Cardinal Pell Charged with Multiple Child Sex Offences
Victoria Police have confirmed that Australia’s highest ranking Catholic has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault, including one of rape, in relation to allegations of criminal conduct in the 1970s. The charges follow months of speculation about whether police...
Law Firm and Aussie Icon Targeted by Hackers
Chocolate production has come to a halt at the Cadbury factory in Tasmania, after the company fell victim to the latest global cyber-attack. The ransomware has affected the company’s entire IT system, stopping even the production line. A photo of...
Breaking News: Prisoner on the Run
It has been reported that fifty-year old David Mellis, a minimum security inmate, is on the run after escaping from Long Bay Correctional Centre shortly after 11am this morning. Minimum security inmates are often permitted to work in the grounds...
Dutton Settles Asylum Seeker Claim But Denies Responsibility
The Federal Government has agreed to pay $70 million to asylum seekers who suffered physical and psychological harm on Manus Island. In a class action brought by 1,905 detainees held between 2012 and 2016, the plaintiffs alleged the government had falsely...
Police Arrest Patient For Possessing Medicinal Cannabis: An Interview with MCUA’s Deb Lynch
On June 19, Queensland police arrested Deb Lynch, secretary of the Medicinal Cannabis Users Association of Australia (MCUA), on charges of possessing a dangerous drug. Several officers were at her Cornubia residence on a different matter, when they noticed her...
Tough Bail Laws Can Affect Anyone, Not Just ‘Criminals’
The presumption of innocence is a fundamental principle of criminal law. It posits that a person is to be presumed innocent until and unless the prosecution is able to establish his or her guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. The principle...
A Victory for the Street Kitchen and Safe Space, As Government Provides Housing
In an unprecedented move, Housing NSW has “throw out the rule book” and offered housing to the rough sleepers who’ve been staying overnight at Sydney’s 24-7 Street Kitchen and Safe Space. On Saturday, City of Sydney council workers and NSW...
Man Appeals to High Court After Prosecution Expert is Discredited
In October 1972, Frits Van Beelan was convicted of murdering 15-year old Deborah Leach in Adelaide’s north-west, and sentenced to death. He successfully appealed the conviction, but a jury once again found him guilty in July 1973 after a retrial,...
City of Sydney Shuts Down 24-7 Street Kitchen and Safe Space
Homelessness is a growing problem in Sydney, with hundreds of people sleeping rough in and around the CBD every night. These people have nowhere else to stay, and with the city’s lack of public housing and current housing affordability crisis,...
Turnbull Clears the Way for Indian Company to Build Adani Mine
A bill amending native title law was passed in the Senate on June 14 with bipartisan support. In February, attorney-general George Brandis rushed the legislation through the lower house in response to a Federal Court decision that threatened past and future Indigenous...
