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Australian Police: The History of Systemic Brutality Continues to This Day

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Citizens have mobilised across the United States to protest the system in that country, which led four Minneapolis police officers to kill African American man George Floyd on 25 May in full view of the public, as if it was...

Family of First Nations Teen Subjected to “Brutal Police Assault” Demands Justice

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“Our son is a typical teenage boy and he feels more at home with his peers,” said the mother of a First Nations teen, who was thrown face first onto the ground by a police officer on Monday. “He’s got...

Expert Family Court Witness Guilty of Child Sexual Assault

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Bob Montgomery, a psychologist who spent time working as an expert witness for the family court, and was also the psychologist for the TV reality show Big Brother, has pleaded guilty to historical child sexual abuse. He faces up to...

Stop Police Brutality: NSW Police Officer Assaults Indigenous Teen

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As groups of police officers in the United States put down their weapons and stood alongside protesters railing against the death of black men in custody, video footage emerged of an Indigenous teenager being thrown to the ground by a...

End Immigration Detention: Car Convoy Protest Descends on Villawood

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Looking back from the vehicle having just turned left at a set of traffic lights in Villawood last Saturday afternoon, the convoy of cars calling for an end to refugee detention, stretched back down Christina Road as far as the...

Government to Refund $720 Million Extorted Through Robodebt

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The Federal Government has announced it will refund more than $720 million dollars to people who were unlawfully issued with debt notices under Robodebt, which many have labelled an extortion scheme targeting those without means to challenge it. And although...

Sydney Lawyer Allegedly Sacked for Refusing to Lie

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A corporate lawyer has commenced proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court after he was terminated from his position as a senior legal adviser with Meriton Property Services for allegedly refusing to lie in an affidavit. Sydney lawyer Joseph Callahan is...

Premier Freezes Public Sector Pay, Having Approved 15% Pay Rise to Police Commissioner

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Despite having just recently approved a massive pay rise to the New South Wales Police Chief, equivalent to about 15% of his salary, The Berejiklian government is now proposing a wage freeze for public servants, including frontline health staff. In...

Man Imprisoned for Assaulting and Raping Own Mother

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A Western Australian man who physically assaulted his 56-year old mother before sexually assaulting her three times has been sentenced to a full-term of 17 years in prison. According to court papers, the man - whose identity is subject to...

RIP Press Freedom: PM Pressures ABC to Change Report About COVID-19 App

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Last year, when the Australian Federal Police raided the home of journalist Annika Smethurst over a story she wrote about government plan to spy on ordinary Australians, and, days later,  the Sydney offices of the ABC in relation to a...
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