$100m spent on underground mapping before tunnelling woes, Snowy Hydro boss admits
The state-owned company delivering a massive expansion of the Snowy hydro power scheme has […]
Welcome to Country: Bogus but Preferable
Contrary to popular belief and practice, there is no evidence the fashionably modern “Welcome to Country” ceremonies were ever a part of traditional Aboriginal culture. Instead, as is well if not widely known, they were created as recently as the 1970’s […]
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act 2021 (WA) – Have you got any culture?
How is Aboriginal cultural heritage defined in the Guidelines?
Aboriginal cultural heritage can be an area, an object or a group of areas (a cultural landscape) interconnected through tangible or intangible elements of Aboriginal cultural heritage. Think of it being anything, anywhere.
The Criminal Offence of Treason: Definition, Evolution and Political Application
Treason has for hundreds of years been considered one of the most serious offences that a person can commit.
Whilst the criminal offence of treason dates at least as far back as Roman times, the vagaries and inconsistencies in what may […]
Karen Webb’s Cop Out: NSW Police Commissioner Won’t Watch Tasering of 95 year old Woman
New South Wales Police Commissioner Karen Webb says she ‘hasn’t’ and is adamant she ‘won’t’ watch the footage of her officers tasering an elderly woman who suffers dementia at a nursing home.
The footage has been recorded on […]
WHO ‘Should Be Declared a Terrorist Organization’: Croatian European Parliament Member
In a controversial announcement, Mislav Kolakušić, a Croatian representative in the European Parliament, has denounced the World Health Organization (WHO) as a terrorist entity.
This proclamation was made during a press conference.
The fundamental objection Kolakušić raised was […]
ABC: Media’s Advocacy for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
Karvelas is a strong advocate of the Albanese Government‘s proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. She tweeted a message of support from the Labor 2022 election night party, posing with Labor’s Indigenous Affairs spokeswoman Linda Burney and writing: “This woman is a legend and looks like […]
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, in The House of Representatives today on The Voice to Parliament. 22 May 2023.
Details should come before the vote, not the […]
“The Prime Minister refuses to provide even the most basic of detail on the Voice model. The proposition is that he wants you to vote on Saturday and come Monday he’ll spend six months working out the detail.
Details should come before the vote, not the […]
Government-funded indigenous media channel rage quits Twitter
In response to what it has labelled “relentless racial harassment on social media,” Indigenous broadcaster NITV announced its temporary […]