“Protecting the Political Space”: An Interview With MALS Melbourne Activist Legal Support
The enhancement of law enforcement powers over the COVID-19 pandemic period has dramatically changed the social landscape to the point where police officers have been empowered to maintain that the majority of the civilian population remain indoors for lengthy periods...
Dutton is Hell Bent on Punishing and Silencing Detainees
Exactly what goes on behind the walls of detention centres is not common knowledge. In fact, the Federal Government has long sought to keep as many details as possible, secret, out of the public domain, going so far as to...
State of Emergency Powers and COVID-19
Victoria’s ‘State of Emergency’ was due to end on 13 September 2020 but, in recent days, the Premier Daniel Andrews is pushing for the extraordinary powers afforded to the state to remain in place for another 12 months. While most...
International Travel During COVID: The Haves Versus the Have Nots
While thousands of people have been told they cannot leave the country, a Sydney businessman has been given permission to pick up a luxury yacht in Europe. When the Federal Government shut Australia’s international borders in March, it made it...
Call Minister Tudge to Save Refugees’ Phones: An Interview With Mostafa Azimitabar
Refugees and their advocates are organising a calling party for 1 September that will involve members of the public phoning the office of acting immigration minister Alan Tudge to let him know that proposed laws allowing for the confiscation of...
Enhanced COVID Policing Is Fast Becoming the New Norm
“What we have seen in the last six months, in particular, is a ramping up of police hostility towards peaceful assemblies that goes far beyond anything I’ve seen in the last ten years,” Brisbane City councillor for the Gabba Ward...
COVID Vaccine Will Be ‘As Mandatory As Possible’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent the chills through millions of Australians this week when he declared that ‘when’ the Covid-19 Vaccine arrives, it will be ‘as ‘mandatory as possible’; although he seems to have since backed down in the face...
“This Is Indefinite Detention”: Councillor Jonathan Sri on the Kangaroo Point Standoff
Right now, there’s around 120 former Manus and Nauru asylum-seeking detainees being held in Brisbane’s Kangaroo Point Central Hotel. This is after they were flown to Australia under the now revoked Medevac laws, as medical professionals assessed it was necessary due...
Parramatta Local Court Reports Positive COVID-19 Case
It has been reported that a contractor who last worked in Parramatta Local Court on 12 August 2020 has tested positive for coronavirus. The Department of Communities and Justice New South Wales (DCJ) has called on anyone who attended the...
Defending Black Lives Matter: An Interview With Barrister Felicity Graham
“Felicity Graham is a gun,” declared Black Lives Matter rally organiser Paddy Gibson, as he stood out the front of the NSW Supreme Court on 24 July. At that moment, Gibson had just left the courtroom, where the Sydney barrister...
