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...
Making “Australia a Global Nuclear Waste Dump”: Senator Shoebridge on Labor’s Latest Betrayal
In passing the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2024 on Thursday last week, the Albanese government quietly got a proposition over the line in this country that had been resisted for decades and that was in the passing of...
“Killed, and for What End?”: Tasnim Sammak on Marking October 7th for Palestine
The October 7th vigils marked a year since the Israeli military launched its offensive against the 2.3 million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. And in taking place on Gadigal in Sydney and in Naarm-Melbourne, they were the solemn, peaceful events,...
Whistleblowers Are Still the Enemy: McBride to Appeal as Boyle Continues to Stew
Former Australian Defence Force lawyer David McBride was granted permission to appeal the severity of the sentence he’s been serving since May, which was handed down in regard to his having blown the whistle to the press in respect of...
The “Commissioner’s Gin”: The Blue Labelled Drop That Webb Prefers on the Taxpayer Dollar
Independent NSW MLC Rod Roberts raised a 6 August 2024 motion, under Standing Order 52 in the NSW parliament, calling for the production of documents regarding a variety of matters that all relate to “maladministration and potential corruption at the...
Cuts to Legal Aid NT Adult Services Will Disproportionately Impact First Peoples
Legal Aid Northern Territory last week announced that it would be cutting new applications for services to adults charged with criminal offences from 21 October, while all other services specifically geared to adults, which include referrals for grants for aid...
