Fresh Allegations of Match Fixing in the NRL
Like many other sports, the NRL has long been plagued by match-fixing scandals. In one of the most infamous examples, former Canterbury Bulldogs player Ryan Tandy received a criminal conviction and was banned for life from the NRL in 2012...
NSW Police Failed to Investigate Homophobic Murders
An inquest into the death of 27-year old American mathematician Scott Johnson has heard evidence that defence force personnel at the Army School of Artillery at North Head in Sydney would frequently brag about bashing homosexual men who met at...
Algorithms Used to Justify Unfair Treatment of the Vulnerable
A highly-respected mathematician believes algorithms are being used to justify race and class bias by the police and courts. Cathy O’Neil is a professor at Harvard University and author of the book ‘Weapons of Math Destruction’, which argues that the...
Man Appeals to High Court After Prosecution Expert is Discredited
In October 1972, Frits Van Beelan was convicted of murdering 15-year old Deborah Leach in Adelaide’s north-west, and sentenced to death. He successfully appealed the conviction, but a jury once again found him guilty in July 1973 after a retrial,...
Manslaughter by Text Message
A US judge has found that Michelle Carter caused the death of her boyfriend Conrad Roy, by sending him a barrage of text messages urging him to kill himself. Ms Carter faces up to 20 years in prison after being...
Prosecuting Potential Predators: Government Passes ‘Carly’s Law’
In 2007, 15-year old Carly Ryan was murdered in South Australia by 47-year old Gary Newman - who created more than 200 fake online profiles of young men to prey on underage girls. Carly’s mother, Sonya Ryan, later established the...
Should Drug Addiction Lead to a Lesser Sentence?
According to a report published by the Australian Institute of Criminology, nearly half of 1,884 police detainees surveyed in nine data collection locations reported that their offending was related to drug or alcohol use. Most of those who reported the...
Bosses Regularly Get Away with Ripping-Off Their Workers
A recent decision by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) highlights the leniency that is frequently afforded to employers who illegally underpay their employees. Former CDPP prosecutor Robert Corr highlights the fact that it is rare for bosses who rip-off their...
NSW Police Fail to Secure Crime Scenes When Officers Are Suspected of Serious Crimes
Crime scenes are being left unsecured in 42% of cases where NSW police are involved in death or serious injury. The failure has been detailed in a report by the Police Integrity Commission (PIC), raising concerns that crime scenes are...
Inmates May Soon Be Sent Interstate
Currently, those who are refused bail or otherwise remanded in custody in one Australian state or territory are sent to a correctional facility within that jurisdiction. But the size of our country means that inmates will sometimes be sent vast...
