Former Rugby League Star Charged with Drug Possession
Former Manly Sea Eagles Player Brett Stewart has been arrested and charged with possession of a prohibited drug. Northern Beaches Police have confirmed that Brett Stewart was arrested on suspicion if carrying cocaine in Manly on the Northern Beaches last...
A Sporting Chance for Prison Inmates: The Importance of Sport in Prison
This article will explore why sport in prison is important for not only the benefit of prison inmates, but for broader society. It will outline the availability of sports and sporting programs in Australian prisons, and explore how there can...
McBride’s Criminal Trial Date Set Next Week, as the ADF Whistleblower Faces Hard Time
Due to his whistleblowing efforts, which exposed Australian special forces officers having committed war crimes in Afghanistan, former Australian Defence Force lawyer David McBride is a hero to many in this country. So, it’s difficult to have heard him say...
NSW Police Turned Their Body Cameras Off Before Fatally Shooting Mentally Ill Man
NSW police tactical operations officers didn’t have to shoot Todd McKenzie dead on a July evening in 2019. Yet, following a nine-hour siege, five officers stormed his Taree home, where he was alone, and shot the 40-year-old man, having a mental...
Jarryd Hayne Granted Bail Until Sentencing, After Being Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
Jarryd Hayne has been found guilty of sexual assault following his third jury trial, and granted bail ahead of his sentencing hearing next month. But the legal saga which is the prosecution of the fallen Rugby League star is far...
Killer Cop Dismissed From Police Force
The Northern Territory police officer who shot and killed Indigenous man Kumanjayi Walker in 2019, has been formally dismissed from the Northern Territory Police Force. Now-former officer Zachary Rolfe was acquitted of three charges - murder, manslaughter and committing a...
Police Fatally Shoot Another First Nations Person, as Custody Death Injustice Persists
Australian police have killed yet another First Nations person. This time it was 27-year-old Aubrey Donahue, who was shot down in the northern Queensland town of Mareeba by specialist law enforcement officers, following a four-hour siege. At 11.30 am on...
Woman Whose False Sexual Assault Allegations Destroyed Lives Sent to Prison
A 22-year old woman has been sentenced to eight and a half years after destroying the lives of three men, their families and their livelihoods, and sparking a wave of racially motivated hate crimes after fabricating claims the men sexually...
Corruption Pervades Police Forces in Australia and United Kingdom: Part 2
The headline of a report in the Age Newspaper on Wednesday 22 March 2023 read, “Gobbo seeks immunity deal to dob on police.” Gobbo refers, of course, to Nicola Gobbo; also known as lawyer X. If granted, lawyer X is...
Labor’s Crucifixion of Whistleblower Richard Boyle is Not in the Public Interest
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle is set to stand trial in October, as the SA District Court ruled last Monday, 27 March, that he’s not protected from criminal prosecution due to the way in which he exposed the tax office unlawfully...
