Should Prisoners be Paid to Solve Crimes?
The South Australian Government is so happy with the results of Operation Persist, which uses information from prison inmates to help solve cold cases, that it has begun rolling out the next phase. Launched in 2015, the Operation encourages inmates...
Watchdogs Under Fire for Accepting Gifts
The Australian Investment and Securities Commission (ASIC) and Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) are under fire for failing to declare gifts from the businesses they’re supposed to be regulating. ASIC is an Australian government body that is empowered to...
Doctor Reports Being Assaulted by Police While Trying to Help Injured Man
It seems that nearly every day across Australia, we hear reports of police officers engaging in acts of brutality against members of the public. And while reports are rife of heavy-handed tactics against vulnerable people such as the poor, homeless...
Babies, Students & Migrants – New Laws for 2019
At the start of every year, new state and federal laws come into effect across the nation. This year, babies, students, migrants, politicians and credit card users are amongst those most affected by laws which came into effect earlier this...
Junior Lawyer Imprisoned for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
Sydney lawyer Brody Clarke came from a privileged background, benefited from a stellar education and was employed by investment banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan before turning his hand to law in his early thirties. But it all came undone...
Renewed Calls for Wage Theft to be Criminalised
A 2014 investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found that the convenience store chain 7-Eleven had engaged in schemes to exploit workers by paying them below award rates, denying them holiday loadings and even failing to pay them for time...
Stop Imprisoning People for Unpaid Fines
The Western Australian Government is under mounting pressure to revoke laws which imprison people for unpaid fines. WA is the only jurisdiction in Australia where you can go directly to prison for unpaid fines. Many of the people who fall...
Politician to Charge Taxpayers for Attendance at Racist Rally
Footage from the ‘Reclaim St Kilda Rally’ over the weekend has emerged depicting extreme right-wing protesters giving Nazi salutes, and showing a demonstrator holding an SS helmet. The images are controversial to say the least, as was the presence of...
Dozens of NSW Police Officers Charged with Assault and Sexual Offences
Police offers swear an oath to uphold and enforce the law, but what happens when officers themselves are themselves charged with violent of sexual offences? It has been reported that since October 2016, 30 New South Wales police officers have...
Criminal charges to be laid over Sydney baby deaths
Five people and two companies will face criminal charges over the deaths of two babies who were given nitrous oxide instead of oxygen at Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital. Safe Work NSW intends to criminally prosecute South West Local Health District, as well...
