UN detainee torture prevention committee cancels recalcitrant Australia

The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) announced on February 20 it had terminated its trip to Australia. It had attempted a...

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Sydneysiders rally against the erosion of public housing

The decade-long crisis in housing and homelessness in New South Wales has spiked over the last 12 months, to a point where some say it has not been...

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Socialist Alliance NSW candidate Rachel Evans: ‘Young people prefer socialism over capitalism’

New South Wales is weary from the neoliberal policies of successive Liberal Nationals governments, since 2011. But communities are also wondering if a...

15.02.2023 3

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Rachel Evans: ‘Young people prefer socialism over capitalism’

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13.02.2023 20

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Scientists set Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight

The Doomsday Clock has crept the closest it is ever been, as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the minute hand to 90 seconds to midnight...

30.01.2023 8

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Coalition Senators introduce anti-abortion bill

Coalition Senators Alex Antic and Matt Canavan have found it an opportune time to stir up a scare campaign about “babies being born alive” due to...

16.01.2023 20

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Qld Labor announces draconian penalties for youth crime

Three days before the end of 2022, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk’s Queensland government announced it was set to enact a set of laws designed to...

08.01.2023 10

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Greens senator Lidia Thorpe pushes Labor over sovereignty and Treaty

“First Nations people have been sovereign people of these lands for thousands and thousands of generations. They — we — are sovereign...

15.11.2022 10

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Senator Lidia Thorpe pushes Labor over sovereignty and Treaty

“First Nations people have been sovereign people of these lands for thousands and thousands of generations. They — we — are sovereign...

15.11.2022 4

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Anti-domestic violence group warns proposed coercive control laws could escalate abuse

Some organisations advocating against domestic violence have been pushing for the criminalisation of coercive control. Known as a series of...

07.11.2022 7

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After NSW refuses UN inspectors entry to prisons, they abandon visit

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NSW Greens MP Abigail Boyd calls for the energy sector to be nationalised

As crises linked to the reliance on fossil fuels — drought, mega fires and floods and the crisis in the energy sector — continue, the federal...

23.08.2022 2

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NSW Greens Abigail Boyd calls for the energy sector to be nationalised

As crises linked to the reliance on fossil fuels — drought, mega fires and floods and the crisis in the energy sector — continue, the federal...

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Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe: ‘Voice to Parliament may threaten First Nations sovereignty’

“How does your proposed constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament affect First Nations peoples’ sovereignty in this country?”...

16.08.2022 4

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Lidia Thorpe: ‘Voice to Parliament may threaten First Nations sovereignty’

“How does your proposed constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament affect First Nations peoples’ sovereignty in this country?”...

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Lydia Thorpe: ‘Voice to Parliament may threaten First Nations sovereignty’

“How does your proposed constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament affect First Nations peoples’ sovereignty in this country?”...

16.08.2022 10

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Greens Senator David Shoebridge: ‘UN inspection should spur action on detainee abuse’

Coalition Attorney-General George Brandis ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) on December 15, 2017. It means...

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David Shoebridge: ‘UN inspection should spur action on detainee abuse’

Coalition Attorney-General George Brandis ratified the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture (OPCAT) on December 15, 2017. It means...

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