What is the Role of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority?
Controversial New South Wales Opus Dei schools are now under investigation by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) after recent media coverage which raised concerns about the school curriculum. A story, which recently aired on ABC’s 4 Corners,...
We’re Taking Back Our Land and Future, Says Black Peoples Union’s Kieran Stewart-Assheton
The Invasion Day protests held in major urban centres across the continent on 26 January saw a determined rejection of the Albanese government-led proposal for a referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament to be enshrined in the Australian Constitution....
Protesting Pell’s Legacy of Enabling Child Sex Offences
As George Pell’s body lays in state at St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney in preparation today’s mass, there are tens of thousands of ribbons being tied to fences surrounding the church. The ribbons are intended as a reminder of those...
Employer-Paid Domestic Violence Leave is Now Available to Employees
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has taken to the airwaves to boast of his government’s passing of legislation which entitles those who are affected by domestic violence to up to 10 days of paid leave per year, replacing previous laws which...
The “Hi Mum” Scam and the Offence of Fraud
A 21-year-old Victorian man has been charged with five counts of obtaining property by deception for fraudulent transactions linked to the increasing popular “Hi Mum” scam. But what is the “Hi Mum” scam? How does it fit into the legal...
Onshore Immigration Detention Centres are Rife With Abuses, Ombudsman Finds
During disturbances at Christmas Island’s North West Point Immigration Detention Centre early last year, staff were found to have engaged in using fire extinguishers and other firefighting equipment upon detainees. This use was unauthorised but appeared to be planned and...
Prison Guards Contravened Remandee’s Human Rights, Coroner Finds
Victorian Coroner Simon McGregor has ruled found Veronica Nelson’s human rights were repeatedly breached from the time of her arrest on 30 December 2019, to her death a few days later, on 2 January 2020, at women’s prison Dame Phyllis...
What is the Difference Between First, Second and Third Degree Murder?
Unlawful killings in Australia are divided into two broad categories: Murder, which is a person kills another with the intention to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm, or with reckless indifference to human life, or during or immediately after the...
The Laws Relating to Public Nudity in New South Wales
Free the Nipple is a feminist campaign with goals to make it legal and socially acceptable for women to be topless in public and to post topless images on social media websites such as Instagram and Facebook. But what’s this...
Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme: The Right to Know or an Unjustified Intrusion on Privacy?
New South Wales residents may soon be able to call a hotline or access an online portal to check whether the person they claim to be their partner has a history of domestic violence. The proposal builds on a pilot...
