The Indigenous Affairs Minister, Mal Brough, has announced an exemption to the alcohol bans in 70 remote indigenous communities in the NT that were announced as a core component of the government’s Indigenous Emergency Plan to combat the sexual abuse… Read More ›
law & order
The law locks up the man who steals the goose from the common, but leaves the greater criminal loose who steals the common from the goose – Australian convict saying
More heat than light on Haneef: where’s the transcripts then?
Crossposted on Larvatus Prodeo, where each of the previous Haneef threads has generated hundreds of comments. Much was made yesterday of claims that Indian police believe that there are links between Haneef and extreme jihadists. To kick this thread off,… Read More ›
Slouching toward Bushism
And the police state lurches ever closer, with the SMH today reporting on proposed legislation for “New secret search powers”. The proposed powers would give police the right to execute search, seizure and surveillance under so-called “delayed notification warrants”, without… Read More ›
Andrews on Haneef
Kevin Andrews offers some explanation of the previously secret information upon which he relied. Mr Andrews said the AFP had told him before making his visa decision that police suspected the internet conversation may be evidence Dr Haneef had prior… Read More ›
Today’s talkback army talking points
In response to Dr Mohammed Haneef’s interview last night on 60 minutes: Isn’t it better to be safe than sorry? He was only inconvenienced for 4 weeks. Everyone makes mistakes, and it’s all been corrected now. Sure he was incarcerated,… Read More ›
And we thought Haneef had it bad
At least he was charged with a crime in front of a judge before the executive arm got involved. Since the latest Presidential Executive Order has been signed and sent to Congress, someone in Haneef’s situation in the USA could… Read More ›
Beyond parody
Greg Sheridan in the Government Gazette. But I would trust our democratic political system a thousand times more than I would trust its civil liberties lawyers.
Recklessly supplying a SIM card
Curmudgeon of the Day goes to the caller I heard on ABC702 talkback radio this morning (paraphrased from memory): What a ridiculous charge?…How do you even do that? Tie it to a brick and chuck it at someone? He’s talking… Read More ›
Simple changes could end discrimination for thousands of Australian couples
This press release from the Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission (HREOC), dated 21 June 2007, has largely gone off the media radar due to Howard’s Indigenous Emergency plan hogging all the limelight: Changing the definitions describing de facto… Read More ›
Howard’s Wedge
Or, as Kim has named it, Tampa 2007. Prime Minister John Howard has announced a sweeping authoritarian plan of managing indigenous communities in the Northern Territory, with the stated purpose of combatting the horrifying rates of child sexual abuse amongst… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 