“Literally Black Sites”: Dr Julie Macken on a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention
With the High Court ruling last month that the indefinite detention of unlawful noncitizens in immigration centres is illegal, the resulting release of around 140-odd people from a form of detention without an end or a crime, the Albanese government has...
The Criminal Offence of Sexual Touching in New South Wales
Radio shock jock Alan Jones is facing multiple allegations that he sexually touched a number of young men without their consent . Mr Jones is no stranger to controversy, having been instrumental in inciting the Cronulla riots of 2005, was...
“The Climate Movement Is Back”: Violet CoCo on XR Taking Over the Streets of Naarm
The word over recent weeks is that the local climate movement is back. The People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port saw 3,000 concerned citizens turn up on 25 November to shut down the Newcastle fossil fuel water passage for...
A “Geopolitical Debacle”: ‘Dubious Information and Evidence’ Used Against Extradition Detainee
Australian citizen Dan Duggan has been held in prolonged isolation in the NSW prison system since October 2022. The former US marine fighter pilot is currently detained in Lithgow’s maximum-security facility, as Washington seeks to extradite him over alleged breaches...
Sydney Condemns Israel’s Colonial Crimes, as the Genocide Resumes in Gaza
Israel got back to defending itself last Friday, which euphemism our PM Anthony Albanese likes to use to describe the wholesale massacre of the walled-in Palestinian population of Gaza, which is a tactic that provides the Netanyahu government carte blanche...
Increased Criminal Penalties Have Failed to Deter Online Abuse
Thousands of young Australians are exposed to strangers on social media every day. And also every day, a significant number of them deal with some kind of unwanted or unpleasant interactions, or even conduct that can amount to criminal offences...
Teen Sentenced to Imprisonment for Aggravated Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death
The teenage driver who caused the death of five friends when he crashed his ute into a tree while travelling at double the speed limit in Buxton in September 2022, has been sentenced to a full term of 12 years...
Government Apologises to Thalidomide Victims, But COVID Vaccine Injuries Remain Unrecognised
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has this week apologised to Australia’s Thalidomide victims - more than 60 years on from what he called one ‘one of the darkest chapters in Australia’s medical history.’ And it’s absolutely right that the government should...
“You Don’t Betray Your Sources”: DBH’s Gerard Mazza on the ABC Handing Footage to Police
Seemingly bowing to political pressure, the ABC changed its mind on its initial decision not to hand over the footage that Four Corners journalists had taken of Disrupt Burrup Hub activists in July this year, as the group were planning...
Sydney’s Veteran Drug Law Reformists Call for Decriminalisation of Drug Possession
Sydney has a well-established and well-oiled drug law reform/harm reduction community made up of a group of experts, many with lived experience, who, despite the unwillingness of politicians to see the light, have long been pointing to its direction at...
