The Ihumātao Occupation: In Protection of Māori Land
The more than three-year-long occupation at Ihumātao in Māngere, south Auckland, has come to a head over recent weeks, with police numbers stepped up at the Ōtuataua Stonefields Historic Reserve, where the local Māori protectors of the area are camped....
Investigation Into Alleged War Crimes by Australian Soldiers Commences
The recent AFP raids were conducted as a result of a complaint by the Department of Defence about the leaking of documents which contain harrowing accounts of alleged war crimes perpetrated against civilians by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan. The former...
“It Is Now Time for Civil Disobedience”: How the Rebellion Plans to Bring About Change
The human race has until the end of next year to initiate changes that will allow for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, so that global temperatures don’t exceed a 1.5 degree rise by the end of the...
‘Gender Neutral’ Language – Progress or a Step Too Far?
Earlier this week, Berkley Council in California made the decision to replace words within its municipal code with ‘gender-neutral’ language. It has altered dozens of masculine and feminine pronouns, replacing “he” and “she” with “they” and “them” in an effort...
Legalise Drugs to Reduce Violent Crime: An Interview With LEAP’s Greg Denham
One of the unintended consequences of the war on drugs listed in the 2011 Global Commission on Drug Policy report is “the growth of a ‘huge criminal black market’, financed by the risk-escalated profits of supplying international demand for illicit...
Zapatista Indigenous Autonomous Zones Threatened by Militarisation
A group of leading intellectuals from around the globe have penned an open letter calling out the Mexican government’s increased militarisation in the south-eastern state of Chiapas, as they’re concerned deployed troops could turn against the Zapatista Army of National...
West Papuans Have United to Reclaim Their Nation
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) announced last week that the three main West Papuan military factions have united under the one single command. And the newly-formed West Papua Army is now operating under its political leadership. The...
The Offence of Armed Robbery in NSW
Between 1982 and 1987, Ian Robert Steele carried out 30 armed robberies in NSW. Known as “The Rabbit”, the career criminal was notorious for hiding his identity via the wearing of a disguise or the dying of his hair, as...
UN to Inspect Australian Prisons
United Nations Inspectors will have ‘unfettered access’ to Australian-run detention centres when they visit Australia in the coming months. It will be the first time inspectors have visited Australia. Such routine visits are one of the obligations of the Optional...
Google in Hot Water for Failing to Remove Defamatory Reviews
On Thursday, 4th July 2019, the Supreme Court of New South Wales granted an urgent injunction to a Sydney business owner who sought the removal of defamatory reviews posted on his Google business page. The application followed the man’s repeated...
