Crown Resorts Under Fire for Underpaying Staff
Over the past few years, the Fair Work Ombudsman (FWO0 has been swamped by cases of big corporations underpaying staff, including Coles, McDonald’s and 7-Eleven. While there are current regulations in the Fair Work Act to protect employees, there have...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Torture in Australia
The Brisbane Supreme Court has heard a chilling account of the final moments of Queensland couple Iuliana Triscaru and Cory Breton, whose decomposed bodies were found in a toolbox - weighed down with blocks and tyres - after it was...
The Laws, Defences and Penalties for Dog Attack Offences in New South Wales
A New South Wales Police officer is undergoing surgery after he was attacked by a dog while dealing with a domestic-related incident over the weekend. Police say when they arrived at the property in Bankstown in south-west Sydney a man...
Coalition Refuses to Act Against the Threat of Far-Right Extremism
Images capturing a group of Anglo Australian men with their shirts off standing before a burning cross in the Victorian Grampians in late January 2021 make it increasingly hard to dismiss far-right groups as simply ineffectual suburban youths with too much...
Uncle Ray Jackson on Aboriginal “Murders by Neglect” in Custody
The Royal Commission Into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its 339 recommendations on 15 August 1991. It considered 99 First Nations custodial deaths that occurred between 1 January 1980 and 30 May 1989. “The Royal Commissioners looked at that...
Alternate Mardi Gras to March on Oxford: An Interview With Pride in Protest’s Evan Van Zijl
Due to the global pandemic, the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade will take place at the Sydney Cricket Ground. However, the event’s spiritual home, Oxford Street Darlinghurst, will not be left wanting, as an alternative march is set...
NSW Greens Deliver Workable and Timely Cannabis Legalisation Bill
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann has introduced a bill into state parliament that aims to establish a regulated retail cannabis market in NSW - as well as decent provisions for homegrow - at a time when, if world trends are...
What Does the Law Say About Consent in Sexual Assault Cases?
When twenty-two year old Chantel Contos shared her story of an alleged sexual assault in a private school, she was not expecting the enormity of the response. Since her disclosure, hundreds of other women have come forward, telling details of...
Paltry ‘JobSeeker Raise’ Will Not Increase Employment or Help the Economy
Earlier this week, Prime Minister Scott Morrison did what many Australians have been wanting him to do for some time - announce a permanent raise in the rate for the JobSeeker allowance. The bad news is that Jobseeker (formerly Newstart,...
The New Offence of Combined Drink and Drug Driving in New South Wales
Driving under the combined influence of alcohol and other drugs has long been understood to compound the dangers of impaired driving. A drink and drug driving incident involving the roadside deaths of four children in the Sydney suburb of Oatlands...
