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The Interim Report by the Royal Commission Pulls Palestine Protest Into a Security Frame
The interim report by the Royal Commission frames social cohesion as a security project.
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The South Australian election result is not a “Labor landslide.”
The South Australian election result is not a “Labor landslide.” That is what it looks like and makes for a headline, but that is also a misdirection. Look beneath the surface and something far more consequential has taken place: the structural weakening of the two-party system has accelerated, and it
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Queensland criminalises specific chants used to call for an end to the Gaza genocide. The “reasonable excuse” defence is no safeguard
Queensland has now passed the Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping Guns out of the Hands of Terrorists and Criminals Amendment Act 2026. Buried inside a broader package of firearms and policing changes is a new criminal offence targeting the public recital, distribution, publication or display of certain “prohibited expressions.” The two
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What the Ban on Hizb ut-Tahrir Means for Other Organisations in Australia
The Australian government has formally listed Hizb ut-Tahrir as a prohibited hate group under the new hate-group laws, making it the first group banned under that framework. The decision changes the legal standard for prohibiting organisations in Australia and expands the government’s power to impose those bans. Under the
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Australia Steps into a Widening War
A Region Being Dragged Into War The Middle East is being dragged through a deliberate expansion of war. Israel has widened its military campaign far beyond Gaza, while the United States supplies the weapons, the diplomatic cover, and the military infrastructure that make that expansion possible. Gaza has been flattened
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Selective Climate Control: "Turn the temperature down", Tony Burke says
On Tuesday, Tony Burke, the Minister for Home Affairs, stood at the dispatch box like a man convinced of his own moral framing. He spoke in declarative tones, invoking national security and civic responsibility as though the ground beneath him were uncontested, "Every elected official who claims to care
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TMV Fortnightly Roundup
These last few weeks have been significant across legal, political and community fronts. Below is a breakdown of the key developments and our full analyses. TMV Statement on the US/Israel Attack on Iran TMV issued a forceful statement condemning the expansion of Israel’s war from Gaza into sovereign
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Hasheam Tayeh and the Scope of Victorian Vilification Law
The VCAT decision in the Hasheam Tayeh case turns on a powerful legal move: treating strong association between Zionism and Jewish identity as sufficient to ground liability. We break down the judgment and explore what it may mean for the future of protest speech in Australia.