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 –...
“Reclaiming and Changing Laws”: An Interview With Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group’s Sandy Greenwood
The anti-logging campaign the Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group has recently launched in northern NSW is doing exceedingly well. And the word is that the model it’s using to gain all the traction may soon be mirrored across the continent. Back in...
Australia Has a Black History: An Interview With Gadigal Elder Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor
The Gadigal people are the traditional custodians of the area now known as the Sydney CBD. Prior to any event, demonstration or address taking place on that land, it’s protocol to pay respects to Gadigal elders past, present and emerging....
Veteran Activists on How Protesting Really Does Lead to Change
Anyone who was gathered at Sydney’s Belmore Park on 6 June for the Stop All Black Deaths in Custody rally will tell you that when tens of thousands knelt to mark the more than 430 First Nations custody deaths since...
Vote 1 HEMP in the Eden-Monaro Byelection: An Interview With Candidate Michael Balderstone
HEMP Party president Michael Balderstone wants real cannabis law reform on the agenda in this nation’s federal chambers of parliament. And that’s why the veteran campaigner is running in the 4 July Eden-Monaro byelection. Right now, Australia is noticeably lagging...
The Successful Black Lives Matter Appeal: An Interview With The Wigs’ Stephen Lawrence
Waves of jubilation swept over the tens of thousands of people gathered at Sydney Town Hall on 6 June, when it was announced just minutes before the Black Lives Matter protest was about to take place, that the appeal of...
Drug Driving Laws Are “a Great Wrong”: An Interview With Former Magistrate David Heilpern
David Heilpern is something of a legend in the NSW Northern Rivers. The former Lismore magistrate is known throughout the region for the just decisions he handed down in relation to residents who’d been caught out by the unjust laws...
The Kangaroo Point Blockade: An Interview With Refugee Solidarity’s Dane De Leon
On Wednesday, 17 June 2020, the 24/7 Community Blockade stationed out the front of the Kangaroo Point Central Hotel situated in inner city Brisbane was into its sixth day of operation. The protesters making up the action are demonstrating against...
