NSW Police Officer Charged with Sexual Assault
A 22-year old Sydney Police officer has been accused of raping one woman and groping another in separate incidents that are alleged to have occurred last year. The probationary constable was arrested at Granville Police Station following an investigation by...
“A Step Too Far”: Morrison Moves to Criminalise Cash Payments
Right now, the Morrison government is finalising legislation that will criminalise large cash transactions made to or accepted by individuals and businesses for goods and services transactions. The cash payment limit that will soon warrant prison time if breached is...
Revolution of Our Times: An Interview With Hong Kong Protester Silver Lee
The anti-extradition bill rallies in Hong Kong are now in their twelfth week. On Sunday 18 August, an estimated 1.7 million demonstrators - a quarter of the population - took to the city streets to protest in torrential rain. And...
“Do Not Forget Assange”: Calls to Bring the WikiLeaks Founder Home
“Do not forget Julian Assange. Or you will lose him,” tweeted John Pilger on 5 August. The veteran Australian journalist stated that he’d just visited the Wikileaks founder in London’s Belmarsh prison, and “his health is deteriorating”. “Treated worse than...
Should Jurors be Informed of a Defendant’s Criminal Record?
The Queensland government is proposing to broaden the situations where fact-finders - such as juries - are permitted to hear about a defendant’s criminal record, in a move which representatives of the legal profession argue will undermine the presumption of...
Paying Cash? You Could End Up In Prison
A proposed new law would make paying more than $10,000 in cash for goods or services a criminal offence. The proposed changes were first announced in the 2018-19 budget, and a draft of the legislation, called the Currency (Restrictions on...
Victoria to Decriminalise Public Drunkenness
The Victorian government has announced it will decriminalise public drunkenness, just days before the CoroniaI Inquest into the death of Indigenous woman Tanya Day. The death of Tanya Day The 55-year old Yorta Yorta woman caught a train from Echuca...
Prosecuting Whistleblower Richard Boyle Is Against the Public Interest
Former ATO officer Richard Boyle will stand trial before a jury in the District Court of South Australia on 66 charges - which carry a total maximum penality of 161 years behind bars - for exposing the tax office misappropriating...
Are There Situations Where a Person Who ‘Confesses’ Should Plead ‘Not Guilty’?
Tim Watkins was only 22 years old when he was left for dead by the side of Wilsons Creek Road earlier this year. He was riding his bicycle home from a mates’ house shortly after midnight on a road he...
Should George Pell Be Defrocked?
Child sexual abuse victims have all eyes on the Vatican, waiting for swift and decisive action by Pope Francis in the wake of George Pell’s failed appeal against his convictions. Unfortunately for them, they could be waiting for some time....
