by admin | April 3, 2024 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Gaza Genocide, Police, Political issues, Racism
On Thursday 28th March, Shayne Chester was raided by the NSW Counter Terrorism & Special Tactics Command for an innocuous Tweet, they somehow interpreted as a bomb threat. A heavy-handed police response, to the merest “suggestion” of a bomb by...
by admin | March 2, 2024 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Legal matters, Police, Political issues, Racism, Satire (sort of)
“They looked to recruit students, academics, politicians, business people, researchers, law enforcement officials and public servants at all levels of government, while using false, anglicised personae to approach their targets. “Some of the names they...
by Mick Lawless | August 18, 2023 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Indigenous affairs, Media, Pensions and unemployment benefits, Police, Political issues, Racism
The planet heats up and the bushfire season approaches, yet massive fossil fuel projects still get the go ahead. Climate Change protesters are hunted by police and imprisoned for caring about our future. Whistleblowers face massive prison sentences despite revealing...
by Mick Lawless | August 6, 2023 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Legal matters, Media, Military, Police, Political issues, Racism
It’s all too much, Climate Change, COVID, the coming War with China, the housing and ‘cost of living’ crisis. I long for the simpler times when “terrorism” was King. Remember those halcyon days when all we had to worry about was...
by admin | July 21, 2023 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Climate Change, Corruption, Indigenous affairs, Legal matters, Media, Police, Political issues, Racism
~ The Parasite Class ~ “Laws are like cobwebs which may catch small flies, but let wasps and hornets break through” – Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745 There are a number of articles explaining why it’s perfectly OK for...
by Mick Lawless | May 24, 2023 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Environment, Health, Homelessness, Indigenous affairs, Media, Pensions and unemployment benefits, Police, Political issues, Racism
First noticed that old Right Wing theme favourite “Tough on Crime” reemerging in Alice Springs, Northern Territory (NT). A racist little Facebook effort called Action for Alice 2020. “Tough on Crime’s” kamerad “Law and...
by admin | April 29, 2023 | Australia's move to the Right, Climate Change, Corruption, Environment, Police, Political issues
In Western Australia, the pursuit of anti-Woodside climate protesters by the government and police echoes crackdowns in other states, where democratic rights are being trampled Environmental activist Joana Partyka outside the Central Law Courts in Perth this...
by admin | April 23, 2023 | Articles by Mick Lawless, Australia's move to the Right, Corruption, Foreign policy, Indigenous affairs, Military, Pensions and unemployment benefits, Police, Racism
A short thesis on the role of the Senate The Senate acts as a house of review and this (supposedly) prevents the government from becoming an authoritarian corporate handmaiden, divorced from the wishes of the people. Approval to go to war So a bit of a failure...