Coalition Attempts to Retake Warringah Using Extreme Anti-Trans Bigotry
Senior Liberal officials have outlined that when they were screening Katherine Deves for the key electoral seat of Warringah, they weren’t made aware that she was an anti-trans tyrant, which seems to imply the party may have had second thoughts...
When Can Police ‘Caution’ a Young Person in New South Wales?
The mother of a teenage girl who was subjected to an unprovoked attack by a group of teens has expressed disappointment the perpetrators were cautioned rather than charged by police. Savage attack 14-year old Amber Saied and a friend left...
NSW Police Officers Keep Their Jobs Despite Having Domestic Violence Convictions
Newly appointed New South Wales Police Commissioner, Karen Webb, has faced significant criticism of the NSW Police Force’s ability - or, rather, inability – to respond promptly, fairly and properly to cases of domestic violence. Now, that criticism has been...
Morrison’s Ransacked Australia: Time to Turf Him Before It Goes Further
In Morrison’s Australia, if you have a go, you get a fair go. It’s the type of nation where even a thug in an expensive suit can grapple their way to the top of the heap if they come from...
Are Police Officers Required to Follow the Road Rules?
A Victorian police officer is facing up to ten years in prison after being charged with speeding and reckless driving offences. 47-year old Leading Senior Constable Brad Beecroft was charged after he allegedly travelled up to 230km/h to reach a...
The Offence of Juror Misconduct in New South Wales
The trial of two men accused of sexual assault has been vacated and a fourth trial ordered as a result of a ‘flagrant breach’ of the trial judge’s directions, which was found to have amounted to juror misconduct. The jury...
What is a ‘Stay of Proceedings’ in New South Wales?
Former rugby league player Chris Dawson will stand trial for allegedly murdering his wife Lynette Dawson 40 years ago. Mr Dawson pleaded not guilty to murder charges laid against him in 2018. He was scheduled to stand trial in February...
Coalition Is Undermining Our Human Rights Commission, Global Body Asserts
The Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (GANHRI) is an independent body representing and monitoring national human rights institutions (NHRIs), which are bodies set up within countries to promote and protect rights, especially against government encroachments. The GANHRI Sub-Committee...
The Cocaine Will Flow, Despite Police Parading Latest Seizure
Yet another image of police parading in front of a large haul of drugs appeared in the press last week. Located off the South Australian coast by the Australian Border Force on 18 March, the drugs were detected after intelligence suggested...
Will the Death of Hannah Clarke and Her Children Bring Real Change?
Last week, the Coronial Inquest into the death of Hannah Clarke and her three children - who burned to death after her estranged husband set the family car alight before killing himself was finalised after 9 days of hearings in...
