Judge Swaps Sex for Freedom
Judges in the United States take a special oath called the Code of Judicial Conduct as part of their training and initiation process, which is an essential prerequisite for presiding over court hearings. Cross County District Judge Joseph Boeckmann was...
Legalise It, Tax It and Reap the Benefits
The recent United Nations Conference on Drugs (UNGASS) was viewed by many as a missed opportunity to move towards the decriminalisation of drugs, especially cannabis. However, there were indications that a number of countries recognise the social and economic benefits...
Tough Bail Laws Cause Rise in Imprisonment Rates
New statistics reveal that the adult prison population in NSW grew by a staggering 9% between April 2015 and March 2016, and is now sitting at a record high of 12,390 inmates. While overall crime rates in NSW have fallen,...
Pill Testing is Coming
With another 40 festival goers arrested over the weekend at Godskitchen in Melbourne, the issue of illegal drug use at music events has hit the media spotlight again. News of the Melbourne arrests coincides with recent media reports which suggest...
Government Spends Big on Cyber Security
The Australian government is stepping-up our defence against cyber-attacks. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull recently announced a $230 million cyber security strategy in an effort to address the costly issue of cyber-crime. The crackdown is designed to thwart malware attacks, and...
Practical Tips for Protecting Your Privacy
Sydney’s Leichhardt Council recently made history after voting to become the first local government in the world to ban the use of metadata in their investigations. The use and collection of private individual’s metadata, the information that describes their phone...
11-Year Old Makes Burglar ‘Cry Like a Baby’
11-year old Chris Gaither was just hanging around at home with his dogs, when he heard a strange noise coming from upstairs. The quick thinking boy grabbed a knife and went to investigate, only to see an armed intruder coming...
Government Criticised for Failing to Act over Panama Papers
Investigations by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) suggest that tax evasion strategies employed by now-infamous law firm Mossack Fonseca have indeed been used to conceal and aid serious criminal conduct by Australians. The head of the ATO, Chris Jordan, says...
Report Finds VLAD Laws to be Unfairly Oppressive
The Queensland government has been advised to dilute the state’s excessively oppressive ‘anti-bikie’ laws, so they resemble the less-restrictive NSW regime. Following an independent report by Justice Alan Wilson, Queensland Premier Anastacia Palaszczuk said she would consider recommendations to repeal...
Owning a Gun in Australia: Knee-Jerk Political Reactions
It might be hard to imagine now, but there was once a time when guns were accepted as an important part of the Australian identity, especially in rural areas. But times have changed, and our gun laws came in the...
