Coroner & Legal

NATION: PNG’s Supreme Court rules detention of asylum seekers on Manus illegal. Punitive, immoral…

*Pic: Killed on Manus … Reza Barati. Two men jailed over 2014 murder of asylum seeker at Manus Island detention centre, ABC...

Port Arthur memorial service to mark 20th anniversary of massacre

Hundreds of people are expected to attend a memorial service honouring victims of the Port Arthur massacre, 20 years to the day...

Norfolk Islanders Occupy Former Parliament Grounds …

BOUNTINEERS SIT-IN FOR JUSTICE A throng of Norfolk Islanders have occupied the island’s former Parliament grounds on the eve of the 227th...

A poem as lovely as a tree …

The recolonisation of Norfolk Island is a heavy-handed act of regression

Where in the world is “God Save the Queen” a revolutionary call to arms? In Norfolk Island, whose 2,200 citizens – half...

A Sham …

Forestry Tasmania’s regeneration burns have left iconic Cradle Mountain and Dove Lake swathed in smoke. Picture: FACEBOOK Thank you Peter Whish-Wilson for...

Unions say Eric Abetz a hypocrite over concerns a federal Icac would harm reputations

Australian Workers Union head, Scott McDine, criticises Abetz for damaging Julia Gillard’s reputation at union royal commission Union leaders have accused senator...

Report highlights crisis facing Tasmania’s low income renters

Shelter Tas, Tasmania’s peak body for affordable housing and homelessness services welcomes the release of Anglicare’s annual Rental Affordability Snapshot, but is...

Stephen Colbert mocks Johnny Depp and Amber Heard apology video

The Mock … The Original (below) … … ‘This woman is not my wife, and I am truly sorry for smuggling her...

NATION: Probe needed into $4b meltdown of failed forestry schemes

I FIRST called for a Royal Commission into misconduct in the financial sector in June, 2014, when I sat on the Senate...