Albanese’s Singling Out Trans People from the Census is a Move from the Morrison Playbook
“When populations are invisible in the Census, they are at increased risk of marginalisation and disadvantage,” reads a 5 August joint statement by the UNSW Kirby Institute and other key health organisations, regarding Albanese’s decision to rescind on a pledge...
The Right to Rape Prisoners and Other New Lows in the Nation of Israel
Many Australians may have missed the right to rape political prisoners debate, the rallying and the rioting in support of it that has occurred over the last month or so in the state of Israel, as it didn’t feature prominently...
Police Watchdog Finds that Officer Who Fabricated Evidence Engaged in ‘Serious Misconduct’
Nowra man Luke Brett Moore raised a complaint with the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission in May 2021, regarding a phone conversation he’d had with NSW police constable Daniel Keneally that, he claimed, led the officer to subsequently fabricate evidence against...
As Victoria Police Targets Protesters, Palestinian Message Rings True: An Interview with WACA’s Sam Castro
Labor leaders jumped to attention last October, as they ardently spruiked the falsehood about Israel and its right to defend itself, while the Netanyahu government was actually perpetrating a wholesale slaughter and starvation project upon the 2.3 million Palestinian civilians...
Second First Nations Youth Death in Custody in WA in Less Than a Year
A second First Nations youth died in the custody of the WA state, when, last Thursday night, a yet-to-be identified 17-year-old First Nations youth took his own life, after being imprisoned for two days at that state’s only child prison:...
Germany Sets Cannabis Driving Limits, While NSW Continues to Unfairly Criminalise Users
German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier signed off on legislation a fortnight ago to set a limit for driving under the influence of cannabis, with the new legal limit that’s now taken effect being 3.5 nanograms of THC per millilitre of blood....
Former Magistrate Heilpern Tells It Straight on Parochial NSW Cannabis Prohibition
When former NSW Lismore Magistrate David Heilpern gave up the gavel a few years back, the NSW Northern Rivers community were saddened to see him go, as instead of applying major party ethics at the bench, he was a judicial...
Australian Government Talks Big About Protecting Whistleblowers, While Criminally Prosecuting Them
The South Australian District Court last year found that Richard Boyle was correct in blowing the whistle on the Australian Taxation Office over its breaching of a garnishee policy to dip into small business accounts to extract debts with the...
NSW Government Continues to Ignore Unjust Drug Driving Laws
During a premier and finance estimates hearing on Wednesday, committee chair Jeremy Buckingham put it to NSW premier Chris Minns, whether he might seem impaired to the Labor leader as he was presiding over the proceedings. “No, you seem very...
Albanese Cuts Secretive Military Deal with Indonesian President-Elect Prabowo
Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto was in Canberra early last week to meet with soon-to-be counterpart prime minister Anthony Albanese and to further negotiate a new defence deal, in his current capacity as Indonesian defence minister with our own defence minister...
