Pauline Hanson Loses Defamation Case
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has built a political career on falsely identifying and demonising perceived threats for her own political gain, and encouraging those who support her to do the same – thereby causing division in the community and...
Facial Recognition Technology: Coming to a Pokie Room Near You
The Australian Hotels Association NSW and ClubsNSW have announced the development of ‘state of the art’ facial recognition technology which they intend to install in the gambling areas of all pubs and clubs across the state. The justification for the...
Australia Under Attack from Cyber Criminals
In the third major reported data breach in the past month, hackers have threatened to release the personal data of Medibank customers unless their ransom demands are met. The extortion demand has the potential to expose up to 3.9 million...
What Happens if I Am Late to Lodge My Income Tax Return?
It’s probably fair to say the Australian Taxation Office isn’t seen as the fairest or most beloved organisation out there - taking a huge chunk of the hard-earned funds of residents every year and often meritlessly allocating much of it...
Australia: Easy Pickings for Cyber-Criminals
The latest national cyber attack, which has affected the data of more than 2 million Woolworths customers proves what cyber experts have been warning for years: Australia is easy pickings for cyber criminals. A shortage of specialist technical experts, who...
Ruby Princess Class Action Commences in Federal Court
The class action against Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines over the Ruby Princess disaster has begun in the Federal Court of Australia, with the court hearing that cruise line’s conduct was ‘not some accident’ but ‘amounted to negligent’, resulting in...
Australia’s Focus on Punishing Rather Than Diverting Youths is Counter-Productive
A Queensland Children’s Court recently heard that a girl who was arrested in Innisfail in Queensland was not able to be transferred to Cleveland Youth Detention Centre in Townsville as the centre was at capacity and could not accept any...
Privacy Watchdog and Media Regulator Launch Investigations into Optus
Many Australians feel that large corporations and their executives have gotten away with flouting the law without sufficient consequences for far too long. And the recent Optus data breach has certainly added to that sentiment - with 10 million current...
Victoria Police Set to Become Less Accountable Than Ever
The Police Accountability Project (PAP) in Victoria has had to severely cut its services, due to a lack of funding. The project has, until recently, been servicing about 400 people a year, but now, due to funding shortfalls and future...
Hands Off Assange! US and UK Citizens Stand in Solidarity with Truth-Teller
Many had high hopes that current Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, would make good on his pre-election rhetoric calling for an end to the persecution of award-winning Australian journalist Julian Assange, by pressuring the United Kingdom to allow him to...
