Harm Minimisation and Beyond: An Interview with Unharm’s Will Tregoning
Australia has a long history of harm minimisation. Since 1985, reducing the risks associated with drug use has formed the basis of the nation’s National Drug Strategy. Indeed, Australia has been a world leader in a field that acknowledges some...
Million Mask March is Coming to Sydney
Tens of thousands of concerned individuals are expected to attend ‘Million Mask Marches’ in more than 700 locations across the globe on November the 5th, and major Australian cities are no exception. The marches are being planned and promoted by...
Australia’s Shift Towards Totalitarianism
A suite of harsh anti-protest laws were passed by the NSW parliament on March 17 this year. The legislation has increased police powers to prevent public protests and created a new offence of “aggravated unlawful entry on inclosed lands.” Among...
Tinder Murder Trial: What the Jury Wasn’t Told
Mr Gable Tostee was acquitted yesterday of both murder and manslaughter over the death of his Tinder date Warriena Wright, who fell from his 14th floor apartment after the pair got into an argument. As reported in an earlier blog,...
Victim of Police Brutality Breaks Her Silence
Until now, Yvonne Berry has been a faceless victim of shocking police brutality, whose body we’ve seen pushed to the ground, dragged, pepper sprayed, kicked, stomped on and stripped naked in a series of degrading acts at Ballarat Police Station....
NSW Police Officers to Face Charges over Facebook Attack
Two NSW police officers that led a cyber bullying campaign against NSW Greens MP Jenny Leong earlier this year, are likely to be criminally prosecuted. The Police Integrity Commission (PIC) is compiling a report of evidence for the NSW Director...
Corruption Watchdog Wants More Whistleblowers to be Prosecuted
Queensland’s corruption watchdog is set to recommend that the act of disclosing information regarding corruption complaints to the media should become a crime. The Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) held a two-day public forum on October 6 and 7, to...
Government Bureaucrats Can Cancel Citizenship
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim The Federal parliament has passed the Australian Citizenship (Allegiance to Australia) Bill 2015 which gives government bureaucrats the power to cancel the Australian citizenship of dual citizens who they claim are involved in terrorist...
Scary Clowns Are No Laughing Matter
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim There is a new craze sweeping the world that has made its way to Australia, and it has police and professional clowns hopping mad. Even McDonalds’ main man, the one and only Ronald, has...
Court Rules on Ownership of Dead Fiancé’s Sperm
A young Queensland woman has won the right to harvest her late partner’s sperm for the purpose of artificially conceiving their babies. Ayla Cresswell, a 23-year old bank worker from Toowomba, was madly in love with bricklayer Joshua Davies when...
