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...
Fire Fighters Targeted by Thieves While Putting Their Lives at Risk
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim. Mangoola Rural Fire Brigade worked tirelessly last week to protect the Hunter Community from several large blazes. The volunteers selflessly put themselves between raging fires and property in an attempt to keep people, livestock...
Facing the Music: Extradition to Australia
Extradition is a way of ensuring that those suspected of crimes cannot avoid prosecution by fleeing to another country. As previously reported, the federal government administers and controls the extradition process in Australia. The federal Attorney General or Justice Minister...
Untold Current Atrocities: Myanmar’s Persecution of the Rohingya
As Myanmar’s security forces begin arming Rakhine Buddhist civilians in the northern state of Rakhine, local Rohingya Muslims are set to face new waves of persecution. Last week, Rakhine police chief Colonel Sein Lwin said his force was recruiting a...
False Reports to Triple-Zero Putting Lives at Risk
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Aesop was a slave and storyteller who lived in Ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BC, and ‘The Boy who Cried Wolf’ was one of his most famous fables. The story is about a...
Helping Trans Youth: An Interview with Inner City Legal Centre’s Hilary Kincaid
Sammi is an 18-year-old transgender woman who lives in Sydney’s Northern Beaches. She’s a keen photographer and a filmmaker. “Like approximately 4 in 2,000 kids I was born into the wrong body,” Sammi explains. “With a birth certificate telling me...
Police Officer Jokes About Giving Victim’s Address to Abusive Partner
A female victim of domestic violence feels betrayed by the Queensland Police Service (QPS), after a senior officer allegedly released her contact information to her abusive former partner. The victim, who trying to keep her address secret to prevent further...
Sexual Harassment Rife Within the Legal Profession
The legal profession is reeling from media reports that it’s an industry where sexual harassment thrives and very little is done about it. The claims, made on the ABC’s 7.30 Programme, are backed up by research conducted by the Law...
Family Law System Grants Access to Child Sex Offenders
Abbey Hamersley was only 17 years old when her mother found her dead in her room, after having taken her own life. The young woman had been suffering depression and anorexia, before she lost her will to live in November...
Political Blogger Defends Freedom of Speech
As previously reported, political blogger Petros Khalesirad (pictured) is currently facing allegations of unlawfully stalking his local MP Brittany Lauga (also pictured). Mr Khalesirad’s bail conditions had prohibited him from using social media or any public forum to make comment...
