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US Congress passed the National Defence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which authorises the transfer of three US Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia that, in turn, will serve to strengthen US posture in the Indo Pacific region. The bill also...

Unlike in the United States, there is no constitutional protection for the right to silence in Australia. Rather, the fundamental centuries-old democratic principle that a person’s silence cannot be used against them at a later time has developed through ‘common...

Greens Senator David Shoebridge told a crowd of Assange supporters over the weekend that “it is not enough” for the Albanese government to just “endlessly repeat the mantra that it has gone on too long” in regard to Washington’s attempt...

NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann introduced pill testing legislation into state parliament last week, in an effort to save the lives of people who die regularly in drug-related circumstances, because while drugs like MDMA are illegal, they’re available on the black...

Music festival season is upon us, and with it, you can rest assured there’ll be plenty of police officers and sniffer dogs targeting patrons who are in possession of prohibited drugs. So it’s perhaps timely to know about your legal rights...

The word ‘assault’ often conjures up images of a physical altercation between two or more people, such as a bar fight or even domestic violence. Whilst such actions can certainly amount to the offence of assault, the conduct which may...

There are a number of stringent rules surrounding firearm licences in New South Wales. Here’s a rundown of the rules. Firearms Licences There are five categories for firearms licences in NSW, not including Firearms Collector and Firearms Dealer, all of...

The currently paused genocide in Gaza has wiped out most noise regarding our nation’s US-led drive toward war on China off the front pages. Indeed, while the mainstream media has been projecting Israeli propaganda into living rooms nationwide, more than...

Being accused of a sexual offence is a traumatic and difficult experience, especially if it is one which comprises an allegation of non-consensual sexual penetration. But knowing what the law says is a good first step to understanding what the...

As NSW police set upon the 500 nonviolent demonstrators at Port Botany on 21 November with unbridled force, it became apparent that pro-Palestinian protesters are facing criminal charges in the same manner as climate defenders have been over recent years. The...