“Genocide as Colonial Erasure”: Francesca Albanese’s Second Report on Gaza
In her new report Genocide as Colonial Erasure, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, suggests that the last year of genocidal violence perpetrated by Israel upon Palestinians...
NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Recommends Immediate Steps Towards Decriminalising Cannabis
Despite NSW premier Chris Minns’ stated refusal to progress drug decriminalisation laws in this state, the NSW parliamentary committee inquiry into the impact of the regulatory framework for cannabis in NSW, has recommended steps towards the decriminalisation of the illegal...
Sanction Israel Now, Demanded Sunday’s Protesters on Gadigal in Sydney
A strong message needs to be sent that our nation will not sit idly by while the Israel’ state perpetrates genocide and war crimes with impunity. As thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters plied their way along Macquarie Street upon Gadigal Country...
Federal Corruption Watchdog Directed to Reconsider Refusal to Investigate Robodebt
The National Anti-Corruption Commission publicly announced in June that it would not be further inquiring into the Robodebt Royal Commission (RRC) submission that referred six public officials to the newly created federal integrity watchdog for official investigation, as it had...
Queensland to Launch Draconian Crackdown on Youth Crime Wave That Doesn’t Exist
The Liberal National Party took out the Queensland election last weekend, with a landslide victory that saw the new government led by premier David Crisafulli taking out 53 seats in parliament compared with Labor’s 33 seats so far, following an...
NSW Police Force Attempts to Shut Down Rising Tide Protest, With the Backing of the State
NSW police commissioner Karen Webb is taking the organisers of Rising Tide to the Supreme Court of New South Wales this Friday, in an effort to obtain an order allowing state law enforcement to refuse the planned blockade of the...
Release Asian Trans Woman Detained in Villawood: Interview AMSWAG’s Damien Nguyen
A trans woman from Southeast Asia was stopped by immigration on arrival in Australia 12 weeks ago, after she was stopped and allegedly racially profiled by Australian Border Force officers, who determined on perusal of her phone content that she...
Taking Pollies on a Journey: Uniting’s Emma Maiden on the Promise of the NSW Drug Summit
The long-sought-after 2024 NSW Drug Summit will open this Friday in the southwestern regional town of Griffith, prior to moving on to the Northern Rivers town of Lismore for a day of hearings next Monday, and over the 4th and...
Big Wig Buys His Way Out of Tax Crimes, While ATO Whistleblower Is Criminally Prosecuted for Exposing Them
The close to a fortnight-old scandal relating to Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison is continuing to develop, following the Australian Financial Review having run an 18 October article exposing one of the nation’s richest people as having established a series...
Building a Rights-Centred Society: ALHR’s Kerry Weste on a Human Rights Act for NSW
The NSW Bar Association and the Human Rights for NSW Alliance recently hosted a forum of legal experts, which included former High Court Justice Michael Kirby, and it discussed the need for a Human Rights Act (HRA) for NSW, as such...
