Beware, Police Are Watching!
Reports that American police officers have been using fake Facebook profiles to track activists, whistle blowers and suspected criminals have raised privacy concerns closer to home. According to Tec.Mic, Police departments across the United States are using false Facebook accounts,...
Uncertain Future for Manus Island Asylum Seekers
By Matthew Drogemuller This week’s decision by a Papua New Guinean court that the detention of 850 asylum seekers held in the Australian-controlled detention centre on Manus Island unlawfully breaches their rights means the Centre must be shut down. In...
Police Keep Jobs Despite Committing Crimes
Police officers swear an oath to uphold and enforce the law, and many feel it is both hypocritical and damaging to the integrity of the force for officers to commit criminal offences during their period of service. Many also believe...
Meals-on-Wheels Thief Learns Her Fate
72-year old Marlene Barry will serve the next 15 months on home detention in Sydney, after being sentenced by Magistrate Favretto in Downing Centre Local Court for stealing almost $150,000 from the Benevolent Society. Court reports say Ms Barry worked...
The $80,000 Facebook Post
Scotland Island is described as “a thriving, vibrant and welcoming community situated in the Pittwater estuary, Sydney”. But when disgruntled Island resident Matthew Palmer put up posters warning of dogs owned by another resident, Nader Mohareb, he started a chain of...
Grand Mufti Sues News Corp for Defamation
Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohammed, the Grand Mufti of Australia, has filed a defamation suit against Sydney’s Daily Telegraph over a series of news stories the paper published about him last year. On 18 November, just days after the Paris terrorist...
Is There a Need for Frequent Drug Testing Throughout the NSW Police Force?
Last week, we reported on the case of Tara Radford, a Queensland Police Officer who was caught at Stereosonic with a line of cocaine and half a tablet of ecstasy. Ms Radford was one of 139 people arrested over the course...
60 Minutes Wasn’t Thinking About the Kids
During the afternoon of the 6th April, ABC online published a story about the 60 Minutes crew being detained in Lebanon while filming a story. The news article reported that foreign affairs minister Julie Bishop was, at the time, seeking...
Without Privacy There Is No Freedom
Whistleblower Edward Snowden’s first email to Laura Poitras reads like something from a spy novel: “At this stage I can offer nothing more than my word. I am a senior government employee in the intelligence community. I hope you understand...
Domestic Violence Records Now Accessible
New South Wales residents concerned about the risk of domestic violence are now be able to apply to access their partner’s criminal history. In an Australian first, NSW police are now able to reveal convictions related to murder, manslaughter, sexual...
