Watching #youtube clips of #TheLateShow #StephenColbert
I made a point of not watching any this week so I could have a decent block of videos to watch.
#TrumpRegime has silenced a voice of sanity in the toxic wasteland that was once a #democracy - for now.
I’m sure he’ll be back. It would be nice to think he’d head down to the #SouthernHemisphere.
Lots of material for him here in #auspol
#BeetrootJoyce #AnusTaylor #GinaRinehartsOneNation #Albo the Clayton’s #PM #Minns #Crisafulli
“…alas, the NSW Premier Chris Minns has now reached the Joe Hockey level of economic ignorance.” (Source: The Point)
I’ve never been a fan of #ChrisMinns, even back when I was a #Labor party member. I don’t like him at the best of times because he peddles the #NeoLiberal lies about economic prosperity and doesn’t appear to be clever enough to head a govt, even a State one at that. You’ll forgive me if I’m dismissive, but #Minns ‘ past performance, including his latest #Authoritarian attitudes, in what is a fast changing society, is reflected in knee-jerk reactionary policies and rammed-through legislation which proved to be #Unconstitutional. The man is not too bright from a social licence perspective. He is also #Captured by anti-social interests.
Can you be as bad as Joe Hockey, who said poor people don’t drive, and suggested that the solution to the housing crisis was for young people to get a good job that pays money? Well, alas, the NSW Premier Chris Minns has now reached the Joe Hockey level of economic ignorance.
#DerekJones was grabbed by a #police officer at a rally against the visiting #Israeli president, #IsaacHerzog. Jones had his hands in the air as two police officers repeatedly punch him.
Jones is due to become the first protester to launch #legalaction in the #NewSouthWales #supremecourt against police over their conduct at the protest. He plans to file a #personalinjury claim over what he alleges was an #unprovoked #assault.
Skeletor of genocide unleashed on Aussie streets
#ausnews #auspol #vicnews #genocide #idf #israel #gaza #war #murder #nsw #court #minns #racism #zionism
SYDNEY, NSW. — The Australian government, police and corporate media are covering up the disturbing fact that Israeli soldiers are slowly returning from the genocide of Palestine and filled with unhinged psychopathic genocidal rage are now targeting ordinary Aussies as unwitting victims of their hateful violence; with the upcoming court case in Sydney of recently returned ‘tall, bald IDF soldier’ Russell John Campbell serving as one chilling example.
The #NewSouthWales #government's struck-down #ProtestLaws may have put taxpayers on the hook for #damages, as legal experts review the implications of yesterday's court outcome.
On Thursday afternoon the government was dealt a blow by the highest court in the state when it ruled that #expandedPolicepowers to #restrict #protests were #unconstitutional.
The controversial Public Assembly Restriction Declaration (PARD) laws were passed in the aftermath of the Bondi terrorist attack on Christmas Eve during an emergency sitting of parliament, allowing the police commissioner to restrict protests throughout parts of Greater Sydney until they ultimately lapsed on February 17.
Yesterday the Court of Appeal found the laws "impermissibly burdened" the implied right to #freedom of political communication under #Australia's #constitution.
The ruling has left Redfern Legal Centre reviewing its cases to determine whether #CivilDamages can be sought for its clients from #NSWPolice.
"We will be looking at the law to see what we would advise to those who participated in the protest and reviewing options to see if there is grounds for recourse," principal assistant Samantha Lee said.
"Lawyers will now be looking at that possibility."
During the nearly two months when public assemblies were restricted a #MajorEventsDeclaration was announced, which is a separate instrument not covered by the court's ruling.
"There are a few layers to this ongoing scenario, but certainly peeling off this layer [PARD] will make it a possibility of some civil action against possibly police," Ms Lee said.
The court's ruling creates an opportunity for people who were #charged with a #CriminalOffence during an #assembly that "could have been #lawful" to have the #ChargesWithdrawn, she said.
The ruling leaves the government exposed, but not vulnerable to a civil action, University of NSW law professor Luke McNamara said.
"What it will do is encourage closer #scrutiny of individual incidents that might provide the basis for civil damages in individual circumstances," he said.
"That's going to be case by case."
The government can seek an appeal before the #HighCourtOfAustralia, but Professor McNamara described the Court of Appeal's ruling as robust.
"The [Court of Appeal] applied a pretty familiar conventional three-part test that has been endorsed by the High Court of Australia," he said.
"It would be a brave government, I think, to take on this matter on appeal."
News of the court ruling was met with praise from pro-democracy groups.
The NSW Council for #CivilLiberties said the ruling was a repudiation of "draconian" laws. It claimed police "knowingly wielded unconstitutional powers to harass and silence citizens protesting peacefully".
"While the courts have been able to protect our freedoms today, we have seen many examples in the past where the structure of our democracy, and an elected parliament at its core, prevents them from doing so," president Timothy Roberts said.
The #HumanRightsLawCentre legal director Sarah Schwartz said "NSW Police should drop all charges against people who peacefully protested on 6 February who were subject to police harassment and violence".
The #AustralianDemocracyNetwork said a review was needed on how protests are policed and regulated in the state.
"Protest is a fundamental democratic right," campaigner Anastasia Radievska said.
"Any restriction must be justified and proportionate, and these laws went too far."
The government and the opposition independently described the court's ruling as disappointing.
The government is considering the court's decision.
"The NSW government absolutely stands by the decision to introduce this legislation," Premier Chris Minns said.
"We believe it was necessary and important for Sydney at the time."
Shadow Attorney-General Damien Tudehope blamed the government for rushing the legislation through.
"The NSW Liberals and Nationals consistently warned Labor against rushing through complex legislation before it could be thoroughly examined," he said.
"[Yesterday's] decision is a consequence of that rushed approach."
#auspol #Minns #NSWpol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/nsw-protest-laws-damages-charges-withdrawn-legal-experts/106573150
Has anyone asked to see proof that #Minns is a member of the #ALP?
He seems to spout #RWNJ lines an awful lot.
#WorkFromHome #FuelCrisis #EpsteinWars #TrumpRegime #RussianOil #PutinsPet #IranWar #auspol
Collating the recent escalation of fascist state fuckery in Australia
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