Parking Inspectors Given the Power to Issue Demerit Points
The NSW government has given parking inspectors the power to issue demerit points for certain parking offences, in addition to the fines that apply to those offences. The move has led to fierce debate about whether council rangers should be...
Should Students be Suspended for Striking?
In September this year, nine-year old Brisbane school girl Harper Nielsen refused to stand for the national anthem at Queensland’s Kenmore South State School on the basis that is fails to recognise Australia’s Indigenous history. The school demanded the year 4...
Warning! Providing Your DNA to Ancestry Sites Could Make You a Suspect
Australians are once again being warned that law enforcement agencies are increasingly accessing genealogy databases such as Ancestry.com and My Heritage DNA in an attempt to generate suspects. These genealogy companies use forensic material which is voluntarily provided by paying...
Penalties Increase for Illegal Mobile Phone Use
In just few hours this morning, a month’s worth of rain fell across Sydney, causing traffic congestion, flooding and property damage. From 5.30am to 9.00am, more than a 100mm of rain poured over the Sydney metropolitan are, creating transport delays...
Taxpayers Foot the Bill for Police Misconduct
We have reported on several cases where taxpayers have been left to foot the bill for the misconduct of police officers, from the costs of legal representation to damages awards for police brutality and other forms of criminal conduct. Taxpayers...
Sydney Man Sentenced to Death in Iraq
An Australian man has asked the Australian Government for assistance after being found guilty of terrorism offences in Iraq and sentenced to death by hanging. Former labourer Ahmed Merhi travelled to Syria in 2015 where, he says, he engaged in...
Does Watching Aggressive Sport Increase the Likelihood of Violence?
On 6 October 2018, UFC lightweight mixed martial arts (MMA) champ Khabib ‘The Eagle’ Nurmagomedov made easy work of serial trash-talker ‘The Notorious’ Conor McGregor in a spectacle touted as the biggest MMA fight in history. McGregor’s decimation in UFC...
Police Officer Guilty of Assault
Shocking CCTV footage from a police station in Victoria was the eventual undoing of senior constable Steven Repac. The officer has been found guilty over his treatment of Yvonne Berry while she was in custody overnight for public drunkenness. During...
Banking Royal Commission to Get More Funding
The Federal Government will allocate an additional $51.5 million to ensure the Federal Court and Commonwealth Prosecutors have sufficient resources to ensure financial institutions are brought to account for their misconduct. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the new round of funding...
Guards Who Have Sex with Inmates Now Face Prison
The NSW government passed new laws last week making it a crime for prison guards to have sex with inmates. The move follows revelations mid-year regarding a number of female corrections officers who’d allegedly been engaging in sexual relations with...
