March in March could be Victoria’s last protest after new ‘anti-protest’ law was passed last week

The end of protests for Melbourne? Ukrainians in Melbourne march in protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine.Source: News Corp Australia PROTESTERS who participated yesterday in Melbourne’s March in March could have protested their final cause. Last week a new law was passed in Victorian State Parliament, colloquially dubbed the ‘anti-protest’ law by its opposers. Despite a demonstration by unionists protesting the ‘anti-protest’...

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Government under pressure as questions remain about Troy Buswell’s breakdown

ON Saturday, March 1, Premier Colin Barnett’s office received an email fromThe Sunday Times asking why Treasurer Troy Buswell had not been at State Parliament all week. Mr Buswell, who normally sits right next to the Premier, had been conspicuously absent. Conspicuous to the extent that tongues were wagging on both sides of the political fence, and in the media. The timing of his absence was unusual. He had not long before got back from...

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Australia trying to reach legal agreement with Afghanistan over defence troops

Keeping a lookout ... soldiers from the Reconstruction Taskforce at a police outpost in the Tarin Kowt region. Picture: Corporal Jamie Osborne Caption/Australian Defence Force Source: Supplied  ALL Australian defence personnel might be withdrawn from Afghanistan unless a suitable legal agreement can be negotiated with Kabul, parliament has been told. While the government remains committed to the post-2014 NATO-led mission to train,...

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One of WA’s worst sex offenders is released from jail by Supreme Court judge

A Supreme Court judge has released one of WA’s worst sex offenders, stating: “Great care needs to be taken to ensure that another woman is not the subject of such an attack’’. <b>File picture</b> Source: News Limited A SEXUAL sadist with a history of horrific assaults on women dating back to when he was 15 has been released from jail by a Supreme Court judge in Perth. The inmate, referred to as “TJD’’ for legal reasons,...

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WA’s $1.7 billion question: can Pilbara Cities become reality?

Fours years after the launch of an $1.7b vision to turn two mining towns into cities of 50,000 people, the question is asked: will the people come? Source: Supplied THE slogan “Pilbara Cities” is the State Government’s vision to transform two mining towns into modern, vibrant “cities of the north”. Announced four years ago, the plan was to make Karratha and Port Hedland not only economically successful, but livable cities of 50,000...

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