Queensland Rushes to Pass Laws By Christmas That Would See Kids Sentenced as Adults
Draconian youth crime laws are set to pass Queensland parliament on Thursday, 12 December, which were long spruiked by the Crisafulli government in opposition, under the banner of ‘adult crime, adult time’, which will soon see youths that commit certain...
Thirty-Ninth Arrest for Climate: Violet CoCo on Repeatedly Sacrificing Liberty for Planet
The recent Rising Tide Newcastle Coal Port blockade successfully disrupted the shipping lane into the world’s largest coal port, and it did this for an extended number of hours on Sunday 24 November, even with the massive state repressions that...
Verdict Is In: The 2024 NSW Drug Summit Was Designed to Be an Abject Failure
“Nothing worthwhile ever comes out of an echo chamber,” said NSW premier Chris Minns, as he opened two days of NSW Drug Summit proceedings on Gadigal land at Sydney’s ICC on 4 December 2024. “We want different perspectives. We want...
“Pine Gap Is a Place of Aggression”, Say Peace Activists in Court Over Blockading the Facility
A group of peace activists grabbed headlines on 27 November last year, when they blocked the main road into the Pine Gap US-Australia Joint Defence Facility to highlight that the base, situated about 20 kilometres outside of Mparntwe-Alice Springs, has...
Blak Caucus Protest for First Nations Rights on Gadigal in Sydney in Photos
An impressive crowd gathered on Gadigal land before Sydney Town Hall on Saturday, 7 December, for the Justice for First Nations rally to mark International Human Rights Day, despite the fact that it was pissing down rain, and the humidity...
The Thorpe-Payman Red-Lines Package Puts Genocide on the Agenda for 2025
The final sitting day of federal parliament on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra was notable this year, due to its focus on the international criminal offence of genocide. Parliamentary proceedings on 28 November 2024 were supposed to commence with a vote...
Despite Promising to Save Whistleblowers, Labor Has “Undeniably Declared War on” Them
Independent member for Clark Andrew Wilkie put it to attorney general Mark Dreyfus on the final sitting day of federal parliament for 2024 that the Albanese government “has undeniably declared war on whistleblowers”, and he questioned whether the nation’s chief...
Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu Strengthens the Genocide Claim Against His Australian Adviser
Lawyers representing Mark Regev, former senior adviser to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, are to put it to the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria on 11 December 2024 that their client can’t be prosecuted over advocating genocide, as part of a private...
Stop the Extradition: AG Stalls on Decision to Extradite Dan Duggan to the US
Since NSW Magistrate Daniel Reiss greenlighted the US request to extradite Australian citizen Daniel Duggan on 24 May 2024, the final decision on whether to send the father-of-six away bounced back to federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus, who was responsible...
Cops Out of Mardi Gras Is Still Key, Says Pride in Protest’s Damien Nguyen
Pride in Protest is running four candidates in this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board election, which is taking place at the end of 12 months that have seen the queer social justice group’s long-term goal of removing...
