Family Compensated Over Unlawful Police Raid
Aboriginal elder Marjorie Rose has been waiting a long time for justice - but her day has finally come, with a District Court Judge recently awarding the 81-year-old woman and her family $370,000 in compensation for an illegal police raid....
Murder: Separating Fact from Fiction
Although psychopathic serial killers and bizarre murder plots feature heavily in Hollywood films, they are relatively uncommon in real life. And while there are indeed many unsolved murders in Australia, most killings are committed by those who are known to...
WA Introduces Tough Laws Against Protesters
Not one, not two, but three United Nations Special Rapporteurs have raised concerns about the Western Australian Government’s new laws targeting protesters, which are scheduled for debate in parliament tomorrow. The UN has sent a letter urging MPs to vote...
Don’t Buy a Used Car Before Reading This
It’s a trick used to make any old car appear less used: winding back the odometer. Although it is relatively easy to do on older cars with manual odometers, tampering with newer, digital odometers is also possible. That is just...
Students to Fight for Justice
While most law students are frantically scrambling to complete assessments and cramming for final exams, a group of driven students from the University of Sydney will be going the extra mile in a bid to fight for justice. A handpicked...
Government to Remove More Legal Safeguards
Several of our previous blogs have outlined the wholesale curtailment of human rights in Australia- ostensibly passed to protect us against the threat of terrorism. While the government claims the laws are necessary for national security reasons, many are concerned...
Criminal Justice Visas and Stay Certificates
Needless to say, people who are accused of crimes in Australia can be charged even if they are not Australian citizens or permanent residents; but are just here on working, study or holiday visas. So what happens if a temporary...
Forgotten Victims: The Families of Serial Killers
There is little sympathy for one group of victims affected by a serial killer’s reign of terror. Under the ferocious glare of the public and the weight of their own shame, desperate mothers, regretful fathers, angry daughters, and broken sons...
Court Overturns Jury’s Decision and Releases Convicted Murderer
Sydney man Moustapha Dib was convicted of murder in 2012 and sentenced to at least 30 years in prison; but he walked free from Goulburn jail on Monday after serving just over three years behind bars. Dib had previously been...
Barrister Cleared of Murder Gets Life Back on Track
Perth barrister Lloyd Rayney once made a living prosecuting criminal cases - but in an ironic twist of fate, the former Crown prosecutor was charged with his wife’s murder in 2010. Corryn Rayney’s body was found in a shallow grave...
