Community, not curfew
Last week the Queensland opposition leader Deb Frecklington announced plans for a trial of curfews in Cairns and Townsville. Children under 14 would be subject to a curfew of 8pm, …
More evidence of female disadvantage
The Government is still not listening to women, not acknowledging the disproportionate impact Covid is having on them, and not doing anything about it. Chris Wallace at the 50/50 Foundation, …
Fixing the homelessness catastrophe a win-win
Vivienne Skinner and Phillippa Carnemolla of the University of Technology, Sydney have written a compelling argument for taking action to fix homelessness based on the very high cost of not …
The ugly truth about facial recognition & surveillance
Facial recognition technology is now in operation across every jurisdiction in Australia and governments and private companies are fast turning the nation into a surveillance state. We think that’s a …
Raise the age!
We applaud the ACT Government for this week being the first jurisdiction to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14. This brings the ACT in line with …
Police lockdown intimidating
500 armed Victorian police officers stopping 3,000 residents in nine public housing towers from leaving is, to say the least, heavy-handed. It must be confusing and terrifying time for many …
Collaery update
Professor Spencer Zifcak explains today in The Conversation why the Bernard Collaery case is one of the gravest threats to freedom of expression in this country. It is a careful …
Aust must sign Treaty on Nuclear Weapons – petition
On August 6th and 9th, it will be 75 years since atomic bombs were dropped, destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing ~210,000 civilians and leaving many more with shocking injuries, cancer …
#DefundthePolice misunderstood
Sometimes slogans can be misunderstood, as is the case with #DefundthePolice. But there is a good principle behind this slogan. Elisa Resce, Democrats campaigner The Defund the Police movement originates …
Black Lives Matter in Australia Too
Australians are rightly horrified for, and supportive of, those protesting over policy brutality in the US. But we have a long and shameful history of violence and genocide against the …