Government Continues to Prosecute ATO Whistleblower, Despite Court Finding His Disclosures Were Legally Justified
Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle was before the South Australian District Court on Monday 11 November 2024 for a directions hearing relating to his criminal trial that involves his having exposed ATO wrongdoing in mid-2017, which was in the...
The Israeli Soccer Fan BS Highlights the Dangers of Proposed Misinformation Laws
Albanese’s draconian misinformation legislation passed through the lower house of federal parliament last Thursday, and it was followed later that evening by the Amsterdam Israeli soccer fan fiasco that saw aggressive followers of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, provoking Netherland...
McBride’s Appeal Is in Jeopardy, as the Respected Lawyer Needs Finances to Fund It
For his troubles in having exposed the lawless nature of the Australian war effort in Afghanistan mid-last decade, which led to the unchecked perpetration of alleged war crimes by Australian special forces officers, ADF whistleblower David McBride is currently serving...
Australia’s Committing Cultural Genocide Upon a First Peoples in Favour of Mining Interests
Australia has stonewalled the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR), after it ordered the nation to provide “an effective and enforceable remedy” to the Wunna Nyiyaparli of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region in July 2023, in response to a complaint regarding...
Activists Vow to Proceed with Newcastle Coal Port Blockade, Despite Court Prohibition
Despite the NSW Supreme Court having ruled on Thursday, 7 November 2024 that The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port set to take place over the weekend of the 22nd to 25th of November not being able to...
Prosecuting the King, the Attorney General and a Netanyahu Advisor Over Genocide: A Yarn with Uncle Robbie Thorpe
The state of Israel has engaged local lawyers to represent it, on behalf of former senior advisor to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mark Regev, as the Australian Israeli diplomat has been charged with advocating genocide, contrary to section 80.2D...
“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...
