Byron Bay Mum Faces Murder Charges in Bali
A romantic overseas getaway has turned into a nightmare for Byron Bay mother Sara Connor. Connor is back in court in Denpasar this week, facing murder charges over the death of a Balinese policeman in August. She is being tried...
Lawyer who engaged in professional misconduct keeps his job
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim NSW lawyer’s career was saved this week in a last ditch appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal after the Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) ordered that he be ‘struck off’ the roll of...
Fire Fighters Targeted by Thieves While Putting Their Lives at Risk
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim. Mangoola Rural Fire Brigade worked tirelessly last week to protect the Hunter Community from several large blazes. The volunteers selflessly put themselves between raging fires and property in an attempt to keep people, livestock...
False Reports to Triple-Zero Putting Lives at Risk
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in Ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC, and ‘The Boy who Cried Wolf’ was one of his most famous fables. The story is about a...
Shady nurse commits murder after her registration is reinstated
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim The Nursing Board of Victoria is facing criticism over its decision to allow a nurse to practise despite putting patients’ lives at risk. Since that decision, 49-year old nurse Megan Haines has been convicted...
Exposing the Tricks of the Gaming Industry
Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Three minority federal politicians are vowing to use their parliamentary privilege to expose what they say is the misleading conduct of the gaming industry. The ‘pokie-leaks’ campaign has been launched by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon,...
Turtle ‘Surfers’ Under Investigation
Three organisations with prosecutorial powers – the Department of Heritage and Environment, the RSPCA and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service – are investigating the actions of a Gold Coast man and his mate who took a photo of themselves standing on...
Cambodian Children’s Fund and Chab Dai: Helping Impoverished Kids
Cambodia is one of south-east Asia’s most impoverished countries. The nation still recovering from the effects of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, during which dictator Pol Pot ordered the deaths of hundreds of thousands of his own people. Despite their...
F*** Off, We’re Full: Lifetime Bans on Asylum Seekers Who Arrive by Boat
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim The federal government signalled its intention this week to well and truly close Australia’s doors, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announcing that asylum seekers who arrive by boat will never be allowed to enter Australia....
Parents or Foster Care? What to do with at-risk children
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim A spate of recent cases suggest that children placed in foster care are being exposed to cruel treatment, illegal drugs and even sexual abuse. The foster care system is accused of failing to look...
