Albanese Has No Issue with the UK and US Crucifying Assange
Then federal MP and now PM Anthony Albanese was one of only 36 federal parliamentarians to sign a petition in 2019, calling on the now three-year-long extradition proceedings against Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange to be dropped and for him...
Offenders Should be Sent to Prison as Punishment, Not to be Punished
Norway has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. And researchers have long theorised that one of the reasons for this is the country has long, cold winters - weather that acts as a deterrent for crime. Others...
Is it Time for Australia to Break Legal Ties with the British Monarchy?
The dust is settling on the first weeks of the reign of King Charles III in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II after her 70 years on the throne. Her reign was over a period of incredible...
The Muslim Quarter, Mae Sot: A Photo Essay
Mae Sot is a city in western Thailand that shares a border with Myanmar. It is a place with a large Muslim population where many escaping persecution – including ethnic Rohingya fleeing the genocide in Myanmar – seek refuge and...
While Legal Thai Cannabis Is Confined to Medicinal Use, It’s a Broad Definition
Thailand’s removal of cannabis from its illegal narcotic list has led to a sprawling new industry. Michael Balderstone, president of Legalise Cannabis Australia, will tell you that as far as he’s concerned, all forms of cannabis consumption are medicinal, including...
Offences of Administering, Encouraging or Helping to Avoid Detection of the Use of a Digital Platform for Child Abuse Material in NSW
On Wednesday, 14 September 2022 a Federal jury in the United States found 55-year old former R & B singer R Kelly - whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – guilty of three counts relating to child abuse images...
“A Legacy of Deprivation”: The Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Right now, there are a lot of Australians mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But, at the same time, a large portion of the nation is questioning the depth of significance her death has had upon our country, which...
Muay Thai: The Combat Sport Drawing Foreign Competitors to Thailand
It was standing room only at the Phetch Buncha Muay Thai Stadium in Thailand’s Samui last Wednesday night, and the theme to 1976’s Rocky and Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger rang out on constant repeat as the crowd waited for...
Australian Police Continue to Raid Cannabis Farmers… Meanwhile in Thailand
Strike Force Mactier raided a Peats Ridge property on 26 August, seizing 50 kilograms worth of cannabis head and 2,137 plants from four greenhouses. NSW police officers arrested three men in relation to the setup, charging them with large commercial cultivation and...
Five Years in Indonesian Immigration Limbo: An Interview With Hazara Refugee Karima Hakimi
Hazara woman Karima Hakimi, her husband, her four children and her elderly mother have all been stuck in the Indonesia immigration detention system on the island of Java since August 2017, with the succeeding years being lived in a state of...
