Byron Bay Mum Faces Murder Charges in Bali
A romantic overseas getaway has turned into a nightmare for Byron Bay mother Sara Connor. Connor is back in court in Denpasar this week, facing murder charges over the death of a Balinese policeman in August. She is being tried...
Free pill testing kits will be available at music festivals
Free pill-testing kits will flood Sydney’s music festivals this summer, despite Mike Baird refusing to formally implement the harm minimisation measure. Fed up with the government’s “unrealistic” zero-tolerance approach, drug reformists are taking matters into their own hands by vowing...
Lawyer who engaged in professional misconduct keeps his job
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim NSW lawyer’s career was saved this week in a last ditch appeal to the NSW Court of Appeal after the Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) ordered that he be ‘struck off’ the roll of...
History Repeats: Are We Heading Towards Another World War?
A fleet of eight Russian warships sailed through the English Channel late last month, on their way to the Mediterranean Sea. And while this body of water along the British coast is an international zone, Moscow’s show of strength raised...
Youth Crime: Incarceration is Not the Answer
A fight broke out between two groups at Melbourne’s inner city Birrarung Marr park on March 12 this year. The altercation sparked the Moomba riots that erupted across the city’s CBD that night. Two more brawls took place between groups...
“Complex legal language” is a barrier to justice
One of Australia’s leading lawyers believes complicated legal terms are a barrier to ordinary people achieving justice in the legal system. The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal (NCAT) is a ‘one-stop-shop’ for specialist tribunal services in NSW. The tribunal’s head,...
End the Stolen Generation: An Interview with GMAR’s Aunty Hazel Collins
Currently, there are 15,000 Indigenous children living in out-of-home care in Australia. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are nine times more likely to be forcibly removed from their families, than non-Indigenous children. A report released by Family Matters -...
The Netherlands Closes Prisons, While Australia Builds More
As previously reported, the Dutch prison system is suffering a curious problem: they don’t have enough inmates, so they’re closing down prisons. In 2014, the government shutdown 19 facilities, while in 2009, they closed the doors on eight. And in...
Where Will the Global Rise of the Far-Right Take Us?
A surge in hate crimes has followed the surprise election win of US president-elect Donald Trump. The Southern Poverty Law Centre has reported over 300 cases since election day, with Muslims, Latinos, African Americans and transgender people all being targeted....
Australian Child Sex Offenders May be Banned from Travelling Overseas
The Federal Government is proposing new laws which would prohibit child sex offenders from leaving Australia. The announcement has been hailed as a win for Australia’s oldest and perhaps most controversial senator, Derryn Hinch - also known as the “Human...
