“I have spent the past four and a bit years on a pilgrimage, living out of two suitcases and in the poorest of circumstances imaginable, travelling the length and width of continental Australia giving my time freely, thousands of hours and millions of dollars of free legal assistance and representations, to hundreds of disenfranchised Australian mothers, … Continue reading
FIFTY-FIRST LAWYER: “She doesn’t have a case but it will cost you millions to defend yourself. And I can’t help you because [one of the corrupt govt lawyers] is a friend of mine. I’m glad it’s you and not me.” “The Australian legal system is the envy of the world.” SEVENTY-SECOND LAWYER: “Go get … Continue reading
We come from every country. And that’s what makes Australians the best people in the world. But are we a little bit too relaxed, a little bit too easy going, for our own good? Why do we put up with the worst, the most crooked, the most corrupt, incompetent, and most embarrassing parliamentarians, bureaucrats and … Continue reading
We come from every country.And that’s what makes Australians the best people in the world. But are we a little bit too relaxed, a little bit too easy going, for our own good? Why do we put up with the worst, the most crooked, the most corrupt, incompetent, and most embarrassing parliamentarians, bureaucrats and judiciary … Continue reading
The following pendulum is known as the Mackerras Pendulum, invented by psephologist Malcolm Mackerras. Designed for the outcome of the 2010 federal election, the pendulum works by lining up all of the seats held in Parliament, 72 Labor, 72 Coalition, 1 Nationals WA, 1 Green and 4 independent, according to the percentage point margin on a two candidate preferred basis.[1] The two party result is also known as the swing required … Continue reading
From John Pilger, writing for the Guardian October 15, 2012: Gillard is the embodiment of the Australian Labor party machine – a number-crunching machine long bereft of principle that has attacked and betrayed Australia’s most vulnerable people, especially women. Shortly before Gillard’s lauded rant against Abbott, her government forced through legislation that stripped A$100 from … Continue reading
Justice for None. Whistleblocked! Whistleblowing lawyer faces lifetime ban for exposing legal, judicial and government corruption Amazing human rights battle, political trial, in Melbourne (Friday 5 October) LOCATION: Victorian Civil Administrative Tribunal at the “William Cooper Justice Centre”, 223 William Street (cnr Lonsdale Street), Melbourne TIME AND DATE: 10:.00 am on Friday 5 October 2012 (nb: … Continue reading
“In essence, the argument for the return of Rudd, which I support, goes like this. It is as certain as anything in politics can ever be that if Julia Gillard leads Labor to the next election, Labor will suffer perhaps the worst defeat in its history, worse even than 1931 or 1975. If the defeat … Continue reading
Slide 1: “We live in a world where whistleblowers are traitors and journalists are enemy combatants” – Christine Assange HELLO EVERYBODY. It is nice to be here. It is nice to see so many faces, so many faces shining full of hope for a better political future for Julian Assange and for each and every … Continue reading
CHOICES (by Julian Burnside QC) The sad fact is that neither truth nor moral arguments get much oxygen in Australia these days. If the Universal Declaration of Human Rights were being debated now, Australia would oppose it. We have fallen a long way. We have squandered the legacy of our past. Our prime minister, who … Continue reading