Family of Australian Woman Shot Dead by Police to Receive Record Payout
The family of Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk, who was shot and killed by a police officer, has been awarded $US20 million, about $AUD28 million, in a civil settlement with the City of Minneapolis. The settlement comes just days after...
Woman Charged with Blackmailing Grieving Parents
It’s entirely possible that you saw and perhaps even shared the desperate pleas on social media from couple Jay and Dee Windross calling for help to find a lost mobile phone that held photos of their dying baby girl. The...
Australia Prosecutes Whistleblowers Who Expose Government Misconduct
The US bombing of Laos during the height of the Vietnam War made that country the most heavily bombed per capita in human history. Today, around 50 local people - 75 percent of whom are children – continue to lose...
Applications Open for Sydney Criminal Lawyers Criminal Law Scholarship
If you’re an aspiring criminal lawyer, there is a new scholarship available to assist your transition from university to a career. Sydney Criminal Lawyers, has established a scholarship to encourage aspiring criminal lawyers in New South Wales and the ACT....
Free Ola Bini: “Assange-Linked” Digital Rights Activist Arbitrarily Detained in Ecuador
Just hours after the Ecuadorian embassy in London threw Julian Assange to the lions on 11 April, the authorities in Ecuador arrested and detained free software developer and online privacy activist Ola Bini at Quito airport. Despite local press in...
Police Officer Found Guilty of Homicide
Former Minneapolis police officer Mohamed Noor has been found guilty of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter over the shooting death of Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk. Mr Noor has been remanded in custody and faces up to 15 years in...
PM’s Retrograde Domestic Violence Counselling: An Interview with WDVCAS’ Hayley Foster
Early last month, it came to light that the Morrison government has put aside $10 million to fund Specialised Family Violence Services, which is essentially a program that involves the provision of counselling and dispute resolution for couples dealing with...
End Prohibition. Vote HEMP: An Interview With Dr Andrew Katelaris and Michael Balderstone
As Australian historian Dr John Jiggens recalled in 2010, an article appeared in a major Australian newspaper in 1938, warning about a “Mexican drug” that causes madness. And this report introduced the term “marijuana” to the Australian public. “Under the...
Man Faces Court for Filming Under Cubicle Door
30-year old French national Mehdi Gaci has been charged with recording an intimate image without consent arising from an incident that allegedly occurred in a Sydney bar on Saturday, 27 April 2019. Police allege that at around 1am that morning,...
Canberra’s Second Pill Testing Trial Hailed a Resounding Success
Despite initial hurdles, it can now be said that two government-sanctioned pill testing trials have taken place in the ACT. And by all accounts, the second, held last Sunday, was a resounding success. Not only did it prove that the...
