Calling Out Drug Dogs: An Interview With Inner West Greens Councillor Tom Kiat
Inner West Greens Councillor Tom Kiat tipped off his Facebook page followers who might have been attending the Edge festival in Ashfield on 6 September about drug detection dogs that were present at the local train station. The post subsequently gained the...
Sexting Amongst Consenting Teens is Now Legal
A range of new laws have been introduced in the wake of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Amongst them, are laws which repeal the criminalisation of teens of similar age who engage in consensual ‘sexting’. What...
Morrison’s Xmas Gift: New Laws to Further Erode Your Civil Liberties
The Abbott/Turnbull and now Morrison government has unleashed a swag of draconian laws in the final parliamentary sitting weeks of this year. And it’s hoping to ram through another lot before this last week is out. The Defence Amendment (Call Out...
Voices for Change: Shifting Attitudes Via the Media to End Gender-Based Violence
In November last year, Alia and her 2-year-old daughter Emily showed up at a Newcastle support service after having fled a domestic violence situation. A Bangladeshi national on a student visa with no money, Alia was left with little options...
High Court Refuses to Hide Disgraceful Conduct of Barrister and Police
The Victorian Government has called for a Royal Commission into the underworld lawyer scandal that has jeopardised at least 22 convictions and possibly hundreds, potentially affecting some of the state’s most serious cases. Police fight to suppress information Victorian Police...
Facing Prison Time Over Son’s Cannabis Medicine: An Interview With Jamie Blake
Next Monday, Jamie Blake and his partner Stephanie McKay are to stand trial in the Rockhampton Supreme Court over drug charges that could see them behind bars. The reason they’re facing prison is they were trying to help their autistic child....
US Cop who Shot Dead Aussie Woman Could Face Upgraded Charges
Prosecutors in Minneapolis are seeking to upgrade the primary charge against a policeman who killed 40-year old Australian woman Justine Damond Ruszczyk. Officer Mohamed Noor was initially was charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, after he shot dead former...
Cannabis Legalisation in Australia: It’s Only a Matter of Time
The United States led the way in establishing the international system of drug prohibition last century. The intensification of drug law enforcement known as the war on drugs was launched by US president Richard Nixon in 1971. Even in India -...
Alleged Child Sex Offender Faces Life Imprisonment if Convicted
A Sydney man is facing a maximum penalty of life imprisonment if convicted of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 10 years. 54-year old Kogarah resident Anthony Peter Sampieri is charged with 11 offences relating to the alleged...
Woman Commences Private Prosecution After Police Refuse to Charge her Alleged Attacker
A Queensland woman has decided to launch a private criminal prosecution against her former partner after police refused to charge him over an incident where he allegedly brought a can of petrol into their home, doused her with petrol and...
