Dumping Desperate Refugees in Foreign Countries Is Back: Interview with Senator David Shoebridge
The Albanese government came to power in 2022 talking big about ending the limbo of tens of thousands of refugees who’d been stuck on temporary protection visas for a decade, however as Labor ended its last full year of its...
Climate-Friendly, Progressive and Local: Interview with Greens Candidate for Sydney Luc Velez
Current environment minister Tanya Plibersek has held onto the federal electorate of Sydney since 1998. And when the Labor MP initially secured her comfortable seat, her political outlook was considered progressive and representative of the diverse constituency that she’d been...
Victoria Refuses to Prosecute King Charles for Genocide: Interview with Uncle Robbie Thorpe
Victorian Supreme Court Justice Melinda Richards recently issued her ruling on a judicial review of a Magistrates Court of Victoria December 2023 decision not to issue proceedings in respect of an attempted private prosecution against king Charles III by Krauatungalung...
The Unique Dynamics of Drinking Cultures Among Lawyers: Interview with Dr Nyssa Ferguson
If one walks through the central business district in any major Australian city after 5 pm on a Thursday, one notes that the area’s drinking establishments are packed with office workers, knocking back a few alcoholic drinks with colleagues, discussing...
It’s About Self-Representation, Not Protest: Independent Dr Ziad Basyouny on Taking Watson
The appearance of Independent for Watson Dr Ziad Basyouny on that seat’s 2025 federal election ballot paper must be proving unsettling for current electorate holder immigration minister Tony Burke, who’s now sat comfortably in the seat for two decades, as...
DNA Profiling Is Key to Modern Criminal Investigation: Interview with DNA Expert Helen Roebuck
Prior to the widespread roll out and application of DNA testing techniques in law enforcement investigations in the 1990s, police detectives were reliant upon fingerprinting, the analysis of physical evidence and witness testimonies, which unlike DNA evidence, can lead to...
Protest the Invasion of Aboriginal Land This 26th of January: Interview with Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The Invasion Day rally on Gadigal land 2025 is set to commence this Sunday at Sydney’s Belmore Park at 10 am. The 26th of January this year marks 237 years since British ships pulled up in what’s today known as...
Knocking Albo Off His Perch: An Interview with Greens for Grayndler’s Hannah Thomas
Encompassing Sydney’s Inner West region, the federal seat of Grayndler is known for having some of the most progressive voters in NSW and right across the country. The seat of Grayndler has been held by current prime minister Anthony Albanese...
The Demonisation of Antiwar Activists Is Afoot, Explains Wage Peace’s Margaret Pestorius
The Queensland Police Service Counterterrorism Investigation Unit executed five search warrants across Magandjin-Brisbane on 23 January last year, in relation to two nonviolent antiwar demonstrations that had recently taken place in the southeast of the state. Wage Peace activist educator...
“Effectively a Death Sentence”: Shoebridge Visits Refugees Stranded in PNG by Australia
Sixty-odd refugees that arrived in Australian waters by boat about 10 years ago have been stranded in Port Moresby, the capital of Papua New Guinea. The majority of these men are the forgotten remnants of hundreds of people who were...
