Labor Sanctions Faruqi for Raising Gaza Genocide, Not Israel for Its Commission of It
Federal Labor has expressed regrets but no real action on the Gaza genocide that Israel has been perpetrating over the last 21 months, yet the moment that marked a step too far was when Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi produced a...
Guilty of Refusing to Disclose Password: Wage Peace’s Margaret Pestorius on Eroding Rights
Police asking civilians for the passwords to access their mobiles has become the norm, but in the vast majority of cases in NSW and in Queensland, officers need a warrant or a court order to require the code to access...
Racist NT Cop Killed Warlpiri Teen for Adrenaline Rush and Likely Expected to Get Off
In delivering a summary of her mammoth final findings into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, Northern Territory coroner Elisabeth Armitage found that former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe was known to dehumanise and devalue Aboriginal people, he routinely prioritised the...
Sydney Kebab Shop Shooting May Be Linked to Organised Crime
Police say a 26-year old man and 47-year old woman are in a stable condition, and a 25-year old man is in a serious condition, after two masked assailants entered a kebab shop on South Parade in Auburn at about...
Melbourne Uni Law Professor Criticised Over Kanaky-New Caledonia Colonial Propaganda
The Kanaky solidarity movement across this continent has only grown since the 13 May 2024 rioting in Kanaky, or so-called French-administered New Caledonia, so it’s no surprise that after University of Melbourne Law Professor Eric Descheemaeker recently made remarks during...
Australia Rejected Dutton’s Trumpism, But Albanese’s Embracing the Real Thing
The message at the May 2025 Australian ballot box was clear, the nation overwhelmingly rejected Peter Dutton’s brand of Trumpism that he’d spruiked in kicking off his campaign and attempted to renege on once his ratings dropped to the ground,...
Police Advised Premier “Very Early On” That ‘Antisemitic’ Caravan Bomb Plot Could Be a Hoax
On the first day of parliamentary hearings into whether recent hate crime and antiprotest offences were enacted in bad faith, concerns around the New South Wales premier and police minister being aware that a caravan full of explosives the laws...
Prosecution Appeals Against Judge’s Decision to Allow Killer Cop to Avoid Prison
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) will file an appeal against the inadequacy of the sentence imposed on a police officer who avoided a prison sentence despite being convicted of manslaughter for fatally tasering a 95-year old...
Calls for Federal Intervention as States and Territories Crackdown on Youth Crime
The Crisafulli government came to power in Queensland in October 2024 with its key policy initiative being “adult crime, adult time”, which is a regime that sees kids as young as 10, who commit certain serious criminal offences facing “adult...
Trump Predictably Stabs Australia in the Back
During Donald Trump’s previous term as president, Australia was granted exemptions to a range of trade sanctions, in recognition of our nation’s close allegiance with the United States - which has included surrendering control of the military facility at Pine...
