by barry | Jan 15, 2022 | Government
A major bookmaker has slashed its odds that the Prime Minister would resign by today according to media reports. Betfair is offering odds of 7/1 that Boris Johnson quits by the end of this week, as he faces huge backlash from politicians from all sides for attending a...
by barry | Dec 20, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, freedom of information, Government, international, Uncategorized, whistle blowing
Two Liberal MP have backed calls for the Australian government to seek Julian Assange’s return to Australia “as quickly as possible” after deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce said the US extradition request was unfair. Liberal backbencher MPs Jason Falinski and...
by barry | Dec 10, 2021 | Campaigns, censorship, freedom of information, media freedom, nuj, whistle blowing
The right to report and our right to know have been severely weakened following the High Court ruling on Friday 10 December that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the UK to the US. The US won its appeal against the 4 January 2021 court ruling by...
by barry | Nov 23, 2021 | Campaigns, Climate Change, international
Now that the media has moved on from COP 26 in Glasgow it’s time to take stock of the outcomes and consider how it impacts on us. So what was the United Nations global climate summit COP 26 all about? In Paris in 2015 195 nations committed themselves to work towards...
by barry | Nov 3, 2021 | Campaigns, freedom of information, international, media freedom, whistle blowing
The US appeal against the dismissal of its application to extradite Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, was heard over two days in London’s Royal Courts of Justice on 27 and 28 October, but the outcome may not be known for several weeks. The hearing arose from District...
