Police May Pursue Pell in Rome
As Victorian Police contemplate heading to Rome for an interview, Cardinal George Pell continues to deny allegations of child sexual assault levelled against him. A brief of evidence has now been prepared by the Office of the Director of Public...
Police Breach Legal Protocols in the Lead-up to Indigenous Death in Custody
NSW police detained Rebecca Maher early on the morning of July 19 this year on the side of Wollombi Road in Cessnock. Police say they were responding to reports from passing motorists about her highly intoxicated state. At around 1am,...
Legalise Abortion Now!
As Greens upper house member Mehreen Faruqi prepares to introduce new legislation to state Parliament, more than 100 law and criminology academics have weighed into the call for abortion to be legalised in New South Wales. It may be surprising...
Is it ever ok for a man to punch a woman in the face?
In legal terms the answer is yes, as long as the man is acting in self-defence. A Magistrate has found that a young man who punched a woman unconscious outside a nightclub in the Newcastle CBD on Boxing Day, acted in...
Police Ignore Desperate Mother’s Pleas for Help
A grieving mother has laid a formal complaint against South Australian Police for not responding with urgency or empathy on the morning her 4-year old son Luca was killed by his father. The moment Julia Trinne realised her husband and...
Controlling Youth Crime: Victorian Summit May Lead to Results
Crime and youth experts have attended a Victoria Police Summit aimed at addressing issue of youth violence. The Summit was held in response to a spike in property and violent crimes - including car jackings, burglaries and larceny offences –...
Drug Use Soars Despite Spike in Arrests
Australian police conducted a record number of drug seizures in 2014-15, according to the recent Illicit Drug Data report from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. The 105,862 seizures represented an increase of 13.7% compared to drug busts during the previous...
Abuses of Power in Closed Institutions: A Better Way
The ABC’s exposé of abuse at Done Dale detention centre in the Northern Territory has shocked the Australian public and led Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to announce a Royal Commission into juvenile detention. Since the abuses hit the mainstream media,...
France Refuses to Glorify Terrorists
Several French media outlets have pledged to stop publishing the names and images of attackers linked to Islamic State in order to prevent them from being glorified. The pact is part of a wider debate about how media reports may...
2000 Cases of Abuse on Nauru Leaked to the Media
There are growing concerns that the Federal Government has failed to address concerns about treatment of those held in off-shore detention centres, and with thousands of files detailing allegations of abuse having been leaked to the media this week, the...
