Harvey Weinstein Guilty of Rape, Not Guilty of Predatory Sexual Assault
Former Hollywood heavyweight Harvey Weinstein has been convicted of sexual charges by a jury in New York. A jury found Mr Weistein guilty of forcing a sexual act on his former production assistant Mimi Haleyi at his apartment in July...
Private Criminal Prosecutions in New South Wales
Police told 31-year old Dani* (not her real name) that there was a prima facie case against her former partner for threatening violence, which means there was enough evidence for a magistrate to convict him, but decided not to prosecute...
The Offence of Filming a Private Act Without Consent in NSW
A truck driver has faced Downing Centre Local Court accused of using his mobile phone to film a naked woman while she was showering at the Sydney Morning Herald’s Sydney offices, and film a woman while she was showering. The...
Police Misconduct Is Costing Taxpayers Millions Every Year
New figures show that over the four-year period since 2016, New South Wales Police have paid more than $238 million dollars in in damages payouts to civil litigants who took legal action over police misconduct. When police are successfully sued...
Fossil Fuel Companies Dominate ‘Top Tax Dodgers’ List
As the climate change debate comes to a standstill in the echelons of leadership, despite the recent bushfire catastrophe which is not yet over, many Australians are angry and frustrated that the Federal Government remains so tied to its commitment...
‘Sports Rorts’ Scandal: 43% of Grants Were Ineligible
On the back of a politically controversial 2019, you might think Prime Minister Scott Morrison couldn’t possibly find himself embroiled in yet another public relations disaster. But the PM has proven us wrong, with the latest ‘sports rort’ scandal, another...
Should Accused Sex Offenders Be Allowed to Use Dating Apps?
The ABC’s Background Briefing recently aired a story about the use of dating apps by sexual offenders. It described a case whereby a man used the dating app Tinder to lure victims before sexually assaulting them. The spiel on the...
Imprisoning the Innocent: The Causes of Wrongful Convictions in Australia
‘It is better that ten guilty persons escape than that one innocent suffer’. These words of 18th century English jurist William Blackstone resonate just as loudly today as they did back then in relation to the magnitude of the injustice...
Beware: Your Private Data Could Be Shared With Strangers
Just to remind us that even the world’s biggest and wealthiest tech companies are not immune to privacy breaches, Google made worldwide headlines recently after a glitch that sent thousands of users’ private videos backed up on Google Photos to...
Man Sent to Prison For Defrauding Desperate Farmers
In the midst of the crippling drought affecting many parts of the nation, scammers have been preying on the vulnerability of who are desperate to feed their livestock. And recently, a man from Parkes was sent to prison for his...
