COVID-19: Is More Police the Answer?
According to the press release issued by the New South Wales minister for police and emergency services, David Elliott, these police officers will be “assigned to local stations and specialist commands over the next 12 months to protect communities and...
Homeless Man Imprisoned For Sleeping on a Park Bench
Dwayne Kennedy has finally been freed after two bail applications by his lawyers had been unsuccessful, forcing them to apply for an urgent Supreme Court Bail hearing. In releasing Mr Kennedy, Victorian Supreme Court Judge Stephen Kaye found that a...
The Offence of Failing to School Your Child
Many New South Wales residents have been critical of the state government’s decision to keep schools open during COVID-19, believing the risk of infection outweighs the benefits of formal schooling. But when may it be illegal not to send your...
“A Looming Humanitarian Crisis”, as Migrant Workers Are Left in the Cold
Unions NSW found that of the 3,700 migrant workers it surveyed across this state in early April, 46 percent had already lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Forty three percent were skipping meals, a quarter couldn’t pay their...
COVID-19: Australia Joins Calls for International Investigation
As COVID-19 continues to run rampant around the globe, and governments everywhere enforce lockdowns and self-distancing measures which will plunge the world into economic recession, Australia has joined calls for an international investigation into exactly where and how the virus...
Drunken Shooter Avoids Prison Due to COVID-19
On the afternoon of 2 January 2019, Rodney Madex and his daughter Tammy were drinking alcohol together in their Glengarry North home in the Gippsland region of Victoria. And into the evening, the pair had a number of minor disagreements....
Peter Dutton Proposes Prison for Refusing to Provide Passwords
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been absent from the media spotlight in recent times, ever since he contracted coronavirus. And many are asking where the man at the helm of curtailing civil liberties on a federal level has been...
Morrison Insists on Mobile Phone Tracing App Before Controls Can Be Eased
In his COVID-19 update on 16 April, prime minister Scott Morrison set out seven “precedent conditions” of a forward planning framework that if set in place could result in an easing of pandemic restrictions in four weeks’ time. The fifth...
Westpac Accused of Enabling Child Sexual Offences
In amongst all of the COVID-19 news and updates, it seems we’ve been distracted from a lot of other important social issues. Climate change and domestic violence, for example, as well as the fact that Westpac is being investigated over...
“Bloody Reprehensible”: Gerry Georgatos on Perth Rough Sleepers During COVID-19
Right now, there’s around 1,000 rough sleepers in the wider Perth, Fremantle and Peel region. And despite the fact that the rest of the population is in lockdown, the majority of these homeless people are still out on the streets...
