Chemical Castration of Child Sex Offenders: Is it Effective?
There has been a national crackdown on child sex offending in recent months, with NSW Premier Mike Baird announcing tougher maximum penalties and ‘standard non-parole periods’ earlier this year. But NSW Justice Minister Troy Grant wants to go one step...
The Australian Border Force: What Powers Do They Have?
If you watched the news towards the end of last week, chances are you heard about the Australian Border Force (ABF) debacle which sparked a massive protest in Melbourne’s CBD on Friday afternoon. The outrage was triggered by a poorly-worded...
Bail Laws to Get Tougher for Suspected Terrorists
Regular readers of our blog will know that the NSW government has been changing the law on bail more frequently than most of us can keep up with. And now, the Baird government has announced that more changes are on...
Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia: Helping Vulnerable Girls and Women
Imagine being married off to a man much older than you while still a young teenager. Then, imagine getting pregnant, in a community with little access to technology or modern medicine to assist in a successful childbirth. This is the...
Can All Lawyers Give Migration Law Advice?
As we discussed in one of our recent blogs, questions about visas often arise when advising on criminal law cases. In recent years, a number of changes to the law have confused the question of who is permitted to give...
Watch What You Say! Defamation and Social Media
Anyone using social media can be a publisher for the purposes of Australian defamation laws, and any publisher can be liable for defamation. This can even include re-publishing or otherwise promoting the defamatory statements of others. The tweet that caused...
Gold Coast Police Assault Man at Station
Last week, we published a blog about the courageous Sergeant Rick Flori, a former policeman at the Surfers Paradise Police Station who was suspended from work and charged with ‘misconduct in public office’ after leaking footage of his colleagues brutally...
Should Police Have to Justify Searching People?
In New York, police officers will soon be required to hand out cards titled ‘what is a stop?’ to those that they stop and search, but do not arrest.. The laws will come into effect on 21 September 2015, and...
Sex Work and the Law
From Hollywood to vocal anti-trafficking groups, sex work has long been demonised as criminal behaviour. However, Amnesty International has now recognised that this should not be the case, passing a resolution saying that sex work should be decriminalised. At an...
Village Roadshow to Sue Illegal Downloaders
Are you amongst the 29% of Aussies over the age 18 who regularly download content through illegal means? If so, you could soon be facing legal action from one of Australia’s largest media conglomerates, Village Roadshow. In an interview earlier...
