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...
Corruption in Australia on the Rise
Australia’s leading anti-corruption organisation has outlined a range of measures it says are needed for our nation to reclaim its place as a world-leader in fighting corruption. Transparency International Australia (TIA) is concerned by Australia’s drop from sixth to 12th position...
Indigenous deaths in custody – 25 years on from the Royal Commission
An Indigenous family is facing the Coroner’s Court in Queensland, searching for answers about the death of Bradley Coolwell, who died in 2011 after being restrained in Logan Hospital. For Coolwell’s family, hearing accounts of Bradley’s final days has been...
Accused Murderer Visits Dreamworld on Bail
Despite breaching her bail, a mentally impaired Melbourne woman accused of murder has had her bail continued, albeit on tougher conditions. Georgia Fields and two men, Jake Fairest and Warwick Toohey, are accused of murdering Robert Wright, who fell to...
