Some felt slighted by the Optus CEO’s response to the nationwide network outage.

Lacklustre response from Optus sparks further outage outrage

Some felt slighted by the Optus CEO’s response to the nationwide network outage. Image: freestocks.org, via Pexels On Wednesday, a nationwide Optus network outage left millions of people and hundreds of thousands of businesses without cellular, broadband or landline connectivity. The outage began around on Wednesday 4am AEDT, and fixes to the cell network only…

Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre perimeter fence.

“Unlawful”: High Court rules against indefinite detention

On Wednesday, Australia’s High Court ruled indefinite detention of asylum seekers to be unlawful, overturning a 20-year precedent. Image: DIAC images, via Wikimedia Commons On Wednesday, Australia’s High Court ruled indefinite detention of asylum seekers to be unlawful, overturning a 20-year precedent. The landmark decision overturns the case of Al-Kateb, which had authorised indefinite detention…