NZ High Court Rules that Supervising Deportees On Arrival is a Rights Violation
New Zealand High Court Justice Cheryl Gwyn, on 19 December, released her ruling relating to an NZ born man who was deported from Australia, under the terms of the character test contained in section 501 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth). The...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Stealing a Motor Vehicle or Vessel in NSW
Police in the United States are blaming a TikTok trend for a sharp spike in car thefts across the nation this year. Videos posted on the social media platform by the “Kia Boys” depict young men breaking into Kia and...
No Sex for You! Indonesia Criminalises Sexual Intercourse Outside Marriage
The Indonesian parliament has passed a new criminal code containing measures designed to deter “immoral acts” and suppress divergent political views. The laws were supported by all political parties and signify the nation’s regression to religion-based laws - Indonesia being...
Finally, Positive Movement on the Extralegal Political Prosecution of Assange
When teal independent Dr Monique Ryan quizzed Anthony Albanese in the chamber on 30 November as to whether his government would intervene on behalf of journalist Julian Assange, an Australian PM finally provided some decisive words in support of ending the...
The History of Laws Against Cruelty to Animals
Up until the middle of the Enlightenment (late 1600s to early 1800s), some of history’s most influential and revered philosophers and theologians enabled animal cruelty by professing that non-humans were non-sentient beings; in other words, lacking in the ability to...
The Great China Reset: It’s a Little Too Early to Put Your Weapons Back in Storage
After months of continuing to rally against China as the enemy, Australian PM Anthony Albanese sat down to have a 32-minute diplomatic meeting with Chinese president Xi Jinping, at the latter’s request, on 15 November 2022 in Bali, as the...
UK’s Anti-Protest Prevention Orders: A Sign of Things to Come for NSW?
The Perrottet government passed some of the most draconian protest laws on the planet in early April, with the aim of stamping out unauthorised climate protests. Two years inside and/or a $22,000 fine now apply to nonviolent direct actions that obstruct...
Talking Rights and Mobilisation With India’s Durbar Sex Worker Collective
Sex work is said to be the oldest profession on Earth. However, unlike jurisdictions such as NSW, where laws are in place that serve to uphold the rights of sex workers, often in other regions around the globe, sex workers are...
Witch-Hunting Is Gender-Based Violence: Talking Women’s Rights With India’s North East Network
Witch-hunting is a form of communal violence that continues in some parts of the world, including the state of Assam in Northeast India. It almost always targets women, can act as punishment for tragedies with no direct relation to the...
Indian Trade Unions Protest in Kolkata Over Teachers Recruitment Scam: In Photos
A coalition of Indian trade unions marched through Kolkata on 1 November 2022 from the Esplanade Tram Depot through to Calcutta University, expressing their solidarity with 500-odd former students who passed the Teachers’ Eligibility Test (TET) in 2014 but were...
