New South Wales Police Accused of Racial Profiling Students
Accusations of racial profiling are being levelled against New South Wales police officers who arrested two Western Sydney University students in their early twenties, who were involved in a protest at the institution’s Parramatta South campus on 9 October 2024,...
Neo-Nazis Mobilisations Are Becoming Normalised on Australian Streets
“When you dare stand up against the people that are destroying not just this town but this country, when you stand up against BlackRock and international finance, they come after your family, they come after your bank accounts, they firebomb...
Crime, Corruption and Coercion Rife Within the Australian Border Force
Lieutenant General Gavan Reynolds, the first defence intelligence chief, was appointed as the Australian Border Force Commissioner yesterday. The Order of Australia member brings a wealth of experience to his new role as the Australian Border Force Commissioner. His previous...
National Anti-Corruption Commission Hearings Will Continue to Be Held in Secret
As an omnibus bill passed the Senate on 10 October that clarified within various pieces of legislation, including the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 (Cth), that digital assets can be seized in regard to proceeds of crime cases, Senators David...
Drug Seizures May Suggest a Drug War Victory – But the Reality is Very Different
The mainstream media has for many years acted as a vehicle for law enforcement agencies across our nation to market drug raids as a positive step in the decades-long war against drugs. But the fact of the matter is the...
Proposed Federal Cyber Security Act: A Necessity or an Unjustified Intrusion?
The federal government is proposing standalone legislation which it claims is an essential part of its Cyber Security Legislation Package, the stated objective of which is to combat cyber security threats to Australia. The Cyber Security Bill 2024 (Cth) was...
NSW Bar Association Reports Dramatic Spike in Complaints Against Barristers
The New South Wales Bar Association’s annual report for the 2023 – 2024 year was released last week, revealing that the number of complaints against barristers referred by the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner (OLSC) to the Association had...
“Killed, and for What End?”: Tasnim Sammak on Marking October 7th for Palestine
The October 7th vigils marked a year since the Israeli military launched its offensive against the 2.3 million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. And in taking place on Gadigal in Sydney and in Naarm-Melbourne, they were the solemn, peaceful events,...
Whistleblowers Are Still the Enemy: McBride to Appeal as Boyle Continues to Stew
Former Australian Defence Force lawyer David McBride was granted permission to appeal the severity of the sentence he’s been serving since May, which was handed down in regard to his having blown the whistle to the press in respect of...
The “Commissioner’s Gin”: The Blue Labelled Drop That Webb Prefers on the Taxpayer Dollar
Independent NSW MLC Rod Roberts raised a 6 August 2024 motion, under Standing Order 52 in the NSW parliament, calling for the production of documents regarding a variety of matters that all relate to “maladministration and potential corruption at the...
