Making the Most of Practical Legal Training
A career in law can be stimulating and rewarding, but it is also very stressful and demanding. The academic work is difficult, and no matter how well you do, you won’t be allowed to practice as a lawyer until you...
Moving Backwards with Bail – Is Making Bail Harder a Good or Bad Thing?
The long-awaited overhaul of the outdated Bail Act 1978 has encountered many bumps in the road towards reform. Since it came into effect on 20 May 2014, the new Bail Act 2013 has sparked fierce debate from all ends of...
New Offender Monitoring Equipment Introduced
The NSW Government has just announced that it is going to be using new, cutting edge offender monitoring equipment to keep track of those on extended supervision orders and parole. The new equipment includes a range of anklets along with...
Biting the Bullet: Should Bulletproof Vests be Legalised?
The spate of recent shootings across New South Wales has re-ignited debate about Australia’s tough weapons restrictions. Some have advocated a more liberal approach to gun laws, going as far to say that if staff in the Lindt café siege...
Human Rights Commission President Recommends Releasing Convicted Killer into the Community
Gillian Triggs is the former Dean of the University of Sydney Law School and current president of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Triggs has created outrage by recommending that John Basikbasik, a refugee from Indonesia who was convicted of manslaughter,...
Installing Speed Limiters to Vehicles: The Answer to Speeding?
A parliamentary committee has suggested a number of new measures to be implemented in NSW this year in a bid to tackle speeding, and reduce the number of speeding-related road accidents. One of the measures under discussion involves fitting repeat...
The Use of Drones in Different Situations: Should There Be Greater Legal Clarity?
It started with smartphones. Within the space of a short few years, virtually everyone now has the ability to record and photograph other people at any time and in any place. Although smartphones have raised a number of privacy concerns,...
Psychiatric Clinic Knowingly Employs Child Sex Offender: Should People Be Given a Second Chance?
One Dutch psychiatric clinic which offers help from a Christian perspective has made headlines because of its decision to employ a psychiatrist who has a conviction for possessing a large quantity of child pornography. In 2012, he was found to...
What Should Happen to Kids who Commit Violent Crimes?
Have you ever wondered what happens to children who committed violent crimes? One horrific case, the murder of James Bulger in the UK, shocked the world in 1993. The two-year-old toddler, James Bugler, was kidnapped from a shopping mall, tortured...
Should Returning Terrorism Suspects be Forced to Wear Tracking Devices?
It has been suggested terrorism suspects returning from overseas terrorist hot-spots should be forced to wear tracking devices for at least two years if they remain in the community when they return to Australia. Fitting such a device on an...
