No Overseas Travel for Child Sex Offenders
Australia is on the brink of introducing world-first legislation that will stop those convicted of child sex offenders from travelling overseas, in a bid to prevent offending abroad. Sex tourism has become big business globally, particularly developing nations such as...
NSW Lawyer Struck Off For Producing False Evidence
On 19 April 1996, Mark Ireland was admitted to practice as a solicitor in New South Wales. Seventeen years into his career, the lawyer engaged in professional misconduct and was struck off the roll of legal practitioners on 26 May this year....
Bosses Regularly Get Away with Ripping-Off Their Workers
A recent decision by the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO) highlights the leniency that is frequently afforded to employers who illegally underpay their employees. Former CDPP prosecutor Robert Corr highlights the fact that it is rare for bosses who rip-off their...
NSW Police Fail to Secure Crime Scenes When Officers Are Suspected of Serious Crimes
Crime scenes are being left unsecured in 42% of cases where NSW police are involved in death or serious injury. The failure has been detailed in a report by the Police Integrity Commission (PIC), raising concerns that crime scenes are...
Passenger in Stolen Car Cannot Sue Driver
A teenager who suffered brain injuries in an accident in a stolen car driven by one of his mates, has been told by the Supreme Court that he cannot sue the driver for damages. The teenager took his fight to...
Silk Road Creator’s Life Sentence Fails to Deter Online Drug Transactions
Ross Ulbricht, founder of the online drug marketplace Silk Road, had his life sentence confirmed by a US Federal appeals court on May 31. Mr Ulbricht, known online as Dread Pirate Roberts, created the site in 2011. In its heyday, Silk Road...
Lawyers Angry Over Immigration Minister’s Attack on Asylum Seekers
Federal Immigration Minister, Peter Dutton, has once again managed to create false headlines in an attempt to further demonise asylum seekers. Many groups - from journalists, to immigration lawyers and refugee advocates – have called the Federal Minister out over...
From the Prison Cell to the Street and Back Again
Imprisonment rates in Australia are at an all-time high. At the end of March this year, there were 12,955 adult inmates in NSW correctional facilities, according to NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research figures. The overwhelming majority of these prisoners are...
Drug Driving Charges Are On the Rise
Back in December 2015, the NSW government announced it was tripling the amount of roadside drug testing police were carrying out annually to 97,000 tests by 2017. And not surprisingly, the amount of people being charged with drug driving has more than tripled....
Surf Rage – The Scourge On Our Beaches
Australian beaches can be a dangerous place and, apparently, it’s not just the big fish you have to be wary of if you’re a surfer. A 29-year old is the latest person to be charged over a surf rage incident,...
