Interviews

Rallying for the Trans Day of Visibility: An Interview With Trans Action Warrang

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This Sunday, 31 March, is the International Day of Transgender Visibility, which is a time to celebrate the lives of transgender and gender diverse people globally, as well as acknowledge leaders within trans communities who’ve spoken out against discrimination and...

The Stop the Adani Convoy: An Interview With Bob Brown

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Adani announced last November that it plans to go ahead with a self-funded and scaled-down version of the overwhelmingly opposed Carmichael thermal coal mine in the central Queensland Galilee Basin. This is following the Indian mining giant’s inability to secure...

We Need Greater Police Accountability: An Interview With NSW Independent Bryn Hutchinson

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Currently, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) is this state’s sole police watchdog. The statutory oversight body is charged with investigating allegations of serious police misconduct and monitoring NSW police critical incident investigations. The LECC replaced the functions of the...

Eliminating Hep C: An Interview With Hepatitis NSW CEO Stuart Loveday

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Australia is fortunate to have around 800 needle and syringe program (NSP) locations nationwide distributing at least 30 million pieces of sterile injecting equipment annually to the estimated 68,000 to 118,000 people who inject drugs throughout the country. This harm...

Progressive Change for Kooyong: An Interview With Australian Greens’ Julian Burnside QC

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After vowing never to enter politics, renowned human rights barrister Julian Burnside QC, has decided the political climate in this country has made it necessary to renege on that promise and he’s now entering the fray in the coming federal...

For the Rights of the Marginalised: An Interview With Greens Candidate Kym Chapple

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Whilst she’s been doorknocking in the lead up to the NSW state election that’s set to take place in a fortnight, NSW Greens candidate for Heffron Kym Chapple has found that concerns around drug law reform have been front and...

60 Years of Resisting Occupation: The Australia Tibet Council’s Kyinzom Dhongdue

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Currently, Chinese authorities have placed restrictions on foreigners entering occupied Tibet. Commencing on 30 January, the ban on foreigners, which will continue for sixty days, was put in place as a politically sensitive date that holds significance for the locals...

Towards a Regulated Drug Market: An Interview With Robert Richter QC

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Human beings have been using psychoactive substances since prehistoric times. The use of opium, mushrooms, psychedelic cacti and alcohol has gone on for millennia. You might say that drug use has gone hand in hand with the progress of civilisation...

For the Crime of Genocide: An Interview With the Aboriginal Tent Embassy’s Robert Corowa

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The Aboriginal Tent Embassy has announced that it plans to take the Commonwealth of Australia and the British Crown to the High Court of Australia for the crime of genocide against the First Nations peoples of this continent. Situated on...

Frontline Festival Safety: An Interview With DanceWize NSW’s Jessie Murray

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Over the last five months, safety at music festivals has been front and centre. There have been tragic deaths, increased hospitalisations, debates over pill testing, public rallies and an expert panel was convened to investigate the matter. However, all the...
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