NT Juvenile Justice to Focus on Prevention, Rather than Incarceration
The Northern Territory government will spend an extra $18.2 million annually to overhaul its troubled juvenile justice system, focusing on prevention and diversion rather than incarceration. “… we have to make sure we prevent crime before it occurs,” NT Chief...
Queensland Police to Get More Power
Normally, police across Australia require a warrant or a reasonable suspicion of wrongdoing before they are permitted to subject individuals to a personal search. However, police in Queensland are set to be given extra powers in time for the April...
“Good People Don’t Smoke Marijuana”: New US Chief Lawyer an Obstacle to Reform
US President Donald Trump has named Jeff Sessions as the US Attorney General, the chief lawyer and prosecutor for the federal government. There are concerns Mr Session’s appointment will mean the end of proposals designed to reduce the US prison...
CCTV Cameras May Soon Record Audio
The mayor of Moreton Bay says it’s necessary for public safety. Many aren’t happy ‘Big Brother will be listening in to their private conversations. The Queensland Law Society says it may breach state listening device laws. Moreton Bay Council, just...
Preventative Programs are Primarily Responsible for Decline in NSW Crime
A Sydney criminologist believes that the implementation of preventative and diversionary strategies is the primary reason for most categories of crime declining across the state in recent years. Dr Garner Clancey, a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney, points...
Police Accused of Altering Crime Statistics
Two high-ranking Gold Coast crime managers have raised concerns that crime statistics are being manipulated by the police service in an effort to keep crimes and complaints from being recorded. The officers have reported that complaints against police and legitimate...
Queensland Considers Tracking Alleged Abusers
Defendants in Queensland domestic violence cases may be forced to wear electronic tracking devices, in a proposal warmly welcomed by victims’ groups. After mother of four, Teresa Bradshaw was fatally stabbed by her partner David while he was out on...
‘They give God a bad name,’ says victim
More than 1,800 Catholic Church figures and 4,444 allegations of abuse. Horrific numbers, which a senior Catholic Church figure has described as ‘shocking’ and ‘indefensible’ at the 50th public hearing of the Royal Commission - the 16th hearing dealing with...
Woman Stabs Boyfriend for Refusing Threesome
A man in the US has allegedly been stabbed in the arm and abdomen after refusing to participate in a ‘threesome’ with his girlfriend and another woman. The defendant, forty-two year old Teresa Gillard, met a woman at a local...
NSW Chief Justice Calls for Greater Public Communication
We previously reported on a speech delivered by the Chief Justice of NSW, Tom Bathurst, where he criticised the hundreds of new laws which impinge upon legal safeguards in Australia, calling upon lawyers to take a pro-active role in bringing...
