“No Jurisdiction Over First Nations”: Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta on Sovereigns of Country
Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta was arrested by Tasmanian police on 19 March 2024 for taking part in a Bob Brown Foundation protest to save the Styx Valley of the Giants, old growth trees situated in southeastern lutrawita-Tasmania, and he was...
“Our Actions Are Having a Political Impact”: Disrupt Wars’ Nathalie Farah on Rising Direct Action
Direct actions out the front of weapons manufacturers in Australian suburbia, which are prompted due to the production of essential parts for weapons being utilised in the Gaza genocide that’s seen Israel annihilate around 40,000 Palestinians, have been taking place...
White Supremacist Active Clubs Have Long Operated Here, Yet Have Been Ignored
Right wing extremists, as the ABC’s AM referred to them in a 25 July report, have always been a part of the social mix of Australian suburbia. Another term for them is white supremacists, and, for those who are unaware,...
Where the Bloody Hell is the Islamophobia Envoy? Labor’s Biased Social Cohesion Debacle
PM Anthony Albanese announced to the public on 9 July that he was appointing Jillian Segal as “Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in Australia”, in line with the claims over rising antisemitism and Islamophobia in this country since last October,...
Should Schools Be Prohibited from Informing Parents of a Child’s Change in Gender Identity?
The youth transgender debate has flared up across the United States and beyond in recent weeks, with the state government of California passing legislation which prohibits schools from requiring teachers and other staff members to inform parents of the gender...
Corrupt Conduct is a Crime, But Will Gladys be Criminally Prosecuted?
Gladys Berejiklian has lost her appeal to overturn ICAC’s finding that she engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” during her tenure as the Premier of New South Wales. Ms Berejiklian’s appeal relied on what she perceived to be a potential legal...
Boyle to Stand Trial for Preparatory Acts, as Dreyfus Considers Providing Immunity Afterwards
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle is set to stand trial over 24 criminal offences on 2 September 2024, which cover preparatory acts that he undertook to gather information to prove that the tax office was employing a garnishee practice in a...
Congress Honours Chief of Gaza Genocide, as Atrocities Are Now Civilised in the West
“This is not a clash of civilisations. It’s a clash between barbarism and civilisation,” were the inexplicable words emerging from the mouth of Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, as he addressed US congress on 24 July. “It’s a clash between those...
Blocking Genocide Prosecutions to Maintain Sovereignty Is the Australian Way
Krauatungalung elder Uncle Robbie Thorpe lodged a private criminal prosecution with the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria against attorney general Mark Dreyfus, with the charge sheet outlining that over the chief lawmaker’s time in parliament, he’s failed to “stop and prevent...
Dual Criminality Is Essential for Extradition, But It Didn’t Exist When Duggan Was Arrested
Greens Senator David Shoebridge tabled a petition in federal parliament on 2 July, calling on the federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus to refuse to extradite Australian citizen and former US marine pilot Daniel Duggan in regard to having trained Chinese...
