‘I’m Going to Christ Church 2.0 This Joint”: Islamophobia Alive and Well in Australia
A 16-year old’s recent arrest over alleged threats to perpetrate a mass shooting at a Sydney mosque is just part of the 580% rise in Islamophobic incidents across the nation - one which has largely been ignored by state, territory...
Turns Out the UK AUKUS Submarines Are Just as Unviable as the US Subs
Senator David Shoebridge confirmed with Australian Submarine Agency director general vice admiral Jonathan Mead during Senate estimates on 26 February 2025 that, according to an official United Kingdom report, it’s unviable that the UK Rolls Royce facility charged with the...
Australian Army Reservist’s Security Clearance Revoked Over Loyalty to Israel
A three-member bench of the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) determined on 20 February 2025, that the 2 June 2023 decision of ASIO director Mike Burgess to strip a member of the Australia Army, referred to as HWMW, of his security...
Antisemites Under the Bed: Full Blown McCarthyism Hits Australia
The last week suspension of a grant presented to renowned Palestinian academic and author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah has led commentators to declare that a version of 1950s US McCarthyism has now taken hold in Australia, with the latest iteration targeting...
Dutton Plans to Deport Noncitizens Over Past Antisemitic Conduct
“Dutton has been one of the strongest voices in our country on antisemitism, and he is not ashamed to say that he unequivocally supports Israel,” said Sky News Antisemitism Summit cohost Sharri Markson, as she was about to interview the...
‘Trumpet of the Patriots’: Australian Politicians Seek to Capitalise on Trump’s Success
As expected, Australian politicians are seeking to emulate and capitalise on the success of Donald Trump in the United States – who secured a second term as President on the back of populist, nationalist rhetoric focused on targeting, belittling and...
ATO Whistleblower Richard Boyle Exits Plea Negotiations, Refusing to Plead to Bogus Charges
Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle revealed in an open letter addressing Australian attorney general Mark Dreyfus that he posted on X on Monday, 10 February 2025 which, amongst other things, advised the nation’s chief lawmaker that he was withdrawing...
Is it Islamophobic to Criticise Indonesia’s Occupation of West Papua?
The Indonesian government has been illegitimately occupying the land of the West Papuan people since a 1969 referendum. What’s occurring to the West Papuans under Indonesian occupation is often referred to as a slow-motion genocide, with an estimated half a...
Australian Taxpayers Fork Out $800 Million to Win the Favour of Trump
Australian deputy PM and defence minister Richard Marles met with US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth last Friday at the Pentagon in the US state of Virginia, which marked the first such meeting Hegseth has had with a foreign counterpart,...
US President Attempts to Bully International Criminal Court into Submission
United States president Donald Trump is marketing his executive order to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as necessary in the defence of its ally, Israel. The move, made just days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit...
