest of David Ridgeway on 29 December 2020 was being called out, and questions were raised as to why the Aboriginal man is now being remanded for assaulting police,...
The Invasion Day Rally Was About Much More Than Changing the Date
“Australia was founded on terra nullius. Terra nullius means that this country was uninhabited. Our people were declassified. Our humanity refused,” said FISTT spokesperson Lynda-June Coe, as she addressed the demonstrators gathered on Gadigal land at Djarrbarrgalli-the Sydney Domain. “We...
What is a Contempt of Court?
A man has taken the extraordinary step of personally suing a Family Court Judge after he was sent to prison for contempt of court during family law proceedings. The story so far In 2018, Mr Stratford (his real name cannot...
“Who Celebrates Genocide?”: An Interview With FISTT’s Gwenda Stanley
Around 10,000 protesters gathered on Gadigal land at Djarrbarrgalli-Sydney Domain on 26 January, making clear that celebrating the nation on a day that marks the dispossession of and genocide against the First Nations peoples of this continent is not only...
Covid-19 Vaccine Approved, But Questions Remain as to Safety and Effectiveness
The Australian Therapeutic Good Administration has approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination, which means the government will commence planning a rollout. However, concerns have been raised about the rollout strategy as well as the effectiveness of, and potential dangers with, a...
Free Them All: The Government Is Finally Releasing the Medevac Detainees
The former offshore asylum-seeking detainees that were brought to this country almost two years ago under the now revoked Medevac laws - and have since been locked up in hotels and immigration facilities - are slowly being released into the...
