Victorian Youth Justice Crisis: An Interview with Jesuit Social Services CEO Julie Edwards
Fifteen youths from Victoria’s Malmsbury youth justice centre rioted and then escaped from the facility on January 25. This led to what Victoria police called a “small crime wave.” The last two teens were apprehended by police 24 hours after the...
Tsunami of Legal Problems for Former Surfwear Boss
Ex-Billabong Chief Matthew Perrin has started his eight-year sentence at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre after being convicted of fraud, but his legal problems are far from over. The one-time high corporate high-flyer from the Gold Coast accumulated a $150 million...
Global Corruption Index Reports Disappointing Results for Australia
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim This week, Transparency International released its annual ‘Global Corruption Index’ which suggests that Australia has failed to improve on transparency and accountability, ranking at 13th place for the second year running, down from 8th...
History Repeats: The Parallels Between Trump and Hitler
In a 2010 interview, renowned political analyst and activist Noam Chomsky likened the political climate of the United States to that of the late Weimar Republic in Germany, right before Adolf Hitler became chancellor on January 30, 1933. Chomsky said...
NSW Chief Magistrate Blasts Defence Lawyers
Police in NSW enjoy the power to ‘shoot first and ask questions later’ - which means they can charge a person with a criminal offence on a mere ‘reasonable suspicion’, and try to gather evidence later. By contrast, police in...
Drop Appeal Against Racial Discrimination Ruling: An Interview with Professor Gracelyn Smallwood
Cameron Doomadgee died in police custody on Palm Island on November 19, 2004. The 36-year-old Indigenous man was arrested for being drunk and disorderly. Soon after being detained, he died from massive internal injuries. After the incident, Palm Island residents were...
Trump Unleashes War on Immigrants
Shock was the reaction many experienced when Donald Trump was announced as the next US president on November 8 last year. But as the dust settled and the wait for the inauguration was on, the question arose as to whether...
Renewed Calls to Protect Whistleblowers
Senator Nick Xenophon wants to get rid of laws that make it a criminal offence for public sector employees to leak information that is embarrassing to the government. The laws Section 70 of the Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) (‘the Act’)...
Dentist Sues Over Google Review
Google reviews are a valuable way to gauge the quality and performance of a business, and those who are a cut above the rest will normally see this reflected in their rating. They are also a handy way for customers...
Students Scammed by Dodgy Education Agencies
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Young international students who are spending thousands to receive a good education are being left out of pocket, after allegedly being scammed by unscrupulous education providers. It has been reported that approximately 100 students...
