New Zealand’s ‘Three Strikes and You’re Out’ Policy
Since 2010, New Zealand has implemented a ‘three strikes policy’ to crack down on repeat offenders. The laws take power away from the courts when it comes to determining penalties for those convicted of multiple serious offences, and can lead...
Lawyers Must Fight for Human Rights
NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst spoke at the Law Society’s Opening of the Law Term dinner this month, raising concerns about the withering-away our most fundamental legal safeguards and protections. In response to a recent inquiry by the Australian Law...
Newspaper: It’s Time to Legalise and Regulate Cannabis
The Economist refers to itself as a newspaper providing expert economic analysis. One of the its stated aims is to “take part in a severe contest between intelligence, which presses forward, and an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress.” In...
Magistrate ‘Unimpressed’ by Police Ignorance of the Law
When police arrested and fined 27-year-old Sydney drag queen Aaron Manahan - AKA ‘Aaron Manhattan’ - for urinating in public, he decided to make light of the situation by playing what he thought would be a harmless prank. The day...
Inspirational Australian Lawyers
Law has traditionally been the domain of those from relatively privileged backgrounds. But there are some individuals who have broken the mould of the stereotypical lawyer - overcoming discrimination, adversity and extreme poverty to become some of the most respected...
Iron Boy Saves Sydney!
Evil forces have been causing havoc in Sydney – but they have met their match with the NSW Police Force’s new secret weapon. At around 9am on Thursday morning, nine-year-old Domenic Pace received a call from senior police requesting his...
Do AVOs Protect Domestic Violence Victims?
Last week, yet another woman died a violent death in Australia. Sharon Michelutti is the fourth woman recorded by Destroy the Joint in their Counting Dead Women 2016 project, which reports deaths resulting from violence against women. The count for...
Oral Sex May Become Illegal in Michigan
Australia’s infamous “crimes against nature” laws, which oppressed homosexual men by outlawing anal sex, were repealed decades ago. Over the past few years, there have been moves in several parts of country to facilitate the removal of entries from the...
Stealing Wildlife is No Laughing Matter
WA Police were surprised by an unusual visitor at Kensington Police Station over the weekend. A critically endangered radiated tortoise was left inside a backpack at the station. Police later discovered the tortoise, who was showing signs of distress, had...
Law School to Introduce Admission Test
Law is one of the most difficult degrees to get into; with most law schools accepting only the best and brightest students from across the nation. Traditionally, entry into a law degree has been based on a school leaver’s Australian...
