Victoria Police Settles Brutality Case for $11.75 Million
Victoria Police has agreed to settle a case of brutality for $11.75 million - an amount which will be paid from public funds. In 2017, Chris Karadaglis was at home, alone, listening to music when police knocked on his front...
TikTok Craze Could Lead to Assault Charges
Schools have been the victims of the latest TikTok craze. Teachers could be next. Several schools have warned students that if they’re caught participating in the Tik Tok craze which involves vandalizing school property, they will be charged by police....
Police Brutally Assault Anti-Lockdown Protester
In amongst all the footage of this week’s Melbourne protests, a horrific video has emerged of a police officer approaching a man from behind and violently throwing him head first to the ground at Flinders Station in the CBD –...
Anti-lockdown Protester Sent to Prison
It has been reported that a Victorian man was sentenced to a full term of eight months in prison, with a minimum term of three months, after pleading guilty to offences related to organising yesterday’s anti-lockdown protest in Sydney. According...
The Impact of Lockdowns on Australia’s Youth
Social isolation resulting from lockdowns, a lack of hope for the future and fear of the virus are fuelling anxiety and depression among Australian children and teenagers at alarming rates. Mental Health problems in young people The Royal Australian and...
Victim of Police Brutality Commences Legal Proceedings
An Indigenous man is seeking damages in the New South Wales Supreme Court for spinal injuries sustained as a result of being violently thrown to the ground by police officers. The Court has heard the man sustained significant injuries including...
The Offence of Assaulting a Police Officer in New South Wales
The New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner has defended the actions of police officers who manhandled a 62-year old female store manager while arresting her for not wearing a face mask at an organic food store in Bowral in the...
Couple Charged with Assault After Altercation Over QR Code Check-In
A couple has been charged with assault and affray after they allegedly attacked a restaurant owner and a customer when they refused to use the QR check-in code at a restaurant in Forster on the mid-New South Wales Coast. The...
What is False Imprisonment in New South Wales?
A false imprisonment occurs where a person is detained in contravention of the law. It can happen where police officers exercise an unlawful arrest; in other words; arrest a person in the absence of a warrant and without complying with...
NSW Police Officer Charged With Assaulting First Nations Teenager
Eleven months after the fact, a NSW police officer was charged on Tuesday with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and common assault, after he swept the legs of a 16-year-old First Nations boy out from under him in a Surry...
