The Dangers of Rewarding Crime Informants
A criminal defence lawyer has accused two key witnesses in a Melbourne murder trial of fabricating evidence against his client in order to get their slice of a $1 million reward. 31-year old Christopher Lavery is on trial for the...
Film the Police: An Interview with the National Justice Project’s George Newhouse
Elijah Doughty was just 14 when he was run over and killed last year. His crime, according to the man that hit him, was hearsay evidence the teen may have stolen his motorbike – although there’s no proof this happened....
The Attempted Genocide in Tasmania
The British began their takeover of the island now referred to as Tasmania in 1803. At that time, there were already nine Indigenous nations present on the land. Indeed, the Aboriginal people had been living there for tens of thousands of years....
Shooting Blanks: Sperm Counts Halve Over Past Forty Years
New research suggests the future of the human race may be at risk, with male sperm counts declining at an alarming rate. Sperm counts amongst men in Western countries have more than halved in the last 40 years, although the...
Police DNA Bungle Clears Alleged Child Abusing Priest
Victorian Police have admitted a major bungle of DNA evidence that led to several key suspects being ruled out as suspects in the brutal 1980 murder of Melbourne mother Maria James. The murder investigation hinged on a bloodied pillowcase, which...
Death of Elijah Doughty: No Justice for Indigenous People
The verdict in the trial of the Kalgoorlie man who fatally ran over Elijah Doughty in August last year, has laid bare the inherent racism in the Australian criminal justice system. Last Friday, the 56-year-old non-Indigenous man - whose identity has...
Reducing Wage Theft: An Interview with Unions NSW’s Thomas Costa
The practice of underpaying employees is on the rise in this state, according to a recently released Unions NSW report. Four out of five businesses advertising on popular non-English language websites were found to be offering illegal pay rates. The Lighting...
NSW Police ‘Shoot First and Ask Questions Later’
The NSW Police Force Handbook is meant to be the gospel when it comes to policing in our state. It is a comprehensive, 518 page document which provides information, advice and guidance on practically every aspect of policing. The publicly...
Global Calls to Stop “Normalisation” Surgery on Intersex Children
US-based organisations Human Rights Watch and interACT released a report on Tuesday, calling for the end to the practice of performing medically unnecessary “normalisation” surgeries on intersex children in the United States. Intersex people are born with physical sex characteristics that are more...
Australia May See Its First Cyborg Rights Case
You might remember Meow-Ludo Disco Gamma Meow-Meow from his interview with Sydney Criminal Lawyers® earlier this year. In that interview, Meow talked about biohacking, a DIY movement aimed at democratising science. Biofoundry, the community lab Meow’s’s opened in Redfern, is...
