Forging Justice for David Dungay: An Interview With Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The Justice for David Dungay Junior campaign held a press conference last Friday in the Domain-Djarrbarrgalli to announce that criminal barrister Phillip Boulten SC has issued a detailed advice outlining that there’s potential for charges to be laid in regard...
Public Health Orders and the Requirement to Wear a Mask
A 38-year old woman has been accused of assaulting a Victorian police officer after an interaction over her alleged refusal to wear a mask. According to police, a female officer approached the woman at a Shopping Centre earlier this week...
State Governments Collect Millions in COVID Fines
State Governments have been benefitting nicely from public health reforms imposed to deal with Covid-19, with millions collected in fines and penalties since March. According to recently released figures, more than $5.2 million has been collected nationwide since pandemic laws...
Gathering “for a Common Purpose”: Fuller’s New Anti-Protest Tactic
After NSW police ordered those gathered at the 28 July Black Lives Matter rally to disburse from Sydney’s Domain or face arrest, a number of protesters converged momentarily on the side of the road out the front of the NSW...
The Prohibition on Protests Is About Silencing Dissent, Not Stopping the Spread
We all saw the photos of our beloved leader Scott Morrison waving a football scarf around his head and sinking a few cold ones on 13 July 2020, as he was surrounded by mates at Sydney’s Kogarah Oval. Meanwhile, down...
Coronavirus Sceptic Faces Fines for Allegedly Breaching Public Health Order
Coronavirus sceptic, Eve Black, (which is apparently not her real name) is facing thousands of dollars in fines for allegedly failing to comply with a public health order. Ms Black uploaded a video to social media last week of her...
Should Protests Be Banned During COVID-19?
It’s been a week of clashes in Victoria over new public health regulations, starting with Eve Black flouting rules at the border checkpoint last weekend, by refusing to tell Police her reason for travelling. Aside from copping a serious amount...
Morrison Again Closes Parliament, as MPs Can’t Work Zoom
What’s good for the frontline Aussie worker is definitely not good for the prime minister of the nation, or so it seems, as Hawaii 5-0 Scott Morrison announced on 18 July that he’d be shutting down federal parliament for the...
Fuller’s Economics Don’t Add Up, When It Comes to Silencing First Nations Voices
At 11.38 am on Friday 24 July, the NSW Supreme Court was taking a short recess during the proceedings that involved NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller attempting to have next Tuesday’s Sydney Black Lives Matter rally shut down. The word...
Victorian COVID Prison Lockdown Reawakens Calls to Release Inmates
As of Thursday afternoon, two of Victoria’s prisons - Ravenhall and Fulham correctional centres - remained in lockdown, while COVID-19 precautionary measures had been lifted on another four state correctional facilities. Six Victorian prisons were locked down on Tuesday, after...
