Grassroots Opposition to the AUKUS Pact and War on China Is Mounting
“We hope to see the biggest coalition of trade unions come together to oppose this drive to war”. “We hope to see the biggest coalition of trade unions come together to oppose this drive to war, and the MUA is...
UK Offers US Assange on a Platter, as PM Washes His Hands Sealing the Australian’s Fate
The UK High Court overturned the Westminster Magistrates’ Court decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the United States last Friday, as the Biden administration continues to seek to prosecute the Australian journalist in relation to a swag of charges...
China is Perpetrating Genocide Against the Uyghurs, Rules Tribunal
The Uyghur Tribunal released its final judgment on Thursday into whether the People’s Republic of China “has been and is attacking with the intent of destroying a part, or parts”, of the Uyghur and other Turkic minority populations living under...
Myanmar Leader Aung San Suu Kyi May Spend the Rest of Her Life in Prison
Former Myanmar state counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi will continue to spend more of her life under the imprisonment of the nation’s ruling military junta, after she was sentenced on Monday to four years prison time, which army chief Min...
Bans on Human Rights Abusers are Set to Become Law
Laws which ban human rights abusers and cyber criminals from entering, trading in, and holding bank accounts in Australia are set to pass federal parliament. Under these laws, known as ‘Magnitsky laws’, the government can impose strict prohibitions on criminals...
As NSW Refuses to Save Teenage Lives, NZ Legalises Pill Testing Nationwide
New Zealand became the first nation to officially legalise pill testing, or drug checking services, on 1 December, as the government passed a bill enshrining the harm reduction intervention in law. The move comes just a week after a bill...
The Long Warned of Far-Right Threat Has Descended
The rise of the far-right has been of increasing concern across western liberal democracies over recent years. The election of Donald Trump, Brexit, and the spike in the right-wing vote throughout Europe have all indicated a drift towards authoritarianism, which...
PM Ignores Calls for a Federal ICAC, While Claiming to be a Champion of Freedom
“The people of NSW know that what was done to Gladys Berejiklian was an absolute disgrace,” Scott Morrison told parliament last Thursday. “The Australian people know that the former premier of NSW was done over by a bad process and...
Chomsky Agrees With Keating and Toohey on the Fallacy of the China Threat
“The worst case is the increasing provocative actions towards China,” MIT Professor Noam Chomsky told Democracy Now host Amy Goodman this week, in response to a question about the Biden administration’s foreign policy. “By now, there is constant talk about...
The Offences of Child Grooming and Child Procuring in New South Wales
Former New York socialite, Ghislaine Maxwell, who is the daughter of publishing tycoon Robert Maxwell, and once the partner of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is due to face court in the United States this week. Ms Maxwell is charged...
