Category: Australia

WATCH: The Challenge of the McBride Case

Before the judges rejected David McBride appeals on Wednesday, Joe Lauria, Jeff Morris, Bill Brown, Kathryn Kelly and John Shipton told a rally outside the court building in Canberra what is at stake in McBride’s case.

McBride’s Appeals Rejected

The Australian government whistleblower is headed back to jail with no end of incarceration in sight. He is serving nearly six years for leaking documents to the media exposing Australian war crimes in Afghanistan, reports Joe Lauria.

WATCH: On the Ground in Gaza

A doctor returned from Gaza where he volunteered at Nasser and European hospitals in Khan Younis speaks live to an audience at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia on Tuesday. 

The Empire Never Died

Challenging the numerous insidious aspects of current U.K. foreign policy amounts to nothing less than truly ending the British Empire, writes Mark Curtis.

Assange Praises Albanese on Eve of Election

AU ELECTION: Ahead of the Australian election, Julian Assange thanked incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for helping him gain his freedom. It was only Assange’s second public statement since being freed 10 months ago, writes Joe Lauria.