Torres Strait Masig Statement Calls for Regional Autonomy by 2037
The people of the Torres Strait Islands came together on Tuesday to release The Masig Statement: Malungu Yangu Wakay - Voice from the Deep. The release of the document came a week after prime minister Anthony Albanese and Indigenous affairs minister...
Morrison’s Multiple Ministry Plan Was Hatched Early On, Suggests Solicitor General
A startling fact that Australian solicitor general Stephen Donaghue identified in his advice on the Morrison multiple ministries scandal is that there’s evidence the former PM had been contemplating secretly taking on the administration of extra departments from his early days...
“A Legal Quagmire”: Georgatos on Incarcerating Youths in Casuarina Adult Prison
The WA Department of Justice transferred 17 youth detainees aged from 14 to 17 into Casuarina Prison, an adult maximum-security facility, on 20 July, as the conditions at their former place of detention, Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre, were reaching crisis...
Father of Deceased Alleged Child Sexual Assault Victim Permitted to Sue Catholic Church
In a major win for those who were sexually assaulted by clergy as children, as well as for their loved-ones, the Supreme Court of Victoria has ruled that the father of a deceased former choirboy who reported having been sexually...
“A Crime Against Humanity”: Independent MP Andrew Wilkie on Ending Mandatory Detention
The staggered release of the Medevac refugees from long-term detention in hotels scattered across the nation, which began in December 2020 and came to a close right before this year’s election, brought a lengthy campaign to see them out and living in...
Australia Has a Nasty Habit of Incarcerating Children It Doesn’t Want to Kick
The Queensland Labor government, along with the opposition Liberal National Party, One Nation MPs and those from Katter’s Australian Party, all voted against preventing children aged 10 to 13 from being imprisoned, as well as releasing those already inside. Voted...
Court Orders Sydney Casino to Pay Disabled Man’s Jackpot
The District Court of New South Wales has ordered The Star to pay a disabled man’s $285,000 poker machine jackpot plus interest and legal costs after the controversial casino refused to do so in 2019 on the basis that an...
Wikipedia Is Influencing Judicial Decisions, Study Finds
Individuals awaiting trial after being charged with a serious indictable offence are usually under a lot of stress, which would only be compounded if they thought the judge presiding over their case was regularly consulting Wikipedia as a source of authority....
Morrison’s Secret Concentration of Power Highlights Flaw in Our Democracy
Although it may not be strictly against the law, it is unsettling to many that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison instructed Governor-General David Hurley (pictured to the right) to appoint him to five ministries, including the powerful positions of Treasury...
NSW Police Claim Ignorance of the Law, As They Continue to Illegally Strip-Search Kids
More than 4,000 strip searches were carried out in New South Wales between July 2020 and May 2022 - 100 of them on children and young people. The alarming figures include more than 100 days of lockdown during the Covid...
