AUSMIN Further Confirmed Labor’s Tossed the Keys to Australian Defence to the Pentagon
Australian defence minister Richard Marles made an extremely telling quip during opening remarks at this year’s AUSMIN conference, and that was to state that Australia is “experiencing a navy takeover of our defence force”, and by that he kiddingly meant...
NSW Refuses to Decriminalise Cannabis, Despite Top Lawyers Telling Inquiry It’s High Time
Established in March this by the Premier and Finance Committee, the NSW parliamentary inquiry into the state’s regulatory framework for cannabis has as a chief concern whether to decriminalise the widely recreationally used, yet still illegal, psychoactive plant. Yet, on...
The State Is Still Abusing Ex-Child Wards, Via Redress, Just as it Did in Their Youth
As Leonie Sheedy recalls, when the girls who were under state care at the notorious Parramatta Girls Home held a protest in 1969, calling out the conditions they were subjected to by the NSW state, they were sent to Long...
‘Probable Terrorism Threat’ Stems from Rise in Far-Right Extremism
So, prime minister Anthony Albanese turned up the volume on Australia’s National Terrorism Threat Level on Monday morning, from “possible” to “probable”, which he added does not mean “imminent” or that intelligence has any details about a specific “threat or...
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Promises to Reform the Force
It was an historic moment when the Northern Territory’s Police Commissioner delivered an apology to the Indigenous Community for injustices perpetrated by the police force over the past 154 years. Understandably, peak bodies representing the Indigenous Community have welcomed the...
NSW Labor Is Attempting to Kill Key LGBTIQ Reforms, Says Pride in Protest’s Rohen and Quay-Quay
Independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich introduced the Equality Legislation Amendment (LGBTIQA+) Bill 2023, into state parliament last August, which is an omnibus piece of legislation that facilitates a range of overdue rights amendments for LGBTIQA+ people. And with the...
NSW Policemen Assault Women and Girls at Shopping Centre
Horrific footage of two heavily built New South Wales policemen approaching a group of predominantly women and girls who are engaging in what can be fairly described as a ‘push and shove’ in a Batemans Bay shopping centre, before violently...
White Supremacist Terrorist Attacks Are Trending in NSW: Three Incidents in Four Weeks
Sebastian Newman was charged in Sutherland Local Court with two terrorism offences on Thursday. And it would appear from a number of details in the reports that he’s a white supremacist-type of terrorist, but as to his distinct ethnic background...
Congress’ Thinktank Flags AUKUS Alternative: US Submarine Base in WA and no Australian Subs
When then PM Scott Morrison imposed the AUKUS pact and submarine deal upon the Australian constituency in September 2021, the fanfare and the hype of the announcement did leave the viewer with the impression that the nation would be acquiring...
The Criminal Offence of Forced Marriage in Australia
Ruqia Haidari had a hard life as it was - she and her family had to flee the Taliban to relocate to the Afghan Hazara community in Shepparton to begin a new life. In addition to political unrest in her...
