‘Justice Delayed is Justice Denied’: NSW Courts Get a Funding Boost
The New South Wales Government has announced a four-year, $148 million funding boost designed to help ease the pressure on the State’s overloaded court system. How the money will be used The money will be used to upgrade regional courts...
How are High Court Justices Appointed in Australia?
The Privy Council held the position of the highest level of court in Australia until 1986, when the Australia Act resulted in the cessation of appeals to that Court. Since that time, the High Court of Australia has been the highest...
Diplomatic Immunity is Being Abused Worldwide
The murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian embassy in Istanbul, Turkey has triggered debate about the potential for misuse of diplomatic immunity by governments and rogue diplomats. The Khashoggi case Mr Khashoggi was a Saudi Arabian national...
Incest Laws in NSW
In NSW offence of incest was formally made a criminal offence in 1924 under section 78A of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) (the Act) . Incest is defined as “consensual sexual activity between members of a family within certain specified...
Truck Driver under Police Investigation over Racist Video
A South Australian truck driver who made an explicitly racist video about an Indian-Australian who is standing in local council elections is being investigated by Police. Truck driver Grant Moroney, of Grant Moroney Towing in Port Augusta, filmed himself with...
Sydney Police Officer Accused of ‘Vile, Cowardly and Intolerable’ Conduct
A Sydney police officer has been charged under the Criminal Code Act 1995 after allegedly threatening a public official in a phone call to Federal Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Ms Hanson-Young says the threats made by the officer were about...
Sydney Police Officer Charged with Child Sexual Assault
A Sydney police officer has been arrested and charged with a range of child sex offences, including attempted sexual intercourse with a child under 10, two counts of sexual intercourse with a child aged between the ages of 10 and...
What are Standard Non-Parole Periods in New South Wales?
A ‘standard non-parole parole period’ (SNPP) is a guidepost or reference point for a sentencing judge when he or she is deciding how long a person must spend behind bars (called the ‘non-parole period’) before being eligible to apply for...
Man Sacked for Wearing ‘Willy Warmer’ in the Workplace
A 33-year old pallet repairer in the United Kingdom who paraded through his workplace wearing an “elephant thong willy warmer”, a high visibility vest and boots has been dismissed for ‘gross misconduct’. Shaun Haggerty from Merseyside in England walked through...
AFP to Demand Anyone’s ID and Move Them On at Airports
As an example of when Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers would use proposed new powers that would allow them to demand any individual’s ID for any reason at major Australian airports, Home Affairs first secretary Hamish Hansford said they would...
