Colin James PhD
@colinj51
Living on Awabakal land in Australia, never ceded. Lawyer, coach, educator, researcher, and runner ...sort of. Selected publications NEW BOOK OUT NOW on trauma-informed law
Live in NSW? A worthwhile petition. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/r?u=6aCny1gT...
Most governments hate whistleblowers, but they are really heroes. Services Australia whistleblower Jeannie-Marie Blake has filed proceedings in the federal court, alleging her department threatened her due to her explosive evidence to the Robodebt RC. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
The social issues in Alice Springs are part of the complex legacy of colonisation and arbitrary settlement, interrupting kin structures and imposing a form of apartheid. By Marcia Langton. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigen...
Is it corruption? ...or are the major parties in Australia just lacking the intelligence to analyse complex situations? nb.australiainstitute.org.au/more_fool_me...
Nothing to see here. Overlooking the anti in Anti-corruption? www.naccinspector.gov.au/system/files...
Seriously, just sign the petition. $104 billion lost from Australian pockets since 1 July 2023. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/gambling?
Woodside's carbon bomb. "Woodside wants you to think of Browse as just one gas field, tucked neatly 300km off the West Australian coast, minding its own business. Except, it isn’t. Browse is a carbon bomb, and it’s sitting in a queue." thepoint.com.au/opinions/267...
Plantation? The NSW government call this a "plantation" because it was selectively logged in the past. and it can be "harvested" again with clear felling. But it still has old-growth trees, with hollows and plenty of koalas. You happy with that? friendsofpinecreek.com/how-to-help/
We can reduce the damage through climate policies and a smaller population, but there is no going back to an earlier climate. pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/06...
"As right-wing editors sniff around for the opportunity to decisively shift politics to the right — to benefit the billionaires — working people’s only defence is to organise collective struggles for our rights" argues Sam Wainwright. supporter.greenleft.org.au/civicrm/mail...
The Marist Brothers’ cruel treatment. In the case of AA v The Trustees of the RCC for the Diocese of Maitland-Newcastle, the High Court of Australia found the Catholic diocese had breached their “non-delegable duty of care” to prevent harm to a child. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/law-cri...
Double your donation to the Australia Institute. nb.australiainstitute.org.au/donate_eofy2...
Hanson claims she tells it like it is. But her record says otherwise. She's opposed wage rises, affordable childcare, higher pensions and affordable housing measures. And the people considering voting for her need to know that. - GetUp
GAJE is a GLOBAL ALLIANCE of persons committed to achieving JUSTICE through EDUCATION. Don't miss - 13th GAJE Worldwide Conference - University of Buenos Aires Law School - Center for Human Rights (CDH), and the Argentine Network of Legal Clinics (ELAC) 10-17 July 2027. www.gaje.org
The Australian Press Council gets it wrong. Netanyahu does not represent "Jewish people", he is an (alleged) criminal and an (alleged) perpetrator of genocide, as everyone knows. www.crikey.com.au/2026/06/11/a...
Free Webinar on NSW politics with Dr Catherine Williams from the Centre for Public Integrity and Kobi Shetti MP, Greens Member for Balmain. contact-nsw.greens.org.au/civicrm/even...
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Newcastle hospitals are struggling to survive with under-funding as well.
Trauma? Don't be conned by these fake trauma tests, designed to convince you that you were abused and have repressed the memory of it. theconversation.com/does-the-bod...
Nuclear arms spending increased by 19% in 2025. www.icanw.org/premeditated...?
Japanese companies Mitsui and Mitsubishi are in the sites of Sydney's Knitting Nannas for investing in the massive Browse gas project off the coast of Western Australia, near Scott Reef. Meanwhile, new analysis shows the gas is not needed. www.boilingcold.com.au/federal-plan...
Australia's "Environment Minister" Murray Watt has refused to assess the impacts of bulldozing 3000 hectares of native habitat on Wagiman Country, a place of land, culture, knowledge and connection, cared for by Wagiman Traditional Owners for many thousands of years. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
The US sanctions the ICC judges, as Israel tries to intimidate them individually to stop investigating war crimes leading to arrest warrants on Israel cabinet members. www.middleeasteye.net/news/former-...
Good News Dept. Independent MPs have mounted a push for a Human Rights Act in Federal Plt. The Bill was introduced to the House of Reps by Andrew Wilkie MP and seconded by Dr Helen Haines MP, and supported by more than 170 organisations. Here is a chance to show your support. lnkd.in/gG4n7UQx
The real Netanyahu, a criminal pirate, allowed to perform on the world's stage.
"Jim Chalmers really should send Donald Trump a big exploding cake as an up-yours present for what the US president is doing to the global economy." ... while Santos and Woodside are still smiling. The budget in seven graphs by Greg Jericho. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia needs a Royal Commission into femicide. Sign the petition and support the Red Heart Movement. australianfemicidewatch.org/support/?vgo...