What Happens to Your Digital Information When You Die?
As we live more and more of our lives online, it may be time to consider what happens to our ‘digital property’ when we die. When considering end of life planning, many will think primarily about property - such as...
NSW Lawyer Struck Off and Prosecuted For Fraud
When applying to be admitted into the Australian legal profession, law graduates are required to undergo a character test to determine whether they are a “fit and proper person” to engage in legal practise. However, there are lawyers who -...
Politicians Should be Allowed to Criticise Judges, Argues Former High Court Justice
Former High Court Justice Dyson Heydon has written a searing critique of a hearing last year in the Victorian Court of Appeal (VCA), which determined whether to prosecute three federal ministers for contempt of court after they criticised the Victorian...
What Information Comes Up in a Criminal Record Check?
Many employees across Australia require a criminal record check before they are able to commence employment. And those who wish to travel to, or work in, certain overseas countries may also be required to obtain one. Criminal history checks are...
Buyers Beware: Non-Existent Tickets for Sale
A 33-year old man from Queensland has been charged with fraud after allegedly accepting online payments for tickets to singer Ed Sheeran’s recent concerts in Brisbane and Sydney, but never delivering them. The current charges relate to two complainants, with...
Killer Cop Charged with Murder
The police officer who shot and killed unarmed Australian woman Justine Damond last July has turned himself in to authorities. Ms Damond was wearing her pyjamas the night she was shot dead by US police officer Mohamed Noor from the...
NSW Police Set to Harass Traffic Offenders at their Homes
New South Wales police officers will be randomly “visiting” the homes of traffic offenders as part of a strategy which police commissioner Mick Fuller claims is designed to deter them from reoffending. Knock knock, it’s police Mr Fuller has directed...
George Pell’s Committal Hearing: Some Sexual Assault Charges to be Dropped
Crown prosecutor Mark Gibson SC has foreshadowed that a number of criminal charges brought against Cardinal George Pell, Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic, will be formally withdrawn because the complainant they relate to is “medically unfit to give evidence”. It is expected...
New Police Watchdog Lacks the Funding to Investigate Complaints
The new NSW police watchdog has revealed that due to a lack of funding it’s had to forego monitoring a large number of already active critical incident investigations, as well as disregard more than fifty police integrity complaints. In a...
Dutton’s White Australia Policy
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton has once again sparked a furore over his refugee policies. On March 14, the minister revealed to the Daily Telegraph that he’s instructed his department to look into fast-tracking humanitarian visas for “persecuted” white South...