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Sydney’s Healthcare Workers Rally for Murdered Palestinian Colleagues

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For those who’ve travelled further than the western mainstream media version of the multiple war crimes transpiring in Gaza, they know that the Netanyahu government has forged a new low for humanity, in terms of making targeting hospitals a norm of...

What is a Quashed Conviction in Criminal Law?

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The woman who spent 20 years in prison over the deaths of her infant children has finally had her convictions for the offences of murder and manslaughter quashed by the highest criminal court in the state, the New South Wales...

There’s Nothing Sexier than Sexual Consent

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There is nothing ‘sexier’ than consent’ - that’s the new message of a joint promotion by police in the Australian Capital Territory and the dating app Tinder.  ACT Police and Tinder have teamed up to run a joint campaign to...

How Much Does a Lawyer Cost in Australia?

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The cost of hiring a lawyer in Australia will depend on a range of factors, including the level of experience and expertise of the particular lawyer and law firm, including whether the firm is long-established and has lawyers who are...

NSW Police Under Fire for Manhandling Woman with Baby

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New South Wales Police have again come under scrutiny for heavy handed policing after manhandling a woman with a baby at an event in Sydney where Prime minister Anthony Albanese was speaking.  According to bystanders, the pro-Palestine protester had a...

Assaults, Extortion and Murder are Common Across Australian Prisons

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Two men have been charged with the offences of murder and extortion over the death of Benn Schinkel at Queensland’s Capricornia Correctional Centre in Rockhampton last year.  The three men were inmates at the time Benn Schrinkel was found unresponsive,...

The Criminal Offence of Threatening Serious Harm Over the Internet

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A United Staes man has been arrested in conjunction with the Wieambilla shootings last year, during which two police officers and four Queenslanders died.  Donald Day Jr was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Intelligence in Arizona on 1 December...

The Criminal Offence of Sexual Touching in New South Wales

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Radio shock jock Alan Jones is facing multiple allegations that he sexually touched a number of young men without their consent . Mr Jones is no stranger to controversy, having been instrumental in inciting the Cronulla riots of 2005, was...

A “Geopolitical Debacle”: ‘Dubious Information and Evidence’ Used Against Extradition Detainee

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Australian citizen Dan Duggan has been held in prolonged isolation in the NSW prison system since October 2022. The former US marine fighter pilot is currently detained in Lithgow’s maximum-security facility, as Washington seeks to extradite him over alleged breaches...

Increased Criminal Penalties Have Failed to Deter Online Abuse

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Thousands of young Australians are exposed to strangers on social media every day.  And also every day, a significant number of them deal with some kind of unwanted or unpleasant interactions, or even conduct that can amount to criminal offences...
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