Offenders Should be Sent to Prison as Punishment, Not to be Punished
Norway has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. And researchers have long theorised that one of the reasons for this is the country has long, cold winters - weather that acts as a deterrent for crime. Others...
Aussies Demand an End to Criminal Prosecutions of Whistleblowers
Many Australians breathed a sigh of relief when, on 7 July 2022, new Commonwealth attorney general Mark Dreyfus decided in to end the criminal prosecution of Bernard Collaery - the barrister whose client, known only as ‘Witness K’, exposed our...
Senator Faruqi to Lodge Racial Complaints Against Pauline Hanson: Hear, Hear!
Deputy leader of the Australian Greens Dr Mehreen Faruqi announced last Thursday that she’s considering raising a discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission against serial racist One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Hailing from Pakistan, Senator Faruqi’s decision was spurred...
The Offence of Aggravated Sexual Intercourse with a Child Between 14 and 16 in NSW
The owner of a Sydney-based health and wellness business has been granted conditional bail after being charged with four counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between the ages of 14 and 16 years. 45-year old Savannah Daisley, who...
‘No Body, No Parole’ Laws May be Introduced in New South Wales
New legislation is set to be introduced in New South Wales Parliament in coming days, which would prohibit the release on parole of those convicted of murder who refuse, fail or are otherwise unable to provide authorities with assistance in...
Damning Evidence Concerning Killer Cop Mounts During Custody Death Inquest
Northern Territory police constable Zachary Rolfe left the territory’s Supreme Court a free man last March, after an all-non-Indigenous jury found him not guilty of murder, manslaughter and even the lesser crime of committing a violent act causing death, after he shot...
Abolish the Monarchy: FISTT’s Lynda-June Coe on Protesting the British Crown
The outpouring of grief over the death of Queen Elizabeth II, along with the saturation media coverage, the closure of parliaments and the establishment of an official day of mourning, have all raised serious questions about the polity that goes by...
Queensland Police Commissioner Under Fire For Failing to Implement Reforms
When Katarina Carroll was first appointed as Queensland’s Police Commissioner on 8 July 2019, it was a ray of hope in the eyes of many. She is the first female in the top job and promised to implement sweeping reforms...
Australian Study Confirms Link Between Violence in the Home and Sexual Offending
New research by Griffith University in Queensland has confirmed that which may seem obvious to many: that boys who have been exposed to violence in the home are far more likely to commit sexual offences. The research emphasises two important...
“A Legacy of Deprivation”: The Death of Queen Elizabeth II
Right now, there are a lot of Australians mourning the death of Queen Elizabeth II. But, at the same time, a large portion of the nation is questioning the depth of significance her death has had upon our country, which...
