The Majors to Crackdown on Internet Freedoms, as Mainstream Disinformation Peaks
The catastrophe in Gaza has brought the issue of mis- and dis-information into stark relief, as major media players in this country, and right across the western world, have been producing a sanitised version of events that convey a false...
Is Vaping a Criminal Offence in New South Wales?
Australian laws that apply to e-cigarettes, commonly known as ‘vapes’, have undergone significant change in recent times, leaving users understandably confused about whether their favourite habit is still legal in the country. And while it’s true the regulation of vapes...
The Rules Relating to Police Interviews in New South Wales
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission last month released its Operation Mantus report, which investigated allegations that New South Wales police officers used excessive force on arresting a 14-year-old First Nations boy, as well as clear issues around how attending officers set...
How to Deposit Bail Money in New South Wales
The Australian Federal Police arrested Ahmed Talib in Victoria in March 2021, and he was subsequently extradited to Queensland. The then 31-year-old was charged with assisting a foreign fighter arrange to travel to Syria to join a terrorist group. After close...
“Uncle Rob is Right. Israel, Australia: What is the Difference?”: Senator Lidia Thorpe on Gaza
The Albanese government having thrown itself into the US-led defence of Israel as it perpetrates genocide on the Palestinians within the walled-in region of the Gaza Strip reveals one settler colonial nation supporting another in its subjugation of Indigenous peoples...
Dan Duggan Won’t Be Released During US Attempts to Extradite Him, Despite Not Having Been Charged
Australian citizen Dan Duggan continues to be held in prolonged solitary confinement at Lithgow Correctional Centre, as the former US marine pilot has spent the last 15 months initially at Silverwater and now a regional maximum-security facility, as he awaits...
Albanese Involves Australia in Yet Another Military Attack on a Foreign Nation
The US and the UK launched 73 airstrikes against Houthis forces in Yemen early last Friday, in an attempt to stop the militia continuing attacks upon commercial ships in the Red Sea. And as the US military outlines, 60 targets were...
Pro-Palestinians Praise South Africa as Sydney Rallies for the 14th Week: In Photos
On the 99th day of the Israeli perpetrated genocide in Gaza, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Hyde Park North for the 14th week in a row. And the statement can yet again be made that the support for the...
Participants in the Nation’s Largest Civil Disobedience Action for Climate Get Off Lightly
Climate defence group Rising Tide staged The People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port over a weekend in November, which involved a 30-hour sanctioned on-water obstruction of the Nobbys Headland entrance to Newcastle Port, at the point where the Tasman and...
Unlawful Strip Search Class Action Will Proceed, Despite NSW Government’s Attempt to Stop It
Right before the COVID pandemic shut down Sydney, NSW police use of strip searches was one of the state’s most prominent social justice issues, and coupled with drug dogs, these law enforcement tactics employed to find illicit drugs, are considered...