Macquarie Bank to ‘Phase Out’ Cash, Cheques and Phone Payments
Just as Qantas stopped momentarily making headlines for being “out of touch” with its staff and customers, enter Macquarie Bank which is currently dominating news pages over its plans to make banking almost impossible for thousands of people. Phasing out...
A History of Sexual Consent Laws in Australia
Throughout history, sexual consent laws have historically been intrinsically linked with child sexual abuse laws. In recent years, following the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse and the high profile sexual assault trial of Saxon Mullins, both sexual consent and child...
Consumer Watchdog Investigates eHarmony Over Alleged Misleading Conduct
As tens of thousands of single Australians continue to turn to dating apps to find companionship and love, the price of meeting someone special keeps getting higher. And although many people are prepared to pay the hefty prices, the ACCC...
AFP Says AI Image Database Will Help Catch Predators, But Many are Skeptical
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) are appealing to members of the public to donate their childhood photos to a project being undertaken jointly with Monash University. The agency says the photos will be used to programme and train an Artificial...
William Tyrell’s Foster Parents in Court Over Alleged Child Abuse
The foster parents of the young boy whose disappearance in 2014 has captivated the nation, exposed the shady operations of senior police officers, ruined the lives of innocent people through false accusations and cost the public millions in compensation and...
Queensland Government Referred to UN Committee Against Torture
The Queensland Government has been reported to the United Nations Committee Against Torture over its decision to ‘suspend’ its Human Rights Act so that it can detain children in adult watch houses. Last week the Queensland Government suspended its Human...
An ‘Absolute Dog Act’: Queensland Government Suspends State’s Human Rights Act
In a move described by the manager of opposition business, Andrew Powell, as a “disgraceful abuse of parliamentary process” and the “biggest affront to democracy in Queensland’s history”, the Queensland government has rushed through legislation to ‘suspend’ its Human Rights...
Spain’s ‘MeToo Moment”: Sexual Touching or Blown Out of Proportion?
Unless you’re not into the world sport of football, or as we call in here in Australia, soccer, you’ll know Spain’s 1:0 win over England in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final was marred by controversy after the president of...
The Offence of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm By Misconduct in New South Wales
A man has been charged over a high-speed crash that killed two young boys and left a young girl with serious injuries in Sydney’s south last Friday night. Friday night along The Grand Parade in Monterey. According to police, at...
Barristers Propose Injecting Murderers with ‘Truth Serum’ to Locate Bodies
Two high profile barristers have caused controversy this week, suggesting that convicted murderers who refuse to tell authorities the location of the remains of their victims, should be forcibly injected with what is commonly known as ‘truth serum’. Former New...
