The Morrison Government’s failure to act on a predicted disaster is damning
It’s only fitting that the nation’s capital should be drenched in thick smoke while the country burns. Canberra; home to the Parliament of Australia, the […]
Articles by Eva Cripps
When there’s a clash of faith, which ‘religious freedom’ takes priority?
Under the Morrison Government’s proposed Religious Freedom bills, what happens when there’s a clash of religious belief? Of all the religions and faiths subscribed to […]
Sanctioning harm under guise of religious freedom
When Attorney-General Christian Porter proposed to prioritise freedom of religion above all other human rights which are necessary for a fair, just and humane society, […]
Here’s our money, now let them go
It’s 2019 and Western Australia is still locking up people for not paying fines. Of course this abhorrent policy barely affects the rich, or the […]
“Peter Dutton is a Potato” – an analysis
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton MP is well known for throwing out subjective opinion as fact. His flippant assertions are plastered across mainstream news, regardless […]
Prakash citizenship saga suits Dutton’s racist agenda
When Home Affairs Minister, Peter Dutton MP announced that the government had revoked the citizenship of Australian-born terrorist Neil Prakash, he was no doubt sure […]
Beware: Coalition has incentive to neuter federal corruption watchdog
The Government’s eleventh-hour hijack of a federal corruption watchdog is hardly a surprise. Still blistering from the party’s crushing defeat in both Wentworth and the […]
If only Dutton and Morrison weren’t so mean
In June 2018, when the world broke into uniform outrage over the forced separation and detention of illegal migrant children in the United States, Australia’s […]
Why was Quaedvlieg really sacked?
On 15 March 2018, the head of the Australian Border Force, Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg was sacked. It was a curious case. Quaedvlieg had allegedly changed […]
Access to mental health care services under threat
‘Enough is Enough’…All consumers and psychologists in Australia deserve equal access to Medicare! The following is reproduced with permission from the Australian Psychologists’ community-run petition […]
Australian Psychological Society Medicare review submission betrays members and clients
The Australian Psychological Society’s (APS) submission to the Commonwealth Government’s Medicare Benefit Schedule (MBS) review is an astonishing attempt to restrict access to psychology services […]
Barnaby Joyce, religious freedom and moral outrage
The implosion of Nationals Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce’s political career, amid the growing scandal over his adulterous relationship with a female staffer […]
Australia’s dual citizen “threat”
It is mid 2015. Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is under fire for not only wanting to strip Australian citizenship from dual citizens, but sole nationals […]
“If marriage equality isn’t achieved this time round, it WILL happen.”
Australia is in the middle of a public debate on whether same-sex couples should have the right to marry. The results of the voluntary, non-binding, […]
If only Turnbull had some authority
Yesterday, the High Court ruled it was lawful for the Federal Government to go ahead with a voluntary, non-binding public opinion poll on whether all […]