Gaoling Kids to Make It Safer is Ridiculous, Says ALS’ Karly Warner, as Minns Does Just That
“Locking up children in prison and thinking that that is going to make communities safer is ridiculous,” said Aboriginal Legal Service NSW/ACT chief executive Karly Warner on 12 March. “This has not worked in a single place that it’s been...
A Glimmer of Justice for Assange Sparks Speculation There’s End in Sight
“It was such a victorious moment, to finally - to finally get a glimpse of hope into this case, and a glimpse of victory,” said WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson following the recent decision in the Assange extradition case. “I think...
Disappeared First Nations Women Are Murdered by the Settler Colonial State
“We argue that missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and gender diverse people are never actually missing, opens a December 2022 submission produced by Dr Amy McQuire, Sisters Inside and the Institute for Collaborative Race Research (ICRR). “Aboriginal and Torres...
ICC Application for Warrant Against Netanyahu Signals Justice May Still Prevail
As International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan appeared on global screens on Monday, announcing that he was applying for arrest warrants against Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and defence minister Yoav Gallant, a sense that justice still prevailed, at least somewhere,...
Thousands of Children Fined Over Alleged COVID Breaches, Report Finds
More than 3,600 children were fined during the Covid pandemic, according to a recent report by the Redfern Legal Centre, an organisation that has been instrumental in fighting for justice for those unfairly treated during the pandemic. The Centre also...
The Grim Choice of the 2024 US Election Will Be Replicated Here Next Year
US president Joe Biden called for an immediate ceasefire to bring an end to the “humanitarian crisis” in Gaza, during a graduation ceremony at Atlanta’s Morehouse College on Sunday. Yet, this was just five days after his administration announced another...
Police Powers in NSW: A Summary of Criminal Offences in the LEPRA
By Vikas Puthiyedath The Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, commonly known as ‘the LEPRA’, sets out many of the powers and responsibilities that apply to police in New South Wales. Scope of the LEPRA These rules relate to...
Australian Government Should Be Ashamed of Imprisoning McBride
Picture troops stranded in a foreign land, beyond watch or care of government back home, which is only concerned in looking effective. Consider these soldiers don’t know their aim in a foreign conflict, as neither do their leaders. And think...
NSW Crackdown on Domestic Violence: Police Blitzes and Bail Reforms
More than 550 people described by police as the state’s ‘most high risk domestic violence offenders’ have been arrested and charged with a total of 1,070 offences during in a four day police operation across New South Wales that ran...
Drug Supply Charges: Pleading Guilty, Remorse and Rehabilitation Can Significantly Reduce Sentence
A former AFL player has been sentenced to a full term of five years and four months in prison, with a non-parole period of three years, after being sentenced over multiple counts of supplying a prohibited drug as well as...
