Victoria Plans to Lock Up Those Who Fail to Self Isolate
As Victorian Covid case numbers show a steady decline, and there’s hope on the horizon that lockdowns may ease, Victoria is planning to introduce legislation that would allow the detention of anyone who fails to self-isolate if they have tested...
“A Blatant Attempt to Repress Protests”: An Interview With Sydney Uni Arrestee Adam Adelpour
The NSW Liberals and ailing Nationals government announced on 17 September that in a fortnight’s time it would be allowing crowds of up to 40,000 people attend stadium events, as the owners of these venues have provided detailed COVID Safe...
NSW Police Bust Up Legal Campus Protests: An Interview With Student Activist Kelton Muir
For those who haven’t been following, NSW police has been enforcing an unofficial ban on protests since late July. Under the COVID-19 public health order on gatherings, outdoor meetings or assemblies “for a common purpose” of more than 20 people...
Victoria Police Brutalise Citizens by Cover of COVID
Footage has emerged showing Victoria police officers ramming a civilian in the back with their car, before a number of officers swarm him on the ground. One officer stomps on his head, while other footage seems to suggest this was...
Victoria Police Ramps Up Offensive Against Protests
There’s something very disturbing about scenes from the anti-lockdown protest at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne over the weekend. There’s a series of video footage posted online which shows scores of heavily armed and riot squad police far outnumbering...
NSW Police to Crackdown on House Parties
Spring is here, and with it comes sunshine, warmer weather and people looking to have a good time – especially given the restrictions we’ve all faced over the past six months or so. But police are warning that attending a...
Challenge Everything: An Interview With Extinction Rebellion’s Blue Sandford
The Extinction Rebellion (XR) has again mobilised across London. This time ten days of action culminated on Thursday with 13 topless women locking on outside Westminster Palace, drawing attention to the dangers faced if temperatures rise by 4°C above pre-industrial...
Dan’s Dictatorship: Victorian Premier May Have Lied About Curfew Advice
Both the Victorian Police Commissioner and the Victorian Chief Health Officer have embarrassed Premier Daniel Andrews this week by admitting on separate occasions to national media that the nightly curfews which have Melburnians locked in their homes between the hours...
Dutton Is Turfing Vulnerable Refugees Out Onto the Street Mid-Pandemic
Dutton and his new acting henchman Alan Tudge have come to the decision that the current pandemic and downturn in the economic climate is a good time to start evicting asylum seekers and refugees out of their long-term accommodation, and...
Restore the Right to Protest: An Interview With Democracy Is Essential’s Vinil Kumar
Although there’s been no major announcement, the Berejiklian government has implemented a ban on outdoor protests of more than 20 people. And NSW police has been enforcing this rather underhanded prohibition since late July. After unsuccessfully attempting to have a...
