Mick Fuller’s Sexual Consent App: The “Worst Idea… All Year”
This week the New South Wales Police Commissioner has proposed developing an App to record sexual consent. The idea comes on the back of his recent assertion before the NSW Parliament that sexual assault cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute,...
Gladys Berejiklian Referred to ICAC Once Again
The New South Wales Upper House has referred Premier Glady Berejiklian to the state’s corruption watchdog, which is already investigating the business dealings of her former partner Daryl Maguire. Conflict of Interest The motion asserts that the NSW Premier failed...
“Disgraceful” NSW Police Officer Fails to Get His Job Back
A former New South Wales police officer who was dismissed for running in private WhatsApp group in which he and other officers joked about rape, referred to an Indigenous colleague as a ‘coon’, made a range of other sexist, homophobic...
Sydney Man Charged with Slavery Offences
A Sydney man has faced court over charges of possessing a slave, reducing a person to slavery and causing a person to enter into or remain in servitude. The offences are alleged to have occurred between June 2013 and July...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Manslaughter in New South Wales
Jessica Camilleri was found not guilty of murder by a jury last year, but found guilty instead of the lesser charge of manslaughter, after her lawyers argued she was impaired by a mix of mental disorders including autism spectrum disorder,...
Driver Who Filmed Dying Police Officer Pleads Guilty
In April 2020, 42-year old Richard Pusey was pulled over by police while driving his Porsche on Melbourne’s Eastern Freeway at speeds of up to 149km/h. After four police officers exited their vehicle - which had parked in an emergency...
Abortion Is No Longer a Crime in Australia
The South Australian Government passed the Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2021 last week, bringing the state into line with all other jurisdictions around Australia. The new law means that terminating a pregnancy is no longer a criminal offence in that...
Should the Defence Minister Resign Over Her Handling of Sexual Assault Claim?
The Federal Minister for Defence, Linda Reynolds, could face defamation proceedings for calling Brittany Higgins a “lying cow’ within the earshot of other staff members on 15 February 2021, the day Ms Higgins went public with her sexual assault allegations....
NSW Police Officer Found Not Guilty of Assaulting Naked Teen
The police officer charged with assault after striking a restrained, naked teenager 18 times with a baton has been found not guilty. Officer Michial Greenhalgh was charged following an inquiry by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) into the arrest...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Torture in Australia
The Brisbane Supreme Court has heard a chilling account of the final moments of Queensland couple Iuliana Triscaru and Cory Breton, whose decomposed bodies were found in a toolbox - weighed down with blocks and tyres - after it was...
