Australia Called Out on Appalling Track Record of Systemic Racism and Human Rights Abuses
Australian politicians and the mainstream media are up in arms about China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, accusing our nation of ‘being plagued by systemic racism and hate crime’. Mr Jian drew attention to Australia’s appalling record on human rights,...
Radio Host’s Outrage at Acknowledgement of Country Deflects from the Real Issues
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can offer an Acknowledgement of Country to any person at the beginning of a meeting, speech, event, or other gathering to recognise the traditional owners of the land and act as a positive step...
Criminal Prosecutions Soar Under New South Wales’ Unjust Drug Driving Laws
The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) released a report on 23 October 2024 which found that the number of people charged with drug driving offences over the past decade has increased from 1,409 to 13,815 annually. But notably,...
Police Protect the Wealthy, While Targeting and Ignoring the Needs of the Poor
The urgency of the situation is palpable as police appeal to the public for information regarding a missing woman in the Snowy Mountains, specifically in Kosciuszko National Park, located almost 500 km southwest of Sydney in the Australian Capital Territory....
Saturation Policing Focuses Once Again on Less-Affluent Regions
During the ‘dark years of COVID’, police were consistently criticised for their targeting of, and zero-tolerance approach towards, those in less-affluent suburbs of Sydney as well as regions of New South Wales who were suspected of contravening public health orders,...
Moving Away from War Against Drugs Brings Enormous Benefits
The global failure of the decades-long war on drugs has resulted in a myriad of issues for jurisdictions that continue to plough resources into enforcement and retain a model which sees addiction as a criminal law problem rather than a...
Crime, Corruption and Coercion Rife Within the Australian Border Force
Lieutenant General Gavan Reynolds, the first defence intelligence chief, was appointed as the Australian Border Force Commissioner yesterday. The Order of Australia member brings a wealth of experience to his new role as the Australian Border Force Commissioner. His previous...
Drug Seizures May Suggest a Drug War Victory – But the Reality is Very Different
The mainstream media has for many years acted as a vehicle for law enforcement agencies across our nation to market drug raids as a positive step in the decades-long war against drugs. But the fact of the matter is the...
Proposed Federal Cyber Security Act: A Necessity or an Unjustified Intrusion?
The federal government is proposing standalone legislation which it claims is an essential part of its Cyber Security Legislation Package, the stated objective of which is to combat cyber security threats to Australia. The Cyber Security Bill 2024 (Cth) was...
NSW Bar Association Reports Dramatic Spike in Complaints Against Barristers
The New South Wales Bar Association’s annual report for the 2023 – 2024 year was released last week, revealing that the number of complaints against barristers referred by the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner (OLSC) to the Association had...
