Sexual Harassment Rife Within the Legal Profession
The legal profession is reeling from media reports that it’s an industry where sexual harassment thrives and very little is done about it. The claims, made on the ABC’s 7.30 Programme, are backed up by research conducted by the Law...
Family Law System Grants Access to Child Sex Offenders
Abbey Hamersley was only 17 years old when her mother found her dead in her room, after having taken her own life. The young woman had been suffering depression and anorexia, before she lost her will to live in November...
Political Blogger Defends Freedom of Speech
As previously reported, political blogger Petros Khalesirad (pictured) is currently facing allegations of unlawfully stalking his local MP Brittany Lauga (also pictured). Mr Khalesirad’s bail conditions had prohibited him from using social media or any public forum to make comment...
Three LGBTI People Assaulted, But Couldn’t Report it as a Hate Crime
Another violent assault was perpetrated upon three members of Melbourne’s LGBTI community in the suburb of Footscray last Friday night. Transgender activist Starlady (pictured) and two of her friends were subjected to the attack that police officers allegedly said couldn’t be...
Shady nurse commits murder after her registration is reinstated
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim The Nursing Board of Victoria is facing criticism over its decision to allow a nurse to practise despite putting patients’ lives at risk. Since that decision, 49-year old nurse Megan Haines has been convicted...
Playmate Faces Criminal Charges Over Social Media Post
What do Playboy Playmate of the Year 2015 Dani Mathers and Kim Kardashian have in common? They both post nude pics on social media. But there’s one important difference – while Kim Kardashian posts pics of herself, Dani Mathers posted...
Trump vs Clinton: Crime Policies of the US Presidential Candidates
Later today, voters will decide who will be the next US President. While Australia is on the other side of the world, US policies on domestic and international law enforcement are influential well beyond the country’s borders - and indeed...
Turtle ‘Surfers’ Under Investigation
Three organisations with prosecutorial powers – the Department of Heritage and Environment, the RSPCA and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service – are investigating the actions of a Gold Coast man and his mate who took a photo of themselves standing on...
Aussie Child Sex Offender Gets 12 Years in Prison
Melbourne rugby player Michael Quinn (pictured) was recently sentenced in a Los Angeles court to twelve years imprisonment on child sex charges. The 33-year-old IVF geneticist was arrested in a hotel room in LA in May this year, as he...
Mullet Man Sues for Defamation
A western Sydney teenager whose photo went viral is suing several media outlets for defamation. Ali Mosslmani, known as Ziggy, was photographed at a friend’s 18th birthday last year and was soon made into a meme reproduced by the Daily...
