New South Wales premier Chris Minns’ blanket ban on street protests was struck down by the NSW Supreme Court on 16 April 2026. Such a prohibition being in place on 9 February this year, prevented 20,000-odd constituents from conducting a march on Gadigal land through the Sydney CBD. And as protesters stood their ground, 3,000 NSW police officers bashed ...
The heckling of Aboriginal army veterans and presenters at Anzac Day 2026 dawn services spread this year. The New York Times noted as much. This was in the same manner in which racism against First Peoples has risen in many aspects of our society since the booing of Boon Wurrung and Gunditjmara elder Uncle Mark Brown at the 2025 Naarm-Melbourne dawn ...
Zack Schofield, an Australian citizen, reported over social media from a boat sailing in international waters west of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea at around 8 am Sydney time on 30 April 2026, that those onboard were likely to soon be taken by Israel. Drones were all around the vessel, which was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla and was bound for Gaza ...
Victoria police counterterrorism officers raided four activists at around 7 am on 17 April 2026, as the women were allegedly connected to a 5-minute-long theatrical stunt outside the US consulate in Naarm-Melbourne on 26 March, which involved the pouring of oil and blood around the entrance to the American office, which unfortunately, saw one Victoria ...
Twenty protesters were arrested by Queensland police at the Not Our Law rally in Magan-djin-Brisbane on 18 April 2026, for the crime of either displaying or speaking the currently illegal phrase “From the River to the Sea”. The outcome was not so unexpected because the point of the action was to highlight the absurdity of this criminal offence recently ...
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council lodged a racial discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission on 14 April 2026, concerning the NSW Minns government having quietly introduced legislation disguised as minor procedural amendments that rather seeks to drastically weaken Aboriginal land rights to ensure prime real estate ...
During the Acknowledgement of Country speech that former Australian Army officer and Kabi Kabi, Goreng Goreng and Ambrym Island elder Uncle Ray Minniecon delivered to the 11,000 strong crowd at the Anzac Day dawn service held on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Martin Place on Saturday morning, 24 April 2026, a small group of people in the crowd started booing ...
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:
NSW Government’s Blanket Ban on Protest Marches is Unconstitutional, Court Finds
The ban was found to impinge upon the implied right of political communication contained in the Australian Constitution.
Click here to read the article
The Offence of Destroying ...
A shift is occurring right across Australia in terms of law enforcement, which involves an array of “protective” or “safety” officers empowered to enforce certain laws. These types of officers are often derogatively referred to as “pseudo-cops”, as their appearance and duties reflect those of police, but without the advanced training. And as this ...
Today, ANZAC Day, is an extremely different occasion for Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, who’s now facing five counts of the war crime of murder. But for gaoled Australia Defence Force whistleblower David McBride, it will be much the same as the last. By contrast to both, the ADF’s top brass will likely enjoy the day having been ...
The City of Melbourne is employing Community Safety Officers (CSOs) to assist Local Law Officers in their duties whilst they patrol the council’s local government area, and these unarmed officers are being encouraged not to be too afraid to apply force towards homeless people on the streets, when they’re attempting to remove them from out the front of ...
In the wake of the blanket ban on protest marches being struck down by the state’s highest court on 16 April 2026, New South Wales premier Chris Minns has doubled down on his refusal to accept the ruling on his rushed unconstitutional laws, and instead, he’s retorted that courts and lawyers have it easy, whilst on the ground, these laws actually ...
New South Wales premier Chris Minns’ blanket ban on street protests was struck down by the NSW Supreme Court on 16 April 2026. Such a prohibition being in place on 9 February this year, prevented 20,000-odd constituents from conducting a march on Gadigal land through the Sydney CBD. And as protesters stood their ground, 3,000 NSW police officers bashed ...
The heckling of Aboriginal army veterans and presenters at Anzac Day 2026 dawn services spread this year. The New York Times noted as much. This was in the same manner in which racism against First Peoples has risen in many aspects of our society since the booing of Boon Wurrung and Gunditjmara elder Uncle Mark Brown at the 2025 Naarm-Melbourne dawn ...
Zack Schofield, an Australian citizen, reported over social media from a boat sailing in international waters west of Crete in the Mediterranean Sea at around 8 am Sydney time on 30 April 2026, that those onboard were likely to soon be taken by Israel. Drones were all around the vessel, which was part of the Global Sumud Flotilla and was bound for Gaza ...
Victoria police counterterrorism officers raided four activists at around 7 am on 17 April 2026, as the women were allegedly connected to a 5-minute-long theatrical stunt outside the US consulate in Naarm-Melbourne on 26 March, which involved the pouring of oil and blood around the entrance to the American office, which unfortunately, saw one Victoria ...
Twenty protesters were arrested by Queensland police at the Not Our Law rally in Magan-djin-Brisbane on 18 April 2026, for the crime of either displaying or speaking the currently illegal phrase “From the River to the Sea”. The outcome was not so unexpected because the point of the action was to highlight the absurdity of this criminal offence recently ...
The New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council lodged a racial discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission on 14 April 2026, concerning the NSW Minns government having quietly introduced legislation disguised as minor procedural amendments that rather seeks to drastically weaken Aboriginal land rights to ensure prime real estate ...
During the Acknowledgement of Country speech that former Australian Army officer and Kabi Kabi, Goreng Goreng and Ambrym Island elder Uncle Ray Minniecon delivered to the 11,000 strong crowd at the Anzac Day dawn service held on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Martin Place on Saturday morning, 24 April 2026, a small group of people in the crowd started booing ...
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:
NSW Government’s Blanket Ban on Protest Marches is Unconstitutional, Court Finds
The ban was found to impinge upon the implied right of political communication contained in the Australian Constitution.
Click here to read the article
The Offence of Destroying ...
A shift is occurring right across Australia in terms of law enforcement, which involves an array of “protective” or “safety” officers empowered to enforce certain laws. These types of officers are often derogatively referred to as “pseudo-cops”, as their appearance and duties reflect those of police, but without the advanced training. And as this ...
Today, ANZAC Day, is an extremely different occasion for Australia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts-Smith, who’s now facing five counts of the war crime of murder. But for gaoled Australia Defence Force whistleblower David McBride, it will be much the same as the last. By contrast to both, the ADF’s top brass will likely enjoy the day having been ...
The City of Melbourne is employing Community Safety Officers (CSOs) to assist Local Law Officers in their duties whilst they patrol the council’s local government area, and these unarmed officers are being encouraged not to be too afraid to apply force towards homeless people on the streets, when they’re attempting to remove them from out the front of ...
In the wake of the blanket ban on protest marches being struck down by the state’s highest court on 16 April 2026, New South Wales premier Chris Minns has doubled down on his refusal to accept the ruling on his rushed unconstitutional laws, and instead, he’s retorted that courts and lawyers have it easy, whilst on the ground, these laws actually ...
