Murder Trial Underway Over Alleged Mushroom Poisonings
A woman is currently facing a jury trial over allegations that she caused the deaths of three guests and attempted to cause the death another by way of poisoning. The defendant, 50-year old Erin Patterson, is on trial in the...
Jury Nullification: Could Mangione Be Found Not Guilty Despite the Evidence?
The “frightening, well-planned, targeted… [and] cold blooded” killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on 4 December 2024 and arrest of Luigi Mangione five days later was met with mixed feelings in the United States. Mr Thompson was a...
NSW Government Uses Knife Crime to Justify Wholesale Random Searches and Surveillance
The first day of the NSW Coroners Court Bondi Junction Inquest, which will inquire into the mass stabbing incident that involved 40-year-old white Australian man Joel Cauchi entering the Bondi Junction Westfield shopping mall on 13 April 2024 to commence...
South Australia’s Plan to Seize the Assets of Low-Level Drug Offenders is Counterproductive
As other jurisdictions both in Australia and abroad are seeing the sense in drug law reform, with interventions like pill testing trials in multiple Australian states and territories, the South Australian government has come to the conclusion that the best...
The Victoria Police Killing of Homeless Somali Man: Justified or Excessive Force?
Two Victoria police officers shot dead Somali man Abdifatah Ahmed at around 9 pm on Thursday 17 April 2025, after being called out to the corner of Paisly and Albert streets in the Naarm-Melbourne suburb of Footscray, due to a...
Statistics Suggest Police Are Solving More Crimes Than Ever Before
A recent report by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has the mainstream media asserting that criminal offences are being ‘solved’ at higher rates than ever before in New South Wales. But while these sources...
Killing of Indigenous Boy Suggests Racist Violence is Alive and Well in Australia
Killings and massacres based on race, as well as systemic social, economic and political issues defined by race, ethnicity, religion, gender and sexual orientation have plagued our nation since its inception. The latest example of an attack reported to be...
With Strip Search Class Action About to Begin, Police Admit Strip Search of Young Woman Was Illegal
The New South Wales Police Force admitted on 2 April 2025 that a strip search performed upon a young woman attending the Byron Bay Splendour in the Grass music festival almost seven years ago, was illegal, and it appears the...
Former Philippines President Faces Trial Over Drug War Killing Spree
The fact that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, who on taking office in June 2016, launched a drug war comprised of mass extrajudicial killings that continued until he left office in June 2022, is now in the custody of the...
Drug Summit Recommends Prohibiting Sniffer Dogs and Strip Searches at Music Festivals
The last week released NSW Drug Summit 2024 report recommended 56 priority actions be undertaken in this state to improve the issue of illicit drugs and the harms associated, with the final one being the cessation of the use of...
