Foreign Minister Finally Acknowledges Third Cohort of Australians Kidnapped by Israel
Eleven Australians kidnapped off the high seas near Cyprus by Israeli forces have now been released after days of deprivation and psychological and physical torture. This is the third cohort of Australians taken hostage and brutalised by Tel Aviv since...
UN Demands Australia Halts Its Intensification of the Funnelling of First Nations Kids into Prisons
Recent years have seen multiple Australian jurisdictions pass laws that ultimately target First Nations children to ensure more end up in prison and remain there longer. This flies under the radar, as the term “youth justice reform” is colourblind. However,...
The Erosion of Australia’s Responsibility to Its People: ISIS Brides, IDF Returnees and Gaza Activists
Four Australian women and nine children, known collectively as the “ISIS brides”, arrived back in Australia on 7 May 2026. Three of the women were promptly charged and remanded over domestic crimes that carry universal jurisdiction, which stands in stark...
All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians
Most of us understand the concept of Big Brother from George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother heads the Ingsoc government that runs Oceania, which is notable for the all-seeing-eye system it’s developed, in which citizens have no privacy....
Albanese Remains Silent on Australians Kidnapped and Tortured by Israel
Six Australian citizens sitting in boats in international waters close by the coast of Crete, a Greek island, were apprehended at semiautomatic gunpoint and taken hostage by Israeli soldiers on 30 April 2026. The Australians were then detained on a...
Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding
Australian defence minister Richard Marles announced that the government will raise military spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2033, during a 16 April 2026 speech at the National Press Club, whilst health minister Mark Butler addressed the same venue...
Lawless Israel Kidnaps Six Australians from Global Sumud Flotilla on the High Seas
Zack Schofield, an Australian citizen, reported over social media from a boat sailing in international waters west of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea at around 8 am Sydney time on 30 April 2026, that those onboard were likely to soon...
Duggan’s US Extradition Appeal Failed But Albanese Could Save Our Fellow Australian
The Federal Court has denied Australian citizen Dan Duggan’s appeal of former attorney general Mark Dreyfus’ 2024 decision to greenlight his extradition to the US on 2017 charges alleging he illegally trained Chinese military pilots. And while it’s understood the...
The Liberals (White) Australian Values Immigration Policy Is Racist Ethnonationalism
Federal Liberal “leader” Angus Taylor delivered a despicably racist, ethnonationalist migration policy speech on Tuesday, 14 April 2026. This desperate politician, whose status as opposition leader is in freefall, demonised what’s dubbed “our migrant community”, he called for immigration based...
The War Crime of Murder: A Commonwealth Offence
Australia’s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested on 7 April 2026, on Dharawal land at Sydney’s domestic airport. The former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) corporal has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, and...
