Tensions Rise in Northern Ireland, Sparking Concerns About Renewed Violence
Residents of Northern Ireland have increasingly felt disregarded by those in power in the United Kingdom over foreign policy, policing, and Brexit implementation, leading to concerns of renewed violence in the region. History To understand the present state of affairs...
Dutton’s War on China Doublespeak Is Dubious, Dangerous and Defeatist
Unsurprisingly, Peter Dutton has brought his little bag of home affairs tricks over to the defence portfolio. And although he only took on the role a few weeks back, he’s already appeared in the Herald to let the nation know...
Federal Court Hears Challenge to COVID Travel Bans
Since March 2020, those residing in Australia have generally been prohibited from travelling overseas without a Federal Government exemption. A recent exception to this rule is the New Zealand ‘travel bubble’, which since 19 April 2021 has permitted travel to...
Senior citizen Launches Federal Court Challenge Against India Travel Ban
A 73-year old Australian man has launched urgent Federal Court proceedings, challenging the Australian Government’s travel ban which would criminalise him for returning from India. Gary Newman has been stranded in Bangalore since March 2020 when he visited friends, and...
West Papuans Establish Political Infrastructure to Counter Indonesian Rule
The West Papuan provisional government has just announced that it has covertly established a cabinet and government departments, along with having appointed ministers, inside Indonesian occupied West Papua to directly challenge Jakarta’s rule. West Papua interim president Benny Wenda announced...
The Horror Unfolding in India Exposes the Privilege of Pandemic Conspiracies
The images emerging out of India depicting mass funeral pyre sites, human corpses piled up outside crematoriums and bodies wrapped in bags scattered across city streets show that the heightened devastation COVID-19 has always threatened is now revealing itself. The...
Justice Goes Unserved for David Dungay, as George Floyd’s Killer Is Convicted
Then Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on the neck of African American man George Floyd for 9 minutes and 29 seconds until he stopped breathing on 25 May last year. Captured on footage, the killing sparked Black Lives Matter...
Morrison Distinguishes Himself as the Globe’s Chief Climate Outcast
MIT Professor Noam Chomsky suggested to Sydney Criminal Lawyers in March last year that Scott Morrison was, at that stage, one of the globe’s top three climate criminals. Just last week, however, the Hawaii 5-0 prime minister skyrocketed himself to this...
Government Criminalises Aussies Who Use Travel Bubble as a Stepping Stone
The Australia / New Zealand bilateral ‘travel bubble’ came into effect on 19 April 2021, enabling Australian residents to travel across the Tasman without having to obtain authorisation from the Australian government. But in a pre-emptive move to prevent citizens...
Lest We Forget, That Wars Are the Product of Lies
“In democracies, or the pseudo-democracies that we are evolving into, wars are a result of lies,” Julian Assange told anti-war protesters in London’s Trafalgar Square in October 2011. “The Vietnam War and the push for US involvement was the result...
