Government Submission Highlights Ongoing Foreign Worker Exploitation
The exploitation occurring within the short-term work visas regime has been highlighted this week by…More
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Doug Cameron Takes Aim Over 'Slap On The Wrist' For 'Egregious' Worker Exploitation
Labor backbencher Doug Cameron has launched a scathing attack on the Fair Work Ombudsman for…More
Labor Pushes Changes To Bill Allowing Deadly Force Against Asylum Seekers
A Bill allowing guards to use potentially deadly force on detainees in immigration detention centres…More
AFP Confirms There Is No Investigation Into Anonymous Hanson-Young Spying Submission
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) say they have not been referred a complaint from the…More
NT Chief Minister Condemns Promise By Paramilitary Force To Shoot Alleged Offenders In The Legs
NT Chief Minister Adam Giles has condemned “vigilante” and “racist attacks” after an Alice Springs-based…More
Abbott Response 'Creepy' As More Evidence Emerges Nauru Contractors Spied on Sarah Hanson-Young
Staff working for immigration contractors on Nauru were told of plans to spy on Senator…More
Greece: The Unpicking Of Democracy, One Debt Repayment At A Time
Greece’s crisis is not about debt. It is becoming increasingly clear that the austerity programs…More
Dalai Lama Hits Australia, So How Should We Celebrate His 80th Birthday?
A month shy of his 80th birthday, this week the Dalai Lama is returning to…More
Eddie Everywhere And The Origins Of The Boofhead
Yesterday in NSW Parliament, television personality Eddie McGuire was officially declared a “continual boofhead” by…More
Vale Michele Harris: A Tireless Campaigner Against The NT Intervention
On Monday this week, Michele Harris passed away. Michele Harris was one of the leading…More