Australia Will Finally Ratify Law Against Torture
A group of up to 20 teenagers, who are being held in the Grevillea Unit of Victoria’s Barwon prison, rioted on Monday night. The youths have been placed in the unit of the adult prison due to the rioting that’s...
Queensland Considers Tracking Alleged Abusers
Defendants in Queensland domestic violence cases may be forced to wear electronic tracking devices, in a proposal warmly welcomed by victims’ groups. After mother of four, Teresa Bradshaw was fatally stabbed by her partner David while he was out on...
‘They give God a bad name,’ says victim
More than 1,800 Catholic Church figures and 4,444 allegations of abuse. Horrific numbers, which a senior Catholic Church figure has described as ‘shocking’ and ‘indefensible’ at the 50th public hearing of the Royal Commission - the 16th hearing dealing with...
Should Police Have to Inform Complainants of an Alleged Offender’s Release on Bail?
The alarming statistics, the headline-grabbing media coverage, the political rhetoric, the state and federal government domestic violence initiatives… and yet another woman lies dead, the victim of a callous offender. The fatal stabbing of Gold Coast woman Teresa Bradford by...
Woman Stabs Boyfriend for Refusing Threesome
A man in the US has allegedly been stabbed in the arm and abdomen after refusing to participate in a ‘threesome’ with his girlfriend and another woman. The defendant, forty-two year old Teresa Gillard, met a woman at a local...
Bail Laws to be Toughened in Wake of Bourke Street Tragedy
As Australia mourns the victims of a senseless tragedy, the Victorian government has vowed to make the state ‘safer’. In the wake of last Friday’s Bourke Street tragedy which killed five people including a three-month-old baby boy and a 10-year-old...
Aussie Singer Charged with Assault
It was a big weekend for Australian singer Shannon Noll. The star, who rose to fame as the runner up of Australian Idol in 2003, was involved in an incident with a bouncer outside an Adelaide nightclub in the early...
Horrifying Footage of Axe Attack Goes Viral
CCTV footage of a blonde woman entering a convenience store and attacking two people with an axe has gone viral on social media. The horrifying footage shows the woman strolling into the 7-Eleven store in Enmore in Sydney’s inner-west wielding...
One-Punch Attack Leaves Young Man in Coma
Three teenagers on the Gold Coast have been charged over an alleged one-punch assault in Surfers Paradise that has left a 21-year old man fighting for his life. The alleged victim, Thomas Dover, was walking on Ferny Avenue in Surfers...
Hyde Park Rapist Loses “Incoherent” Appeal
Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim A man convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenager in Hyde Park in Sydney has lost his appeal case. Joseph Stephen Rosenburg argued that the 18-year-old girl had lured him into the park in an elaborate...
