Australian Authorities Play Dumb Over Yet Another Aboriginal Death in Custody
Two plainclothes police officers intervened in an altercation in Alice Springs Coles supermarket at around 1.10 pm on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, which involved two security guards and a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disabilities. The police used force to get...
McBride Heads to the High Court, After His Draconian Sentence Stands on Appeal
ACT Court of Appeal Justice Belinda Baker took the bench on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 to deliver the outcome of Australian Defence Force whistleblower David McBride’s appeal against his conviction and sentence, to simply announce that the appeal had been...
Harsh Bail Laws Undermine the Presumption of Innocence, Says NSW Chief Justice
The Chief Justice of New South Wales, Andrew Bell, issued a public statement on 27 May 2025 expressing concerns about the subversion of the presumption of innocence brought about by harsh bail laws in NSW, which has seen a 20%...
Victims of Serious Crime in NSW to Be Informed About Offenders
On 27 May 2025, legislation was passed in New South Wales Parliament which provides victims of serious crime with a range of information about convicted offenders, including the lengths of their prison sentences, parole eligibility, progress through the custodial system,...
ATO Whistleblower Forced to Plead Guilty, After Court Finds He is Not Protected by the Law
After being dragged across hot coals by the criminal justice system for the past seven years, Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle pleaded guilty to four criminal offences on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, even though the so-called crimes he is...
Queensland Expands Regime to Imprison Kids on Adult Time, Ignoring the UN
The Crisafulli government passed its second tranche of its “adult crime, adult time” laws on 22 May 2025, as part of a draconian policy designed to crackdown on a non-existent youth crimewave that now sees children aged 10 to 17,...
Universities Australia Antisemitism Definition Regarding Israel: Ambiguous, Illogical and Flawed
On 27 February 2025, Universities Australia issued a Statement on Racism, which included a definition of antisemitism. Universities Australia has proposed this definition be utilised in three ways – for incorporation into member’s disciplinary and complaints schemes, for education purposes, and...
Dural Caravan Antisemitism Inquiry: A Premier Class in Avoiding Parliamentary Scrutiny
The second day of hearings into the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the understanding that premier Chris Minns had in regard to the potential for a 19 January 2025 discovered caravan filled with explosives and a note listing Jewish...
High Time: NSW Government to Consider Passing Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence
Unlike other prescription drug users, those who are prescribed medicinal cannabis in New South Wales can lose their driver licences and obtain a criminal conviction if they are found to be driving with any trace of the medicine in their...
Victoria to Spend Millions on More Prison Beds for Unconvicted Youths
Ahead of its 20 May Budget for 2025/26, the Victorian Labor government last week announced it’s investing an extra $727 million on new prison beds because premier Jacinta Allan is well aware that current trends in governing Australian states and...
