Bill Cosby Faces Multiple Civil Lawsuits Over Sexual Assault Claims
Former Hollywood actor and comedian Bill Cosby is back inside the courtroom, this time over claims he sexually assaulted a person considered to be a minor in California. The former celebrity was released from a federal prison last year...
Julian to the Slaughter, as UK Moves Towards US Model of Killing Press Freedoms
The Westminster Magistrates Court approved the extradition of journalist Julian Assange to the US on 20 April. The proceedings were a mere formality, as the High Court had overturned its original decision not to extradite on mental health grounds, while upholding...
The Solomons: Australia Offered Fruit-Picking, While China Offers Economic Stability
During the 2019 Pacific Island Forum, nations raised concerns about Australia’s fossil fuel industry and the climate impact it’s having on their environments. Then deputy PM Michael McCormack, however, said this annoyed him, as these nations would be able to survive...
Islamophobia Continues to Rise, Report Finds, Even After Christchurch
The third Islamophobia in Australia report was released on 19 March. This marked the third anniversary of the Christchurch massacre, which saw an Anglo Australian terrorist gun down 51 Muslims worshipping at mosques in the southern New Zealand city. The document...
“Redrawing the Lines of Power”: Peace Activist Jacob Grech on Mounting Global Tensions
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has entered into its second month despite early claims that it would be a fast takeover. And as the Ukrainian civilian population continues to be slaughtered, the Kremlin is now suggesting a potential de-escalation. But many...
Extradition Draws Closer for Assange, as Key Appeals Avenue Refused
The UK Supreme Court last week denied an appeal filed by Julian Assange against the 10 December 2021 decision of the UK High Court to extradite the Australian journalist to the United States. The appeal application was based on the suicide...
Morrison’s Deporting Crime Issues to New Zealand, and It’s Starting to Feel It
They’re commonly known as 501ers, Australian migrant residents who get deported because they fail the character test contained in section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). And the overwhelming majority of them are New Zealanders. Since then immigration minister Scott Morrison...
Let’s “Focus on Relieving Tensions”, Says Chomsky. With a Global War, “We’re Done”
Esteemed political commentator MIT Professor Noam Chomsky has long warned that the two greatest existential threats the globe is facing are climate change and nuclear war. Although for many, the latter used to seem like a throwback fear to the 1980s....
Rain Bombs, Megafires, Drought: Morrison Guarantees Worst Yet to Come
The nation’s largest city, Sydney, became the frontline of the climate crisis for the first time ever in recent days, as floods that have been wiping out people’s lives and entire towns right along the eastern seaboard, suddenly gushed through...
Government Seeks to Undermine High Court Ruling that First Nations People Cannot be Deported
The High Court ruled in 2020 that First Nations peoples cannot be deported on character grounds. It specifically found that New Zealand-born Gunggarri man Brendan Thoms and PNG-born Gamilaraay man Daniel Love couldn’t be turfed out of the country, despite minister...
