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Digital Rights Watch (DRW) responded critically to the Productivity Commission’s interim report on digital tech and data, warning that the report underestimates the risks to privacy, autonomy, and human rights. DRW challenges the optimism around AI and tech-led innovation, calling for stronger safeguards against surveillance, corporate overreach, and biased decision-making systems. They urge the Commission Read More …
In a quietly significant ruling, the NSW Supreme Court has handed a lifeline to self-represented litigants battling traffic fines and bureaucratic stonewalling. In Vassallo v Commissioner of Fines Administration [2024] NSWSC 1558, the court overturned the Commissioner’s refusal to review a speeding fine exposing systemic flaws in how government agencies handle challenges from ordinary people. Read More …
The Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, one of Australia’s most sacred war memorials, is showing visible signs of neglect raising urgent questions about the leadership of its governing body and whether it is failing in its legal and moral responsibilities to the public. During a recent visit to the Shrine, signs of decay and disrepair Read More …
STATUTE OF WESTMINSTER ADOPTION BILL 1937 Second Reading Mr MENZIES: AttorneyGeneral · Kooyong · UAP – I move – That the bill now read a second time. This measure provides for the adoption of sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of the Statute of Westminster 1931. It is desirable that I should refer, as Read More …
The question of whether the Australian Government can legally eliminate physical money such as coins and banknotes is more complex than it appears. At the heart of the issue lies Section 51(xii) of the Australian Constitution, which gives the Commonwealth Parliament the power to make laws with respect to “currency, coinage, and legal tender.” This provision has Read More …
The Palace Letters and the 1975 Coup Australia’s High Court has ruled that the correspondence between Queen Elizabeth II and Governor-General Sir John Kerr is not the Queen’s private property but belongs to the public record. This decision unlocks the release of the so-called “Palace Letters” from 1975, the year Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was Read More …
The ACLU’s 2013 report You Are Being Tracked presents a detailed examination of how law enforcement agencies across the United States have increasingly adopted automatic license plate readers (ALPRs) to collect vast amounts of location data on millions of drivers often without meaningful oversight, regulation, or public awareness. ALPRs are high speed cameras that capture Read More …
Constitution Watch wishes to congratulate the diplomats of the newly established Western Australian Embassy for the Province of Southern Australia. The Wurruwarrin Embassy, established on 30 July 2025, is a sovereign and spiritual entity founded under the authority of Grandmother Sandy Ross, the Head of State and Custodian of the Wurruwarrin. Though physically located in Read More …
Allegations of foreign interference have ignited across Australia’s independent media and public forums, following revelations that Israeli-linked lobbying groups were allegedly behind a campaign to pressure The Star Casino Gold Coast into cancelling the upcoming Free Speech Summit and Independent Media Awards, slated for July 19–20. The high-profile event organised by the Australian National Review Read More …
When tolls are legitimately charged, they are traditionally seen as user-pays fees intended to recover the cost of building and maintaining infrastructure. This is a form of cost recovery, not strictly a “tax” in the conventional sense, though it functions similarly. Although the States have some power to levy fees to pay for public services Read More …
