Paul Gregoire

Robodebt 2.0: Labor moves to hit the unemployed for debts caused by system failures

The Labor government is pushing ahead with a new debt-collecting system and a points-based mutual obligations system, despite welfare groups advising that both will harm job seekers. Paul Gregoire reports.

Dunghutti activist Paul Silva calls on Albanese to ‘step up’ on Black deaths in custody

Paul Silva talks to Paul Gregoire about prospects for real change for First Nations peoples under the new Labor government. 

Pat O’Shane eyes off Canberra: ‘I’m going to be a bulldozer’

Former New South Wales magistrate and Kuku Yalanji elder Pat O’Shane intends to take her trailblazing attitude to government to force much-needed change in the areas of climate, corruption and social justice.

Morrison’s sham anti-trolling laws target online political dissent

The new so-called anti-trolling bill is yet another attempt by the federal government to shut down its critics. Paul Gregoire explains.

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The Australian surveillance state is very real. But it’s no product of the ‘plandemic’

In these paranoid times, it is somewhat sobering to acknowledge that the mass monitoring of the population is an offspring of the turn of the century, writes Paul Gregoire.

Dutton, Morrison increase the surveillance state’s reach

Civil Liberties Australia said new powers to allow intelligence agents to manipulate and omit data will likely lead to the manufacturing of evidence. Paul Gregoire reports.

COVID-19: Policing is not an emergency public health strategy

The NSW government's policing-first approach to a complex health emergency has led to its own “social harms” including exacerbating existing prejudices held by police, writes Paul Gregoire.

Court rules government has a climate duty of care to young people

Federal environment minister Sussan Ley is challenging a ruling that the government has a duty of care to children when considering the approval of fossil fuel projects, writes Paul Gregoire.

Morrison hardens law against asylum seekers

Paul Gregoire looks at new changes to the Migration Act, which allow the federal government to lock people in immigration detention indefinitely.

Genocide at the core of western history in ‘Exterminate All the Brutes’

Paul Gregoire reviews a new the ground breaking four-part documentary series that puts genocide at the core of the western expansionist project.

As New Zealand legalises pill testing, Australia watches death toll rise

New Zealand has legalised pill testing at festivals after the services made a positive impact. Paul Gregoire compares Australia's head-in-the-sand response to an important health issue.

Communities organise to stop Berejiklian’s destruction of public housing

The New South Wales government's plan for “social housing” is all about helping its developer mates and pushing poorer communities out of inner city spaces. Paul Gregoire investigates.