‘Mastermind’ of Australia’s Biggest Tax Fraud Receives Lengthy Prison Sentence
Adam Cranston, who was found to be one of the ‘masterminds’ behind Australia’s biggest tax fraud, has been sentenced to 15 years behind bars. Adam Cranston is the son of former deputy commissioner of the ATO, Michael Cranston. He appeared...
World Health Organisation Finally Acknowledges COVID-19 Vaccine Injuries
The organisation that has been instrumental in the response to Covid-19, including the push for universal, preliminarily-tested vaccinations by big pharmaceutical companies, has quietly published a report acknowledging the potentially adverse effects of the drugs it has campaigned for. Acknowledgement...
Brian Houston Found Not Guilty of Concealing Child Sexual Abuse
Hillsong Church Founder Brian Houston has been cleared of accusations he concealed child sexual offences committed by his father, Frank Houston, in the 1970s. Brian Houston, who is a long time friend of former Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, was...
The Sinister Side of AI: Scams, Sabotage and Sexualisation
We’ve been hearing the ‘astounding’ benefits of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) over the past couple of years and how it has the potential to ‘revolutionise” the world in which we live. In the race to embrace the technology, little attention...
The Commonwealth Offence of Dishonestly Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception
A member of a motorcycle club in Sydney has been charged with a string of Commonwealth criminal offences in relation to a social media scam that has allegedly cost the Australian taxpayers $1.6 billion. According to investigators, the fraud came...
Sexual Offences Against Young Persons Under ‘Special Care’ in New South Wales
The story of Chris Dawson, a high school teacher who married one of his former student’s after his wife Lynette’s disappearance in 1982 is a case that has gripped the nation. And justice for Lynette’s family has been a long...
Thin-Skinned, Heavy-Handed Policing: A Worldwide Trend
Seven police officers rushed the home of a 16-year old autistic girl on Monday 7 August 2023 and performed a heavy-handed arrest on the teen for making an “offensive homophobic comment” towards one of the officers, before dragging the girl...
Black Deaths in Custody Continue Decades After the Royal Commission
Two Indigenous men died in custody this week - one in New South Wales and the other in Western Australia, highlighting yet again the systemic racism and human rights abuses in prisons. In New South Wales, Wiradjuri man TJ Dennis...
The Offence of Aggravated Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death in NSW
The teenager who was at the wheel when his ute collided with trees in the small New South Wales town of Buxton, South West of Sydney, has pleaded guilty to several serious driving offences. Tyrell Edwards, who is only 19,...
Fourth Police Officer Sentenced Over Killing of George Floyd
The fourth Minneapolis police officer prosecuted over the killing of George Floyd has been sentenced in the United States, bringing the criminal proceedings relating to perhaps the most publicised incident of police brutality since the horrific beating of Rodney King...
