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...
How Putin’s “Reclaiming” of Ukraine Could Spark Dutton’s War on China
The invasion of Ukraine has shocked the globe, as all wars do. Carnage carries horror whether it’s in Kyiv, Baghdad or Kabul. However, Putin’s push to take over Russia’s southwestern neighbour carries a number of possible repercussions that the US occupations...
Parents Prosecuted Over Son’s Alleged Crimes
Recently in the United States, a District Court Judge ordered the parents of a 15-year old boy who has been charged with killing four students at his Michigan high school to stand trial. Both parents face charges of involuntary manslaughter....
Should Parents be Held Responsible for the Crimes of their Children?
James and Jennifer Crumbley, the parents of 15-year old Ethan Crumbley, who opened fire at Oxford High School in Michigan will face trial in the United States on charges of involuntary manslaughter, which carries a maximum penalty of 15 years...
Police Found Guilty of Depriving George Floyd of His Rights
The three former police officers who were involved in the fatal arrest of George Floyd have been found guilty of depriving him of his rights in the moments before his death. Alexander Kueng, Thomas Lane and Tou Thao were found...
World War Three, Anyone? Dutton, Beijing and the Ukraine Flashpoint
Right now, more than half of Russia’s armed forces are amassed along its border with Ukraine. The subject of weeks of speculation, Russian president Vladmir Putin denies he’s planning on invading the small country. However, western governments aren’t buying this assertion....
