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Australia’s infamous “crimes against nature” laws, which oppressed homosexual men by outlawing anal sex, were repealed decades ago.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...
Amnesty Calls for Independent Review of Alleged Police Brutality
Imagine this: five police officers burst through the door of your home one night. They grab your 16-year-old son, claiming he is being arrested for domestic violence. Not only do they tackle the boy, they enter your 17-year-old daughter’s room...
Police Party Poopers and the Death of a Vibrant City
Sydney City used to be a regular hangout for partygoers from all over the world: with a vast array of venues offering a wide selection of entertainment, there was always something to keep even the most discerning patron engaged until...
Cardinal Pell Again Avoids Attending Royal Commission
The man at the centre of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has been excused from giving evidence in person - much to the outrage of victims and their families. The 74-year-old Cardinal has been accused...
Police Get Serious About Enforcing Laser Pointer Laws
While it may sound like fun to play superhero with a pocket laser, as Obi-Wan Kenobi has said, a lightsaber is “the weapon of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a blaster. An elegant weapon for a...
The Milgram Experiment: Torturing People to Satisfy Authorities
In the aftermath of World War II, the true horror of the Holocaust became apparent to the world. But it wasn’t just German military officers who were complicit in the atrocities – a large segment of the general population, from...
‘Justice’ Becomes Unachievable for Most
Lawyers don’t come cheap, and there are concerns that legal representation is becoming unaffordable, and not just in Australia. UK newspaper The Guardian reports that lawyers in Britain are out of reach for most households - and many feel the...
