Federal Corruption Watchdog Directed to Reconsider Refusal to Investigate Robodebt
The National Anti-Corruption Commission publicly announced in June that it would not be further inquiring into the Robodebt Royal Commission (RRC) submission that referred six public officials to the newly created federal integrity watchdog for official investigation, as it had...
Report Recommends Digital Tracking of Police Firearms, But Bigger Issues are at Play
The New South Wales Police Force conducted an internal review earlier this year after the alleged murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies by police constable Beau Lamarre-Condon in the inner-city suburb of Paddington, by use of a police-issued firearm....
Queensland to Launch Draconian Crackdown on Youth Crime Wave That Doesn’t Exist
The Liberal National Party took out the Queensland election last weekend, with a landslide victory that saw the new government led by premier David Crisafulli taking out 53 seats in parliament compared with Labor’s 33 seats so far, following an...
Hazing Allegations Spur Calls for Discrete Criminal Offence
Recent allegations of hazing at the University of Sydney’s St. Paul’s College, where students allegedly gagged a fellow student with a sex toy during a mock trial, has sent shockwaves across the community and sparked fresh calls for legal reforms,...
Big Wig Buys His Way Out of Tax Crimes, While ATO Whistleblower Is Criminally Prosecuted for Exposing Them
The close to a fortnight-old scandal relating to Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison is continuing to develop, following the Australian Financial Review having run an 18 October article exposing one of the nation’s richest people as having established a series...
Australia Called Out on Appalling Track Record of Systemic Racism and Human Rights Abuses
Australian politicians and the mainstream media are up in arms about China’s foreign ministry spokesperson, Lin Jian, accusing our nation of ‘being plagued by systemic racism and hate crime’. Mr Jian drew attention to Australia’s appalling record on human rights,...
Building a Rights-Centred Society: ALHR’s Kerry Weste on a Human Rights Act for NSW
The NSW Bar Association and the Human Rights for NSW Alliance recently hosted a forum of legal experts, which included former High Court Justice Michael Kirby, and it discussed the need for a Human Rights Act (HRA) for NSW, as such...
Radio Host’s Outrage at Acknowledgement of Country Deflects from the Real Issues
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people can offer an Acknowledgement of Country to any person at the beginning of a meeting, speech, event, or other gathering to recognise the traditional owners of the land and act as a positive step...
The Offence of Bribing a Foreign Public Official
The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth)(‘the Act’) is a piece of legislation that applies across Australia and contains offences relating to a wide range of criminal conduct. Many of those offences relate to offences committed overseas, as well as cross-national...
NSW Police Continue to Harass Motorists with Unjust Zero-Tolerance Drug Driving Laws
A NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) study released this week has found that over the period 2008 through to last year, roadside drug testing (RDT) in this state, which was rolled out in 2007, has dramatically increased...
