Documents released by WikiLeaks reveal the extent of official perfidy by US authorities at Guantanamo Bay. They locked people up, not for alleged or even possible crimes, but merely to extract information. No US law permits that.
Guantanameros an…
Social injustice, persistent disadvantage and racism are causing serious mental health problems for Indigenous people, Dr Maria Tomasic says in the lead-up to the annual conference of A-NZ psychiatrists. Dr Tomasic, president of their college (and also…
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi Pillay, has called for politicians to abandon short term political goals and treat asylum seekers and Indigenous disadvantage through a human rights-based approach. After a six-day visit here, she is also…
Even with the annual Bass in the Grass music festival over for 2011, politicians in the NT continue to debate whether young people should be given messages on safe sex and free condoms at the event. Read what CLA says, what the NT News columnist Nick Ca…
A recent public debate pitted pro-legalisers against ‘war on drugs’ supporters. Here Brian McConnell describes the contest and gives a rundown on how the pre- and post- polling indicated a strong switch in support in one direction.
There is no impairment scale for drugs in the system, and no-one can tell you accurately how long after taking a drug to wait before it is safe to drive. Despite these raging uncertainties, police and governments are imposing random roadside drug tests…
Canada is about to suffer the indignity of private conversations being recorded for police and security use, Tim Lash writes. He appeals for international help to stop the spread of citizen surveillance by the state…but it’s too late for Australia.
EXCLUSIVE: Parliament should be more involved in any decision to go to war…and even more involved in a decision to stay at war, says retired General Peter Leahy, the man responsible for our soldiers for most of the Afghanistan war so far. He calls for…
Barrister Bret Walker is the new Independent Monitor of Terrorism Legislation in Australia, but what needs monitoring and changing? Here CLA’s security and terrorism expert, Dr Chris Michaelsen, explains the background. Listen to 6.5min interview »…
May Day is for the working class, the people abandoned by our fraudulent main political parties, CLA’s CEO Bill Rowlings told the Canberra gathering. Liberal and Labor have wound back freedoms and liberties over a decade, as a ‘fair go’ fades and Austr…