October 17, 2012
Human Rights | Obvious | Overdue The crime David Hicks was convicted of gets overturned. So… that means, after formal appeals, no conviction. Which means the condition that he not sue for human rights abuses goes out the window, too. Man, sucks to be DFAT right now. Leave a comment
October 12, 2012
Human Rights In case anyone forgot, the UN still thinks Australia’s refugee policy is bullshit. (ABC) Leave a comment
September 5, 2012
*twitch* | /sigh | Deeeeeeeerp | Derp | Douchebag | Facepalm | Fallacy | FFS | Health | Human Rights | Hurrr | Moral Panic | Predictable | Sad | Stupid | Suuure | This is why we can't have nice things | VAGINA VAGINA VAGINA VAGINA | Wait what? | Well... shit. | WTF? Fuck.
You.
Jim.
Wallace. (Brisbane Times)		 Leave a comment
August 17, 2012
Human Rights | World Ecuador grants asylum to Julian Assange – transcript (Wikileaks) One comment
August 15, 2012
*speechless* | /sigh | Australia | Douchebag | Facepalm | FFS | Human Rights | It's fucking patriotism! | Predictable | This is why we can't have nice things | Well... shit. Labor and LNP agree on something. Having arbitrary, indefinite (potentially lifetime) detention for asylum seekers. (National Times) Leave a comment
June 26, 2012
Human Rights Tibetan PM in exile: “The Chinese are Confucian pragmatists. If they want to buy your coal and iron ore, they will whether you meet me or not. And if they find a cheaper source, they will buy it from there even if you do meet me.” (The Age) Leave a comment
March 12, 2012
Human Rights Bob Katter and his party think this is a bad thing (Liberal Cynic) Leave a comment
December 1, 2011
Human Rights Just fuck off and join the Liberals then, you cunts. (SMH) Leave a comment
November 30, 2011
Human Rights Gay marriage activist is over gay marriage (Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
November 18, 2011
Human Rights | Transparency Signatory to a ban on cluster bombs, Australia could still end up as a staging platform for their use. In violation of its obligations as a signatory to the ban Leave a comment
November 11, 2011
Human Rights | Hurrr Victorian Senator David Feeney – Why I’m a bigoted asshole (Crikey) Leave a comment
November 9, 2011
Human Rights Australian Government contract with Serco (New Matilda) Leave a comment
October 1, 2011
Human Rights I do. (I Do) Leave a comment
September 30, 2011
FFS | Human Rights Serco making a profit on human misery (NY Times) Leave a comment
September 27, 2011
Human Rights Is gay marriage the new Pantene? (The Age) Leave a comment
September 15, 2011
Human Rights Her eyebrows aren’t anywhere near as bushy (The Drum) Leave a comment
August 22, 2011
Human Rights If you think gays should have equal rights, you can’t be a candidate for Katter’s Australian Party (once it gets registered, of course) (Star Online) Leave a comment
August 9, 2011
Human Rights Penny Wong and partner to have child (Same Same) Leave a comment
June 27, 2011
Human Rights ACL favours autocracy over democracy. Who’d have thought? (ACL) 3 comments
June 20, 2011
Human Rights Malaysian refugee deal runs into yet more trouble (The Age) Leave a comment
June 16, 2011
Human Rights Malaysia deal still not cleared by UNHCR (The Age) Leave a comment
June 15, 2011
Human Rights Greens move to block Malaysian refugee swap (The Age) Leave a comment
June 2, 2011
Human Rights Baillieu rams through pro-discrimination law (ABC) Leave a comment
June 1, 2011
Human Rights Keating: Burden of proof should shift to thos opposing Native Title (The Australian) Leave a comment
May 17, 2011
Human Rights Let’s get equality right now (The Advertiser) Leave a comment
May 16, 2011
Human Rights Amanda Vanstone calls for an end to populist refugee bashing (and overloads my irony detector) (The Age) Leave a comment
April 18, 2011
Human Rights Australian Services Union polls members on marriage equality, gets a resounding “well duh” (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
April 14, 2011
Human Rights Cooler heads should have another look at anti-terrorism laws (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
April 13, 2011
Human Rights And in more surprising news, the ADF takes a firm stand on homophobia in the military (firmly out of sight) (Sydney Morning Herald) Leave a comment
April 8, 2011
Human Rights Victorian government gives more money toward religious indoctrination (sorry, “education”) of public school kids (The Age) Leave a comment
April 7, 2011
Human Rights Nothing illegal about seeking asylum (The Australian) Leave a comment
March 24, 2011
Human Rights Small progress, maybe, on ensuring human rights (The Courier Mail) Leave a comment
March 23, 2011
Human Rights Ditch mandatory detention for community processing (The Age) Leave a comment
Human Rights The Very Reverend Julia “Traditional Values” Gillard (The Punch) Leave a comment
March 18, 2011
Human Rights It must be quite exhausting being a homophoe in Alice Springs (The Age) Leave a comment
March 16, 2011
Human Rights Wikileaks doubles down on Assanges charges of illegal information sharing by Australian intel community (The Age) Leave a comment
March 11, 2011
Human Rights Brandis: Ignore the fact that Hicks can’t legally plead guilty to breaking a law that didn’t exist when he ‘broke’ it. And the fact that that makes it unconstitutional. And the fact that that therefore negates me entire argument. Thanks. (The Australian) Leave a comment
March 8, 2011
Human Rights There’s no such thing as “just” a domestic dispute (The Punch) Leave a comment
March 3, 2011
Human Rights Labor Right isn’t a fan of democracy when it leads to results they don’t like (The Daily Telegraph) Leave a comment
February 14, 2011
Human Rights More evidence emerges of Aus Gov knowing Habib was tortured (The Age) Leave a comment
Human Rights Baillieu, champion of freedom, gives Churches back the right to engage in wanton discrimination against those dirty homos (The Age) Leave a comment
February 11, 2011
Human Rights Minister Plibersek supports marriage equality (The Australian) Leave a comment
February 8, 2011
Human Rights Homophobic abuse getting worse in schools (The Age) Leave a comment
February 3, 2011
Human Rights Forced arranged marriage not recognised by Family Court (The Australian) Leave a comment
February 2, 2011
Human Rights Afghan government stymies Australian effort to ignore international human rights obligations (that’s right, Corruptistan is showing us up on human rights) (The Australian) Leave a comment
January 28, 2011
Human Rights Coalition drops blanket opposition to indigenous recognition (The Australian) Leave a comment
January 27, 2011
Human Rights Aussie QC to Yanks: going after Assange will make you look like douchebags (The Age) Leave a comment
Human Rights Australia to get some much needed international scrutiny on its human rights abuses (The Age) Leave a comment
January 18, 2011
Human Rights Pursuant to a policy of bogan-baiting, Labor flees from yet another of its legal responsibilities to asylum seekers (The Age) One comment
December 28, 2010
Human Rights NSW Parliament confirms that discrimination is A-Okay if you think some dude in the sky says so (does this extend to schizophrenics?) (The Australian) Leave a comment
December 27, 2010
Human Rights Polygamist cult apparently safe environment for teenage girl (The Age) Leave a comment
Human Rights Yet more holes in perse… prosecution of Assange (The Australian) Leave a comment
December 23, 2010
Human Rights Haneef finally gets apology (quietly, years late) (The Australian) Leave a comment
December 22, 2010
Human Rights Haneef awarded $1million compensation (apparently) (The Australian) Leave a comment
Human Rights More holes in case against Assange (The Age) Leave a comment
December 20, 2010
Human Rights Wilkie: “Four months ago the Opposition Leader said he supported a doubling of the humanitarian refugee intake, and if he now turns around and says no, it would turn that offer into a really ugly political gesture” (The Age) Leave a comment
Human Rights Assange denounces new McCarthyism (The Age) Leave a comment
December 15, 2010
Human Rights Editors rally behind Wikileaks and rule of law (The Age) Leave a comment
Human Rights Assange shaping up as Gillard’s Hicks. (The Age) Leave a comment
December 10, 2010
Human Rights Maybe Gillard’s involved in performance art to make sure Assange has extra ammo to argue that he’d never get a fair trial. Or maybe she’s just being a dick. (The Australian) Leave a comment
Human Rights Key independent says Gillard showed contempt for the rule of law (The Australian) Leave a comment