US Republicans call for sanctions against Australia over police treatment of protesters

The world is watching Australia and its ongoing human rights abuses. In 2011 the United Nations introduced a new scheme called Universal Periodic Reviews (UPR). Every four years each of the 193 UN member countries undergoes a peer review and assessment of their human rights record. It is a rigorous process. The nation reviewed is invited to Read More …

Is Daniel Andrews administration of the Health Act Disproportionate?

The two precepts of government: One requires, that [those who manage the state] protect the interest of their citizens; that their whole conduct bear this reference, without ever implying a regard to their own advantage. The second requires, that they protect the whole body public alike, and support no single party to the prejudice of Read More …

Doherty Modelling National Plan and Addendum

On 2 July 2021, the National Cabinet agreed to formulate a four-phase National Plan to transition Australia’s National COVID Response (the National Plan) from its current pre-vaccination settings (focusing on continued suppression of community transmission) to post-vaccination settings (focused on prevention of serious illness, hospitalisation and fatality, and the public health management of other infectious diseases). Read More …

Freedom of Movement.

MURPHY J. ANALYSIS OF THE COMMAND IN S. 92. 11. Meaning of “Trade and Commerce…Among the States”. There has been a tendency to narrow the meaning of the phrase, “trade and commerce” in order to lessen the destructive effects of interpreting s. 92 so that it applies to other than fiscal charges. “…Among the States” has been treated as simply Read More …

Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity to vaccine-induced immunity

This study demonstrated that natural immunity confers longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization caused by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, compared to the BNT162b2 two-dose vaccine-induced immunity. Individuals who were both previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 and given a single dose of the vaccine gained additional protection against the Delta variant. Read More …

Torres-Strait-Treaty

The Treaty involved in part the establishment by the two countries of an agreed position on their sovereignty over certain islands. This agree- ment entailed a close examination of the historical factors which indi- cated whether sovereignty over certain islands belonged to Australia or Papua-New Guinea. The agreement also involved the establishment of maritime boundaries Read More …