Cameras Replacing Sketch Artists Inside the Courtroom
Courtroom sketch artists were once revered as the eyes of the public, capturing the visual drama of a trial and allowing the public to put a picture to the story. But as technology encroaches on all aspects of modern life,...
Political Correctness, Racial Profiling and Policing
Last weekend saw groups of young people rioting through the city of Melbourne, disrupting the city’s annual Moomba family festival. Melbourne police reported that the property damage and violence carried out towards festivalgoers was largely the work of the Apex...
2016 Census Change: Another Attack on Privacy
The 2016 Census is hardly a forum you’d expect to become a battleground for civil liberties, but this is precisely what is occurring due to the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ (ABS) unprecedented plan to retain personal data. On December 18...
Childlike Sex Dolls: Safe Outlet or Encouragement for Paedophiles?
Earlier this year, Shin Takagi opened up to The Atlantic about the struggles he has endured living as a paedophile who has never acted on his attraction to children. He uses his Japanese company Trottla to sell lifelike child sex...
‘Carpets for Communities’ and ‘The Orangutan Project’
Carpets for Communities Cambodia is a cultural wonderland: with its incredible architecture, breathtaking natural beauty and rich history, the country has become a tourist hotspot in recent years. But beneath its natural beauty, Cambodia carries the scars of a brutal...
Social Media: Helping Police to Crack Down on Centrelink Fraud
Australia has a relatively broad welfare system - with the federal government funding around $150 billion per year in benefits - a figure that is set to rise in coming years with our aging population. But not everyone plays by...
NSW’s Anti-Protest Package: Unconstitutional?
Australian legal bodies and human rights advocates warn that New South Wales’ controversial new anti-protest laws pander to the mining industry, stripping citizens of their rights and granting police excessive powers. The Inclosed Lands, Crimes and Law Enforcement Legislation Amendment...
Bullying to Become a Crime
Bullying comes in all shapes and sizes: from toxic employees forming chat groups to mock and disparage colleagues, to students forming pacts to ignore or gang up on others, to physical abuse. The question of how we should best deal...
AVOs May Soon Apply Across Australia
Government initiatives have so far failed to stamp-out the epidemic of domestic violence in Australia. Last week, NSW Attorney-General Gabrielle Upton appealed to all states and territories to follow NSW in tracking the movement of domestic violence offenders to other...
Private Prisons Planned for New South Wales
Private operators will be invited to tender to manage at least one prison in New South Wales, according to Corrections Minister David Elliott (above left) Speaking this morning, Mr Elliott announced the NSW Government’s plan to allow the private sector...
