Youth Suicide: Australia’s Hidden Epidemic
Australia is failing our young men. A new report, called the Australian Youth Development Index (YDI), has found the suicide rate of young indigenous men to be the highest in the world. The report, the first of its kind in...
DPP Investigates Case of Boy Shafted by Prosecution and Own Lawyer
We recently reported on the case of a 15-year Sudanese refugee, known only as ‘JB’, who spent seven years in prison for murder after both the prosecution and his own defence lawyer acted improperly by withholding evidence which raised significant...
Official Gender Changes to be Made Easier
We are all issued with a certificate on the day we’re born, which is a document we hold onto for the remainder of our lives. It’s our Birth Certificate - an official record of our most basic personal details, including...
NSW Police Try to Shut Down Psyfari Music Festival
NSW police are continuing their push to close down music festivals. This time they’ve taken aim at Psyfari, despite the festival’s clean track record. On 25 August, around 5,000 revellers are expected to descend upon Capertee Valley – located in...
Police May Pursue Pell in Rome
As Victorian Police contemplate heading to Rome for an interview, Cardinal George Pell continues to deny allegations of child sexual assault levelled against him. A brief of evidence has now been prepared by the Office of the Director of Public...
Police Breach Legal Protocols in the Lead-up to Indigenous Death in Custody
NSW police detained Rebecca Maher early on the morning of July 19 this year on the side of Wollombi Road in Cessnock. Police say they were responding to reports from passing motorists about her highly intoxicated state. At around 1am,...
Legalise Abortion Now!
As Greens upper house member Mehreen Faruqi prepares to introduce new legislation to state Parliament, more than 100 law and criminology academics have weighed into the call for abortion to be legalised in New South Wales. It may be surprising...
Should Injecting Rooms Be Open to Pregnant Women?
NSW Health is currently undertaking a mandatory review of the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) in Kings Cross. The centre - the only one of its kind in Australia - was established in 2001 in response to an epidemic...
Is it ever ok for a man to punch a woman in the face?
In legal terms the answer is yes, as long as the man is acting in self-defence. A Magistrate has found that a young man who punched a woman unconscious outside a nightclub in the Newcastle CBD on Boxing Day, acted in...
Police Ignore Desperate Mother’s Pleas for Help
A grieving mother has laid a formal complaint against South Australian Police for not responding with urgency or empathy on the morning her 4-year old son Luca was killed by his father. The moment Julia Trinne realised her husband and...
