NSW Police Are Strip Searching Around 100 Civilians at Public Train Stations Annually
New South Wales police officers accompanied by drug detection dogs randomly searching commuters at train stations have been part of life in Sydney since NSW parliament passed laws coming into effect in February 2002, that permitted the warrantless use of...
Tertiary Educators Nationwide Demand Universities Boycott Israel
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) for Palestine, the National Union of Students (NUS) and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) held a National Day of Action on Wednesday, in support of implementing an Institutional Academic Boycott of Israel, of which...
“You Are Not My King”: First Nations Resistance to Charles III Tutelage Triumphs
As far as historical moments go, Lidia Thorpe singing out “You are not our king. You are not sovereign” in the direction of King Charles III this week, during a reception at Parliament House in Canberra, was one of those...
Calls for Action Against NSW Police Officers Who Coerced a First Nations Man in Custody
NSW police executed an arrest warrant on 28 May 2020, at the residence of a 29-year-old First Nations man, which subsequently led to arrest, his being taken into custody and then charging in regard to a number of larceny and...
Australia Assists United States to Attack Houthis in Yemen
Australia provided assistance to the United States in carrying out its 17 October 2024 attack against Houthi positions in Yemen. And it’s now apparent that ever-increasing US force posture on this continent, which is usually considered to be in aid...
New South Wales Parliament Passes Greatly Diluted LGBTIQA+ Equality Laws
Transgender people in NSW will no longer have to “undergo surgery before they can change their sex on their birth certificate” as of 1 July next year. And this long-sought reform brings this state’s laws into line with other Australian...
Civil Liberties Groups Condemn NSW Government’s Further Encroachment on Right to Protest
The backlash against New South Wales premier Chris Minns’ suggestion that the NSW Police Force ought to have the capacity to deny rally organisers, who have lodged a protest notification form with the agency, the right to protest if they...
New South Wales Police Accused of Racial Profiling Students
Accusations of racial profiling are being levelled against New South Wales police officers who arrested two Western Sydney University students in their early twenties, who were involved in a protest at the institution’s Parramatta South campus on 9 October 2024,...
Neo-Nazis Mobilisations Are Becoming Normalised on Australian Streets
“When you dare stand up against the people that are destroying not just this town but this country, when you stand up against BlackRock and international finance, they come after your family, they come after your bank accounts, they firebomb...
National Anti-Corruption Commission Hearings Will Continue to Be Held in Secret
As an omnibus bill passed the Senate on 10 October that clarified within various pieces of legislation, including the National Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2022 (Cth), that digital assets can be seized in regard to proceeds of crime cases, Senators David...
