Government Continues to Prosecute ATO Whistleblower, Despite Court Finding His Disclosures Were Legally Justified
Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle was before the South Australian District Court on Monday 11 November 2024 for a directions hearing relating to his criminal trial that involves his having exposed ATO wrongdoing in mid-2017, which was in the...
The Israeli Soccer Fan BS Highlights the Dangers of Proposed Misinformation Laws
Albanese’s draconian misinformation legislation passed through the lower house of federal parliament last Thursday, and it was followed later that evening by the Amsterdam Israeli soccer fan fiasco that saw aggressive followers of Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv, provoking Netherland...
Prohibiting Under 16s From Using Social Media: A Futile Response to Far Deeper Issues
The Australian Government has confirmed it will introduce legislation into Parliament with a view to achieving what seems to be the impossible – prohibiting those under the age of 16 years from accessing social media platforms. And while the populist...
McBride’s Appeal Is in Jeopardy, as the Respected Lawyer Needs Finances to Fund It
For his troubles in having exposed the lawless nature of the Australian war effort in Afghanistan mid-last decade, which led to the unchecked perpetration of alleged war crimes by Australian special forces officers, ADF whistleblower David McBride is currently serving...
Australia’s Committing Cultural Genocide Upon a First Peoples in Favour of Mining Interests
Australia has stonewalled the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR), after it ordered the nation to provide “an effective and enforceable remedy” to the Wunna Nyiyaparli of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region in July 2023, in response to a complaint regarding...
Trump’s Mission to Strip LBGTQIA+ Rights, And How It Could Impact on Australia
It seemed outrageous for Trump to be elected as President in 2016 when he was up Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, a person many saw as an inclusive candidate with a clear vision for the future, and the policies to go...
Activists Vow to Proceed with Newcastle Coal Port Blockade, Despite Court Prohibition
Despite the NSW Supreme Court having ruled on Thursday, 7 November 2024 that The People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port set to take place over the weekend of the 22nd to 25th of November not being able to...
Australia Under Trump: Will We Continue to Be the Lapdog of the United States?
Australia has maintained strong ties with the United States for generations – a relationship deeply rooted in our shared Anglo-Celtic heritage, predominantly Christian belief system and history of colonialism. And despite our former Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating’s push for...
Prosecuting the King, the Attorney General and a Netanyahu Advisor Over Genocide: A Yarn with Uncle Robbie Thorpe
The state of Israel has engaged local lawyers to represent it, on behalf of former senior advisor to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mark Regev, as the Australian Israeli diplomat has been charged with advocating genocide, contrary to section 80.2D...
“Genocide as Colonial Erasure”: Francesca Albanese’s Second Report on Gaza
In her new report Genocide as Colonial Erasure, Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, suggests that the last year of genocidal violence perpetrated by Israel upon Palestinians...
