Albanese Votes Down Thorpe’s Post Referendum Indigenous Rights Advancing Bill
Prior to the election of the Albanese government in May 2022, which subsequently led to the failed Voice referendum of October 2023, Senator Lidia Thorpe introduced legislation into federal parliament that aimed at upholding the rights of First Peoples across...
“Literally Black Sites”: Dr Julie Macken on a Royal Commission into Immigration Detention
With the High Court ruling last month that the indefinite detention of unlawful noncitizens in immigration centres is illegal, the resulting release of around 140-odd people from a form of detention without an end or a crime, the Albanese government has...
The Criminal Offence of Sexual Touching in New South Wales
Radio shock jock Alan Jones is facing multiple allegations that he sexually touched a number of young men without their consent . Mr Jones is no stranger to controversy, having been instrumental in inciting the Cronulla riots of 2005, was...
“The Climate Movement Is Back”: Violet CoCo on XR Taking Over the Streets of Naarm
The word over recent weeks is that the local climate movement is back. The People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port saw 3,000 concerned citizens turn up on 25 November to shut down the Newcastle fossil fuel water passage for...
A “Geopolitical Debacle”: ‘Dubious Information and Evidence’ Used Against Extradition Detainee
Australian citizen Dan Duggan has been held in prolonged isolation in the NSW prison system since October 2022. The former US marine fighter pilot is currently detained in Lithgow’s maximum-security facility, as Washington seeks to extradite him over alleged breaches...
Fraud Offences in Australia
The term fraud generally refers to conduct whereby a person or company gains a benefit for themselves or causes a detriment to another person or company through conduct that is dishonest and/or deceptive. In the context of the Australian criminal...
Assault Offences Across Australia
The word ‘assault’ often conjures up images of a physical altercation between two or more people, such as a bar fight or even domestic violence. Whilst such actions can certainly amount to the offence of assault, the conduct which may...
Sydney Condemns Israel’s Colonial Crimes, as the Genocide Resumes in Gaza
Israel got back to defending itself last Friday, which euphemism our PM Anthony Albanese likes to use to describe the wholesale massacre of the walled-in Palestinian population of Gaza, which is a tactic that provides the Netanyahu government carte blanche...
Vandalism Offences in Australia
Whether it comes in the form of graffiti or destroying or damaging property, vandalism is common in this day and age, especially in urban areas such as Sydney and other major Australian cities. But it’s important to be aware that...
Increased Criminal Penalties Have Failed to Deter Online Abuse
Thousands of young Australians are exposed to strangers on social media every day. And also every day, a significant number of them deal with some kind of unwanted or unpleasant interactions, or even conduct that can amount to criminal offences...
