As former Australian Conservation Foundation anti-nuclear campaigner David Noonan put it in 2005, “Australia is the only society to have ever provided its own uranium to an overseas nuclear weapons state to make nuclear weapons to then bomb back on their own land.” And it was Scott Morrison’s pin-up boy, former prime minister Robert Menzies, ...
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Justice for Bowraville: Calls to Review NSW Double Jeopardy Laws
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Three Aboriginal children from the NSW mid-North Coast town of Bowraville were murdered over a five month period beginning in September 1990. And while police claim there is now enough evidence to establish the guilt of the alleged killer, the laws against double jeopardy are preventing him from standing ...
Domestic Violence Victim Wins Case Against Queensland Police
By Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim A domestic violence victim who went into hiding with her children after a Queensland Police Officer unlawfully accessed the Police Service’s QPrime database to get her address, and then gave it to his friend, the woman’s abusive-partner, has won her case in the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT). ...
Solidarity With Palestinians: An Interview With Palestine Action Group’s Damian Ridgwell
Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the ongoing weekly protest in the Gaza Strip known as the Great March of Return, which has involved hundreds of thousands of Palestinians marching to the border with Israel every Friday. This peaceful protest is calling for the right for Palestinians to return to their homelands within what ...
Rallying for the Trans Day of Visibility: An Interview With Trans Action Warrang
This Sunday, 31 March, is the International Day of Transgender Visibility, which is a time to celebrate the lives of transgender and gender diverse people globally, as well as acknowledge leaders within trans communities who’ve spoken out against discrimination and fought for hard won gains. In Australia, trans visibility has been on the rise over ...
Privately-Run Prisons to be Returned to Public Management
The Queensland Government has announced that it will spend $111million over the next four years, returning two privately run prisons to state management. The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre and the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC), two high-security prisons, are currently run by private operators. However the Government will now take over these contracts in response ...
Company Director Accused of Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
A former director of cruise ship company Cruise & Maritime Voyages has been charged with multiple fraud offences arising from allegations she transferred a total of $2.4 million from a company bank account into her personal accounts without authorisation. 62-year old Susanne Hunter is required to appear in Downing Centre Local Court for allegedly making ...
Calls for Overhaul of Drug Driving Laws
Roadside drug testing was introduced into the NSW setting in 2007. Just like random breath testing (RBT) for alcohol, drug testing drivers was said to be brought in to improve safety on the roads. But, unlike RBT, it doesn’t test for driver impairment. It’s a trace-based program. The NSW testing regime was modelled on that ...
Coalition Re-Elected Despite its Assault on Civil Liberties. So What’s Next?
NSW has spoken. And at the polling booths the collective said that what it wants is another four years of the fun police. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is back with a majority, which means a resounding no to festivals, no to the night time economy and a “just say no” to drug decriminalisation. It’s been five ...
The Law on Filming a Private Act in New South Wales
A 36-year old tourist from Hong Kong is facing Waverley Local Court today over allegations he hid a camera inside a deodorant stick to film his roommate engaging in a private act at a Bondi hostel. Police allege the roommate – a 27-year old French tourist – noticed the device on the sink after she ...