The Fight to Protect Gomeroi Sites From Mining Continues: An Interview With Dolly Talbot
Gomeroi traditional custodians spokesperson Dolly Talbot makes certain that the fight to stop the proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine from desecrating thousands of years old sacred sites is far from over, despite a recent court setback. Last week, the Federal...
Suing the DPP and FACS: An Interview With Paul Robert Burton and Dr Andrew Katelaris
A malicious prosecution is a tort - a wrong act - that allows an individual who has been subjected to unjustified court proceedings to take civil action against those responsible for their groundless prosecution. The High Court set out in...
Suli Deserves a Full Inquest: An Interview With Medicinal Cannabis Advocate Steve Peek
Steve Peek hesitated in treating his daughter, Suli, with medicinal cannabis, as the Queensland father-of-three was initially unsure about the illicit medicine. However, after hearing that it might help ease his daughter’s constant seizures, he went on to source some...
Silenced During the Narrabri Gas Project Hearings: An Interview With NSW Gas Ban’s Jo Evans
Last Friday, Facebook notified the admin of the NSW Gas Ban page that it would be censoring its content for the period of a week ending on 24 July. This means that any posts made by the page this week...
First Nations Rainbow Condemns Police Violence: An Interview With Co-Chair Ricky Macourt
Despite a myriad of roadblocks that were placed in its way, the 6 June Sydney Black Lives Matter rally took place with legal approval and without a hitch. At least, that was before some NSW police officers decided to pepper...
End Immigration Detention Violence: An Interview With Refugee Activist Emma Comley
Recently, footage came to light that depicts five Villawood Detention Centre guards on top of a detainee, forcefully wrestling him on the ground. And while another detainee films the March incident, a staff member orders him to stop, as he...
“Defacing” the Governor Macquarie Statue: An Interview With Activist Stephen Langford
Social justice activist Stephen Langford was arrested by NSW police on 18 June, and subsequently denied bail, strip searched and incarcerated for 20 hours, all for pasting a message on the Hyde Park Governor Macquarie statue, which asked passers-by to...
It’s High Time: An Interview With Legalise Cannabis Queensland’s Deb Lynch
The Turnbull government passed legislation in February 2016 that allowed for the establishment of a legal supply chain of cannabis medicines. This showed a willingness amongst the highest levels of authority in this country to publicly acknowledge that cannabis is...
Justice for Wayne Fella Morrison: An Interview with Caroline Andersen
Descending from Wiradjuri, Caroline Andersen has resided on Kaurna land, Adelaide, for most of her life. And on 23 September 2016, she was waiting for her son Wayne “Fella” Morrison to appear at an Adelaide court. The 29-year-old had been...
Melbourne’s Public Housing Hard Lockdown: An Interview With Victorian Socialists’ Kath Larkin
Around 500 Victoria police officers were deployed to nine public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington on Saturday to enforce a “hard lockdown”, which means 3,000-odd residents are now confined to their flats for at least five days –...
