“Deeply Ingrained Systemic Racism”: Wunna Nyiyaparli Elder Ailsa Roy on the Plight of Her People
The Wunna Nyiyaparli people of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region live close to land and their traditional way of life and customs, yet encroachments by mining companies onto their iron ore rich Country has resulted in a situation whereby they’re...
People’s Protest Scores a Resounding Victory Over State Repression as Coal Ship Blocked
A wave of euphoria swept across the thousands of civilians crowding Newcastle’s Horseshoe Beach at around 11.30 am on Sunday, as word spread that the 200-odd kayakers who’d managed to block the shipping lane into Newcastle Coal Port against the...
Japan to Join Broadening US Force Posture in North Australia, Unless Trump Pulls the Plug
The 17th Trilateral Defence Ministers’ Meeting involving Australia, the US and Japan took place in Darwin on Sunday, 17 November, marking the first such meeting on local soil, and the big announcement of the day was that regular deployments of...
International Criminal Court Issues Global Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu and Gallant
Six months after its first announcement, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants on Thursday, 21 November, in relation to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that nation’s former defence minister Yoav Gallant in response to a swag of alleged...
Victorian Medicinal Cannabis Drivers to No Longer Face Automatic Loss of Licence, But NSW Continues Zero Tolerance
As of March next year, Victorians who use medicinal cannabis will no longer face automatic loss of licence after testing positive to the illegal practice of driving with any presence of the psychoactive component of cannabis, or THC, in their...
A Win for Climate Justice: Newcastle Harbour Exclusion Zone Revoked for Rising Tide
Despite Transport for NSW (TfNSW) having secured a 97-hour exclusion zone over the navigable waters of Newcastle Harbour, this Minns government-backed attempt to stop climate defence group Rising Tide from staging The People’s Protest of the World’s Largest Coal Port on...
Authorities Crack Down on Neo-Nazis as Prominent Figure Openly Threatens Terrorism
Neo-Nazis have not only been mobilising for the little white guy against the onset of global capital that’s evidently taking all the jobs away from “white men” in the NSW regional town of Cowra, but a key member of the...
NSW Government to Continue Anti-Protest Regime, Despite Public Opinion Being Against It
On 14 November 2024, the New South Wales government tabled its statutory review report into the controversial 2022 antiprotest regime, which was 43 days after it was required to be produced in law. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) undertook the inquiry....
Senate Recommends Rejecting Removal of Requirement for AG’s Consent to Prosecute Genocide
Despite the Howard government enacting the international offences of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity under division 268 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) in 2002, no one has been able to prosecute them, as the Coalition included...
MyGovID Rebrands as MyID, Raising Concerns of a Mandatory Means of Intrusion and Control
“Our goal is to make myID a digital ID for everyone, so you can safely participate online in an increasingly digital Australia,” explains the voiceover narrating a new online clip, which sets out that “it’s goodbye to myGovID and hello...
