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Expert Family Court Witness Guilty of Child Sexual Assault

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Bob Montgomery, a psychologist who spent time working as an expert witness for the family court, and was also the psychologist for the TV reality show Big Brother, has pleaded guilty to historical child sexual abuse. He faces up to...

Stop Police Brutality: NSW Police Officer Assaults Indigenous Teen

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As groups of police officers in the United States put down their weapons and stood alongside protesters railing against the death of black men in custody, video footage emerged of an Indigenous teenager being thrown to the ground by a...

Government to Refund $720 Million Extorted Through Robodebt

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The Federal Government has announced it will refund more than $720 million dollars to people who were unlawfully issued with debt notices under Robodebt, which many have labelled an extortion scheme targeting those without means to challenge it. And although...

Dutton Continues to Build the Surveillance State

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Right before the COVID-19 pandemic forced the nation into lockdown, home affairs minister Peter Dutton introduced a new piece of legislation into parliament that would allow foreign security agencies to access the private data of Australian citizens. Currently under review,...

Sydney Lawyer Allegedly Sacked for Refusing to Lie

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A corporate lawyer has commenced proceedings in the Federal Circuit Court after he was terminated from his position as a senior legal adviser with Meriton Property Services for allegedly refusing to lie in an affidavit. Sydney lawyer Joseph Callahan is...

Uniting Against Police Brutality: Officer Murders Civilian on Busy Street

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Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt down upon the neck of George Floyd last Monday, as the African American man lay face down on the side of the road in broad daylight. The white cop continued to rest his body...

Man Imprisoned for Assaulting and Raping Own Mother

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A Western Australian man who physically assaulted his 56-year old mother before sexually assaulting her three times has been sentenced to a full-term of 17 years in prison. According to court papers, the man - whose identity is subject to...

Teen Fined $1,000 for Not Breaking the Law

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Public pressure is mounting over the heavy-handed actions of New South Wales police officers during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen them handing out tens of thousands of dollars in fines, with the latest being to a teenager who had...

Officer Who Punched Teen in the Head Cleared of Misconduct

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Questions are being as a result of Victorian Police refusing to release details that would explain why a female police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing after punching a 15-year old girl in the head at a pro-marijuana rally....

Victorian Government Wants COVID-19 Powers to be Permanently Expanded

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Under its original strategy to enforce public health laws which were created at the height of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Victorian Government expanded the powers of ‘protective services officers’ (PSOs) on an emergency basis. Now, they want those powers not...
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