Jarryd Hayne Wins Appeal
Jarryd Hayne has had his sexual assault conviction quashed on appeal and a retrial has been ordered. The former football star was convicted last year of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, which is also known as sexual assault. ...
Amnesty Declares Israel an Apartheid State
The understanding that Israel is operating as an apartheid state, whereby Palestinian citizens are systematically discriminated against and oppressed has been growing. But there still exists a fierce resistance to asserting this on mainstream media platforms. This is likely to...
Julian Assange Wins Right to Petition Supreme Court to Block Extradition
Julian Assange has won the right to petititon the United Kingdom Supreme Court to reconsider a recent High Court ruling which paves the way for his extradition to the United States, where he faces the rest of his life behind...
European Nations Are Moving to Legalise Recreational Cannabis
The last ten years have seen North America champion the legalisation of recreational cannabis. Eighteen US states now have lawful adult use, along with Washington DC and the territory of Guam. The entire nation of Canada legalised and regulated the use of...
Another Country Makes it a Crime Not to Have a COVID-19 Vaccine
Austria has officially made vaccinations mandatory for its adult population. The controversial law was passed in the country’s parliament last month. It takes effect from next month, after which anyone who refuses to be vaccinated faces a criminal record and...
QAnon: What Does the Alt-Right Conspiracy Theory Actually Believe?
Besides the throngs of flag-flying Trump supporters storming its entrances, the key images that circulated following the deadly assault on the US Capitol Building on 6 January last year, was the image of the “QAnon Shaman” Jacob Chansley. The central focus...
Morrison Created the Immigration Minister’s “God-Like Powers” When He Held Office
The deportation of the world’s number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, on the spurious ground that he had the potential to provoke antivaxx sentiment, rather than any stated mission to do so, was political theatre par excellence, as the PM,...
The Djokovic Saga: Another Example of Australian Authoritarianism at Work
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be well aware that Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia and compete in the Australian Open, and has now left the country. Initial application Mr Djokovic’s initial application before...
The Djokovic Saga Exemplifies the Joke Australia has Become
Tennis Australia officials and a good number of Aussie tennis fans were relieved to hear the ruling made by Federal Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly yesterday that Novak Djokovic can stay in Melbourne - for now. The judge also issued...
Silence as Closest Allies Continue Extralegal Detention of Assange, 1,000 Days On
Reporters Without Borders marked the thousandth day that Julian Assange has been detained in London’s Belmarsh maximum security prison on Wednesday, with a message highlighting that the Wikileaks founder has been targeted not for any crimes, but for his “contributions to journalism”....
