Fake Covid-19 Treatments Sold for Big Bucks on the Dark Web
The fear and panic caused by Covid-19 across the globe has provided online criminals with an avenue to profit. Potential ‘cures’ and ‘vaccines’ are being sold on the dark web for thousands of dollars. A research study into activity on...
COVID-19: Victoria Introduces Judge-Only Trials
One of the few rights guaranteed by the Australian Constitution is the right to a trial by jury. The right is contained in section 80 of the Constitution, which provides that: “The trial on indictment of any offence against any...
Scout Leader Sent to Prison For Child Sexual Offences
A former New South Wales scout leader has been given a full term of more than 31 years in prison after pleading guilty to 12 child sexual assault offences, including one count of sexual intercourse with a child under 10...
The Second Wave: How COVID Police Powers Could Become Permanent
The huge number of COVID-19 infections and deaths in the United States hasn’t prevented the right-wing nutjobs from taking to the streets - some bearing arms - calling for an end to lockdown restrictions and a prioritisation of economic activity...
Tanya Day’s Family Continue Fight to See Justice for Their Mother
Tanya Day’s children are continuing their campaign for justice in relation to their mother’s death in custody, following Victorian state coroner Caitlan English’s recommendation that two police officers involved in monitoring her be considered for criminal prosecution due to negligence....
Homeless Man Imprisoned For Sleeping on a Park Bench
Dwayne Kennedy has finally been freed after two bail applications by his lawyers had been unsuccessful, forcing them to apply for an urgent Supreme Court Bail hearing. In releasing Mr Kennedy, Victorian Supreme Court Judge Stephen Kaye found that a...
The Offence of Failing to School Your Child
Many New South Wales residents have been critical of the state government’s decision to keep schools open during COVID-19, believing the risk of infection outweighs the benefits of formal schooling. But when may it be illegal not to send your...
Drunken Shooter Avoids Prison Due to COVID-19
On the afternoon of 2 January 2019, Rodney Madex and his daughter Tammy were drinking alcohol together in their Glengarry North home in the Gippsland region of Victoria. And into the evening, the pair had a number of minor disagreements....
Peter Dutton Proposes Prison for Refusing to Provide Passwords
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been absent from the media spotlight in recent times, ever since he contracted coronavirus. And many are asking where the man at the helm of curtailing civil liberties on a federal level has been...
Westpac Accused of Enabling Child Sexual Offences
In amongst all of the COVID-19 news and updates, it seems we’ve been distracted from a lot of other important social issues. Climate change and domestic violence, for example, as well as the fact that Westpac is being investigated over...
