Dan Duggan: Another Australian Citizen the US Is Questionably Seeking to Extradite
NSW Magistrate Daniel Riess ruled on Thursday that Dan Duggan’s extradition hearing can’t be adjourned any longer in an effort to secure Legal Aid, as he considers the Australian has been “irresponsible” with his money, even though the state seized...
Premier Minns, Queensland Is Rolling Out Pill Testing to Save Lives. Why Isn’t NSW?
Queensland has just embarked on the path of making pill testing, or drug checking, services legally available to constituents, which allows them to ascertain the content of the illicit substances in their possession, in order to have a clearer understanding...
NSW Police Officers Raid Pro-Palestinian Man Over Misunderstood Tweet
Waterloo resident Shayne Chester was startled by a banging on his front door a little after 2 pm on Thursday, 28 March, so he opened it. And around 20 NSW police officers rushed in through the front entrance and, as...
Pine Gap, Our Nation’s Hideous, Grievous and Complicit Gaza Secret, Exposed
For many in this country, the position the Albanese government has taken on the six-month-long and worsening catastrophe in Gaza is unfathomable. This is by no means a small group, and, as its elected officials continue to facilitate such an...
The Digital ID Is Coming, But Questions Remain as to Its Future Applications
The legislated whole-of-economy Australian Government Digital ID System (AGDIS) is coming to a brave new 21st century digital world near you, and as usual, privacy advocates are up in arms about what it could mean, while government players dispute that...
As Cleveland Dodd’s Custody Death Goes to Inquiry, Kids Are Still Held in an Adult Prison
Cleveland Dodd, a 16-year-old First Nations boy, was found unresponsive in his prison cell at around 2 am during routine checks at Perth’s Casuarina Prison, an adult maximum-security facility that’s been operating Unit 18, a wing for child inmates, and...
Government’s Digital ID Scheme: Greater State Control and a Haven for Hackers
Digital identifications are likely to become a reality in Australia, with the Federal Senate passing the Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 last week. The next step is for the Bill to pass the lower house, before it...
The Killing Won’t Stop, and Nor Will the Movement: Free Palestine Sydney 25 Weeks On
The Sydney CBD was yet again overwhelmed by the sounds of mass chanting from a procession of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters draped in watermelon colours, drumming and banging on pots and pans and calling for a ceasefire 25 weeks into...
Draconian Refugee Deportation Laws Carry All the Hallmarks of Albanese’s Howard Era
The Albanese government released new refugee laws last Tuesday, which seek to ensure that asylum-seeking noncitizens who haven’t obtained refugee status must assist Immigration with their “removal pathway” or otherwise, face serious charging and incarceration. This can be spruiked to...
Abortion Is No Longer a Criminal Offence Anywhere in Australia
This week marked a historic milestone in Australia, with Western Australia finally passing legislation which repeals the criminal offence of having an abortion, bringing the state into line with the rest of the country. Offence of abortion repealed nationwide The...
