Queensland Expands Regime to Imprison Kids on Adult Time, Ignoring the UN
The Crisafulli government passed its second tranche of its “adult crime, adult time” laws on 22 May 2025, as part of a draconian policy designed to crackdown on a non-existent youth crimewave that now sees children aged 10 to 17,...
Universities Australia Antisemitism Definition Regarding Israel: Ambiguous, Illogical and Flawed
On 27 February 2025, Universities Australia issued a Statement on Racism, which included a definition of antisemitism. Universities Australia has proposed this definition be utilised in three ways – for incorporation into member’s disciplinary and complaints schemes, for education purposes, and...
Dural Caravan Antisemitism Inquiry: A Premier Class in Avoiding Parliamentary Scrutiny
The second day of hearings into the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the understanding that premier Chris Minns had in regard to the potential for a 19 January 2025 discovered caravan filled with explosives and a note listing Jewish...
High Time: NSW Government to Consider Passing Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence
Unlike other prescription drug users, those who are prescribed medicinal cannabis in New South Wales can lose their driver licences and obtain a criminal conviction if they are found to be driving with any trace of the medicine in their...
Victoria to Spend Millions on More Prison Beds for Unconvicted Youths
Ahead of its 20 May Budget for 2025/26, the Victorian Labor government last week announced it’s investing an extra $727 million on new prison beds because premier Jacinta Allan is well aware that current trends in governing Australian states and...
New Footage of Melbourne Synagogue Torching Reminiscent of Fake Sydney Attacks
The Joint Counter Terrorism Team released the footage of the arson attack targeting the Naarm-Melbourne Adass Israel Synagogue that happened after 4 am on 6 December 2024, at a time when so-called “antisemitic” crime was the major headline, and the...
Australia Rejected Dutton’s Trumpism, But Albanese’s Embracing the Real Thing
The message at the May 2025 Australian ballot box was clear, the nation overwhelmingly rejected Peter Dutton’s brand of Trumpism that he’d spruiked in kicking off his campaign and attempted to renege on once his ratings dropped to the ground,...
Resisting the Suppression of Western Colonial Crimes: Interview with Activist Stephen Langford
On 8 May 2025, New South Wales District Court Judge Christine Mendes quashed the Local Court conviction of Sydney activist Stephen Langford for the offence of intentional or reckless damage or destruction to property, after finding that his act of...
NSW Police Force Falls Apart During Hearing of Strip Search Class Action
New South Wales Supreme Court Justice Dina Yehia was baffled by the manner in which the state’s police force approached the long-anticipated strip search class action, as it appears that the lawyers representing police took the same haphazard approach that...
Federal Labor Thinks Its Election Victory Vindicates Its Stance on Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
Key minister of the returned Albanese government Penny Wong told the Herald late last week that she considers the landslide victory her party received at the 3 May 2025 federal election as vindicating the “balanced and moderate policy” Labor took...
