Despite Roots, Albanese Neglects Public Housing: An Interview With APH’s Andrew Chuter
During his victory speech, newly incumbent PM Anthony Albanese reflected on his journey from a childhood growing up in “public housing down the road in Camperdown” to the top ministerial position in the country, saying he hopes it “inspires Australians to...
Police Guns Out of Remote Communities: Warlpiri Elder Ned Jampijinpa Hargraves Calls Ceasefire
Remote First Nations communities across the Northern Territory are currently being patrolled by NT police armed with military-style weapons. So, unarmed locals of tens of thousands of years are under the constant surveillance of settler officers with guns on their...
The Creativity of Inmates: An Interview With Paper Chained Magazine Editor Damien Linnane
US Professor Angela Davis remarked in an interview with Democracy Now last December, that she was “absolutely surprised” that the concept of prison abolition has “entered into public discourse during this period”. Davis, a key abolitionist, and her colleagues hadn’t expected...
“Frankly Fed Up” With Unjust Drug Driving Laws, Says Legalise Cannabis’ Bernard Bradley
Right now, Legalise Cannabis Australia candidate Bernard Bradley is continuing to threaten the future of Pauline Hanson’s political career, as the pair are in a race to take out the final Queensland Senate seat. The fact that a single-issue party calling...
Uyghur County Has Highest Prison Rate on Earth: Interview With AUTWA’s Ramila Chanisheff
Currently, Konasheher county in southern East Turkestan has the highest imprisonment rate in the world. One out of every 25 of its local Uyghur citizens is detained within the China-run prison system. Beijing, however, refers to the region as Shufu...
“The Most Culturally Diverse Federal Election Ever”: Interview With Politics in Colour’s Kat Henaway
As Australians headed to the ballot box last Saturday, the BBC ran an article headlined, Why Is Australia’s Parliament so White? The piece pointed out that despite our nation being one of the most multicultural in the world, 96 percent of...
Greater Transparency in Defence Decision-Making: Interview With AWPR’s Dr Alison Broinowski
Current PM Scott Morrison dropped it on the nation last September that Australia had become a part of the AUKUS pact, with the US and the UK, and, as part of this China-focused defence alliance, our nation would be acquiring nuclear-powered...
Legislating Cannabis Legalisation: An Interview With Legalise Cannabis Candidate Gail Hester
When US Federal Bureau of Narcotics commissioner Harry Anslinger commenced his cannabis demonisation program in the 1930s, it was one of the most widely used medicines in Australia, with the first federal health director general having previously advised against any need...
The Extralegal Christmas Island Brutality Regime: Interview With Refugee Action Coalition’s Ian Rintoul
Victoria police pepper sprayed refugee activists out the front of the Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation (MITA) centre on 3 May, as 12 detainees were hauled off by the Australia Border Force to be transferred to the Christmas Island immigration facility....
Shoebridge on Delivering a Federal ICAC With Teeth Soon After Taking Senate
Over their current terms in office, the federal and NSW Liberal Nationals governments have been rocked by one grants scandal after another. At the state level, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian resigned, while federally, Senator Bridget McKenzie was provided with a new...
