Where Will the Global Rise of the Far-Right Take Us?
A surge in hate crimes has followed the surprise election win of US president-elect Donald Trump. The Southern Poverty Law Centre has reported over 300 cases since election day, with Muslims, Latinos, African Americans and transgender people all being targeted....
Australian Child Sex Offenders May be Banned from Travelling Overseas
The Federal Government is proposing new laws which would prohibit child sex offenders from leaving Australia. The announcement has been hailed as a win for Australia’s oldest and perhaps most controversial senator, Derryn Hinch - also known as the “Human...
Facing the Music: Extradition to Australia
Extradition is a way of ensuring that those suspected of crimes cannot avoid prosecution by fleeing to another country. As previously reported, the federal government administers and controls the extradition process in Australia. The federal Attorney General or Justice Minister...
Sexual Harassment Rife Within the Legal Profession
The legal profession is reeling from media reports that it’s an industry where sexual harassment thrives and very little is done about it. The claims, made on the ABC’s 7.30 Programme, are backed up by research conducted by the Law...
Family Law System Grants Access to Child Sex Offenders
Abbey Hamersley was only 17 years old when her mother found her dead in her room, after having taken her own life. The young woman had been suffering depression and anorexia, before she lost her will to live in November...
Political Blogger Defends Freedom of Speech
As previously reported, political blogger Petros Khalesirad (pictured) is currently facing allegations of unlawfully stalking his local MP Brittany Lauga (also pictured). Mr Khalesirad’s bail conditions had prohibited him from using social media or any public forum to make comment...
Cyclists will be caught and fined for risky behaviour, police warn
As the NSW Police Force released footage of cyclists risking their lives on busy Sydney roads, it simultaneously warned that cyclists are not above the law and will be fined for breaking the road rules. Police also issued a reminder...
Aussie Child Sex Offender Gets 12 Years in Prison
Melbourne rugby player Michael Quinn (pictured) was recently sentenced in a Los Angeles court to twelve years imprisonment on child sex charges. The 33-year-old IVF geneticist was arrested in a hotel room in LA in May this year, as he...
Guy Fawkes, Anonymous and the Million Mask March
In more than 700 locations around the world, people gathered this past Saturday the 5th of November in a protest organised by social movement ‘Anonymous’. Most wore Guy Fawkes masks as a symbol of standing up against oppression. The Guy...
Mullet Man Sues for Defamation
A western Sydney teenager whose photo went viral is suing several media outlets for defamation. Ali Mosslmani, known as Ziggy, was photographed at a friend’s 18th birthday last year and was soon made into a meme reproduced by the Daily...
