One Nation’s Victorian leader Warren Pickering has admitted using illegal drugs when he was younger and losing his driver’s licence multiple times for drink driving, while strongly denying allegations made by his former partner. Pickering addressed reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday following reports about allegations made by his former partner, […]
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Gay and bisexual people in Australia are being targeted in violent attacks facilitated through dating and social media apps. A recent investigation by the ABC revealed several hate crimes involving Islamic State sympathisers bashing gay and bisexual boys in Sydney, including some they had met on Wizz, which markets itself as an app for […]
Federal parliament has condemned an attempted bomb attack at the Invasion Day rally in Boorloo/Perth after a homemade explosive device was allegedly thrown into a crowd of about 2,500 people gathered for the annual protest. Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe moved a motion in the Senate on parliament’s first sitting day, […]
Two boys have been killed in Melbourne’s outer-west after being attacked by a group of masked men, sparking grief across the community and renewed debate over youth crime. Both victims were African-Australian friends, aged just 12 and 15, whose deaths have shaken families and intensified calls for answers from authorities. […]
Warning: This article contains the names and details of deceased Aboriginal people. The family of Warlpiri man Kumanjayi White has launched a landmark federal court case against the Northern Territory government, alleging police officers used unlawful and unreasonable force that led to his death inside an Alice Springs supermarket. White, […]
Australia has watched on as authorities have searched for Dezi Freeman, a so-called “sovereign citizen” accused of killing two police officers in the regional Victorian town of Porepunkah. The case has put the spotlight on the sovereign citizen, or “sovcit”, movement and its extreme, often conspiratorial, anti-government ideology. It would be […]
A neo-Nazi march through Melbourne’s CBD this weekend has sparked outrage, with Premier Jacinta Allan condemning the “goons” behind the demonstration. Around 100 people, dressed in black with face coverings, marched through the streets early on Saturday morning, making their way down Bourke Street before eventually dispersing at Flagstaff Gardens. […]
A damning report has declared that British colonists committed genocide against Aboriginal people in Victoria, marking the first time an official inquiry in Australia has applied the term to the colonisation of the state. The Yoorrook Justice Commission—Australia’s first formal truth-telling inquiry—released its interim findings after a four-year investigation into […]
Australians are reeling from the news that Victorian childcare worker Joshua Dale Brown has been charged with more than 70 offences against children, including rape. As 1,200 children await results for sexually transmitted infections, a horror no parent should ever face, media commentary has begun to focus on how this case might […]
