Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years | Human Rights News

Australian war crimes whistleblower David McBride jailed for six years | Human Rights News

Former Australian Army lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for revealing information about alleged Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. Supporters of McBride have long expressed his concern that the Australian government was more interested in punishing him for revealing information about war crimes rather…

Iranian man loses bid to be freed from Australian immigration detention | Migration News

Iranian man loses bid to be freed from Australian immigration detention | Migration News

Court rules detention can be justified when an individual is refusing to cooperate in their deportation. Australia’s High Court has dismissed a closely-watched bid by an Iranian asylum seeker demanding to be released from immigration detention because he feared being held indefinitely. The man has been resisting deportation from Australia…

Bodies of murdered Australian, US surfers identified in Mexico | Crime News

Bodies of murdered Australian, US surfers identified in Mexico | Crime News

The three men were killed during a camping and surfing trip along Mexico’s Pacific coast. Mexican authorities have confirmed the deaths of an American and two Australians who went missing in northern Mexico last week after the tourists’ parents identified their bodies. The bodies of Australian brothers Callum and Jake…

How students around the world are taking a stand for Gaza | Show Types

How students around the world are taking a stand for Gaza | Show Types

Students around the world are raising their voices to protest against Israel’s continuing war on Gaza. More than 50 universities across the United States have now established Palestine solidarity encampments, demanding action to stop Israel’s war on Gaza. What started as a student encampment at Columbia University in New York…

Australia’s Albanese declares ‘national crisis’ after killings of women | Women News

Australia’s Albanese declares ‘national crisis’ after killings of women | Women News

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has branded domestic violence a “national crisis” amid an outcry over the rise in the number of killings of women by their intimate partners, and pledged action to tackle the issue, including new funding to help survivors as well as a crackdown on misogynistic online…

Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global? | Israel War on Gaza News

Are US campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza going global? | Israel War on Gaza News

EXPLAINER From France to Australia, university students are part of pro-Palestine protests as Columbia students continue encampments. Clashes between students and police officers have been reported all over the United States during intensifying university protests. What started as the Gaza solidarity encampment at Columbia University, where students are camping inside…

Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech? | Technology

Why is Elon Musk feuding with Australia and Brazil over free speech? | Technology

Elon Musk, the self-proclaimed free speech absolutist and CEO of X, Tesla, and SpaceX, is once again at the centre of a heated debate about free speech and censorship. Since buying X, the platform formally known as Twitter, in 2022, Musk has sparred with governments and public figures around the…

‘Arrogant billionaire’: Australia, Musk in war of words over censorship | Social Media

‘Arrogant billionaire’: Australia, Musk in war of words over censorship | Social Media

Elon Musk and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese clash over order to remove X posts on church stabbing. Australia and Elon Musk have escalated their war of words over censorship after an Australian court ordered social media platform X to remove footage of a church stabbing. An Australian judge on…

Australia’s PM criticises Musk’s X over stabbing footage | Social Media

Australia’s PM criticises Musk’s X over stabbing footage | Social Media

Anthony Albanese says decision to challenge takedown order for content related to church stabbing ‘extraordinary’. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticised social media platform X for its “extraordinary” decision to fight an order by the country’s internet watchdog to remove footage of a stabbing during a livestreamed church service….