NSW Government Refuses to Repeal Hoax-Based Antisemitism Laws
The fallout from the recent Australian federal police admission that it had been aware soon after the 19 January 2025 discovery of a caravan laden with explosives and an antisemitic note in the northwestern Sydney suburb of Dural that the...
Dutton Is Set to Go on a Deportation Rampage, Potentially Targeting Pro-Palestinians
In his time heading up the Immigration and Home Affairs portfolios, Peter Dutton excelled at deporting noncitizens from this country. Of late, the Liberal opposition leader has been waxing lyrical to the press about the 6,000-odd noncitizens he turfed out...
The People’s Inquiry into Free Speech on Palestine: Interview with National Union of Student’s James McVicar
Australian Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi announced on 7 March 2025, that she’ll be joining with Students for Palestine, as well as members of APAN (the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network), the Jewish Council of Australia and the National Union of Students...
Despite a UN Order, Australia Is Continuing to Deny the Wunna Nyiyaparli Their Existence
The Wunna Nyiyaparli people of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region are currently being shafted by the Australian government to placate mining interests in the region, and despite the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) having ordered the Australian government in mid-2023...
The Power Lies with the People: Krakouer and Payman on Voting Australia’s Voice
Megan Krakouer is a prominent social justice figure in Boorloo-Perth, across Western Australia, and more broadly, right across the entire continent. Krakouer was awarded City of Perth Community Citizen of the Year 2023, in recognition of her contributions in terms...
Attorney General Takes Bizarre Approach to Protecting Public Service Whistleblowers
After ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle posted an open letter to Australian attorney general Mark Dreyfus last month, outlining that he was withdrawing the plea deal he’d put to the Commonwealth prosecutor due to eight bogus charges that remained against his...
Despite Being Backstabbed by the US, Australia May Not Be Permitted to Ditch AUKUS
Since the Trump administration took the reins in the United States and its actions have heralded in a bold new uncertain order, long-term calls for Australia to pull out of AUKUS have been gaining traction. Yet, a recent development in...
Calls for Inquiry into NSW Hate Crimes Offences Justified by Fake Terror Plot
In the wake of revelations on 3 March 2025 that the spate of so-called antisemitic crimes perpetrated on Gadigal land in Greater Sydney over December 2024 and January 2025 were a “fabricated terrorism plot”, there are now mounting calls to...
The Slippery Slope Towards Criminalising Criticism of Israel and Zionism
Victoria police has charged well-known Naarm-Melbourne pro-Palestinian figure Hash Tayeh with four counts of “using insulting words in public” on Friday, 7 March 2025, in relation to his having allegedly repeatedly chanted, “All Zionists are terrorists” at a rally in...
Watchdog Recommends Making It Compulsory for Police Officers to Activate Body Cameras
On storming the house of Taree man Todd McKenzie after a five-hour standoff, NSW police tactical operations officers went on to shoot the 40-year-old man in the back three times, after they’d already ordered local NSW police officers attending the...
