Police Officer Sent to Prison Over Fatal Collision
An officer who crashed while speeding to a non-urgent call killing a man and leaving his wife with permanent injuries has been sentenced to three years in prison. Former Tasmanian police officer, Aaron Bonner, was responding to a non-urgent call...
Dangerous Driver Who Killed Pregnant Woman Wins Appeal
The court heard that Richard Moananu began drinking about 10am on 28 September 2018 before getting behind the wheel of his silver Mazda at around 6.45pm. He collided head on into a car carrying a young man and his pregnant...
Are Police Officers Required to Follow the Road Rules?
A Victorian police officer is facing up to ten years in prison after being charged with speeding and reckless driving offences. 47-year old Leading Senior Constable Brad Beecroft was charged after he allegedly travelled up to 230km/h to reach a...
Roadside Drug Testing Aims to Punish Illicit Users, Not Save Lives
Back in 1970s Australia, drink driving was socially acceptable amongst a large portion of the population. And whilst on the books it was outlawed, unless a vehicle was discernibly swerving its way down a road, a drunk driver would likely make...
Road Fatalities on the Rise Despite COVID Lockdowns
Despite Covid lockdowns right across the country for large chunks of last year and the year before, road fatalities are on the rise. The pressure is now on governments at both the state and federal level to reassess road safety...
Calls to Legalise eScooters and to Increase Power and Speed Caps for eBikes in NSW
The New South Wales Productivity Commission has long urged a review of laws regulating eBikes and eScooters, citing economic, environmental, and public health benefits. Now, in 2025, these calls are being answered – with the NSW Government moving closer to...
NSW Government Backflips on Speed Camera Warning Signs
The New South Wales Government is set to re-introduce speed camera warning signs across the state from February next year - backflipping on its November 2020 decision to take the signs off the road. The removal of warning signs was...
Driver Who Filmed Dying Police Officer Released from Prison
The Porsche driver who filmed a dying police officer on the side of the highway last year has been released after spending 10 months behind bars. At the same time, he has been banned by the Australian Securities and Investments...
The Need for a Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence: An Interview With Former Magistrate David Heilpern
The NSW government introduced the state’s much maligned drug driving laws in 2007. The regime criminalises any trace of the psychoactive component of cannabis, THC, in the system whilst driving. The federal government, however, legalised the use of medicinal cannabis...
The Offence of Participation in a Criminal Group in New South Wales
30-year old Dylan Farrell, who once played for the St George Illawarra Dragon and South Sydney Rabbitohs, has been arrested in Nowra, south-east New South Wales. Police say he was arrested at around 8.30am on Thursday, 8 July 2021 when...
