“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...
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...
