Selling Nicotine Vapes Without Prescription is a Crime in NSW
Raids on around 60 retail stores in Sydney have led to the seizure of approximately 30,000 suspected nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, also known as nicotine vapes, as well as tobacco products suspected of being sold without paying tax, with an estimated value...
Drones to ‘Manage’ Traffic on New South Wales Roads
When they were first introduced to the Australian market more than two decades ago, drones were hailed as a revolution that could be used for everything from food deliver to cattle herding and security. The revolution has not exactly been...
Open Letter to Prime Minister Albanese on Gaza – February 2024
The Independent and Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) has released this open letter to prime minister Anthony Albanese on Monday. IPAN members are hoping to present it, including with the list of signatories, to either the PM or foreign minister Penny...
Shoebridge Confirms Arms to Israel, Despite Wong’s Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” Approach
The ABC reported on Thursday that defence industry insiders are reporting that the Albanese government has applied something of a go-slow on the processing of weapons and military equipment, adding that it’s considered that foreign minister Penny Wong is partly responsible....
What Happens If I Breach Bail in New South Wales?
A Sydney real estate agent was sent to the Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre, also known as the MRRC or Silverwater Prison, in March 2023, after being caught drinking alcohol in breach of his bail conditions, which related to having attacked...
ACT to Protect the Right to a Healthy Environment, Due to Climate, Pollution and Biodiversity Loss
That an ACT parliamentary committee has recommended that the right to a healthy environment be inserted into the capital territory’s Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) shows Australian politicians progressing a law necessitated by global developments, such as climate change, that...
“Under Threat of Police Brutality”: An Interview with the Port Melbourne ZIM Ship Community Picket
The Port Melbourne ZIM Ship Community Picket served to successfully prevent a ship belonging to Israeli company ZIM from docking at the Port Melbourne Webb Dock, so it couldn’t pull in and deliver its goods. Not only did this cause...
As the Genocide Continues, So Too, Do the Demonstrators on Gadigal: 16th Sydney Rally in Pics
For 16 weeks in a row now, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have rallied in Sydney’s Hyde Park and then poured out onto the streets to create a procession winding back blocks. Indeed, these numbers are extraordinary, but then so too is the...
Melbourne Nazis Reveal Tougher Police Powers in Sydney as Officers Issue Them a Public Safety Order
A group of black-clad white men were searched by NSW police officers at North Sydney station on 26 January, a day when thousands marched on Sydney for First Nations rights, as it was clear to all and sundry that these...
World Court Rules Genocide Charge Against Israel Plausible, Yet Australia Cuts Aid to Gaza
The initial findings regarding the genocide claim South Africa has raised against Israel with the International Court of Justice were delivered last Friday, and they ordered Tel Aviv to take urgent steps to prevent genocide in Gaza, meaning the majority found further...
