Use of Defence Lawyer As Informant Labelled ‘Negligence in the Highest Order’
The failure of Victoria Police to obtain legal advice before persuading and paying a criminal defence barrister to inform on her own clients was labelled in a 2015 report by the Independent Broad-based Anti-Corruption Commission (IBAC) as ‘negligence in the...
Isolating Extremists Increases the Danger
One of the responses used by many countries to the threat of violent extremism has been to segregate suspected offenders in prison. However, a decade-long study of prisons in the Philippines by Australian National University researcher Dr Clarke Jones suggests...
Maralinga No More: The British Nuclear Bombing of First Nations Lands
As former Australian Conservation Foundation anti-nuclear campaigner David Noonan put it in 2005, “Australia is the only society to have ever provided its own uranium to an overseas nuclear weapons state to make nuclear weapons to then bomb back on...
Justice for Bowraville: Calls to Review NSW Double Jeopardy Laws
Three Aboriginal children from the NSW mid-North Coast town of Bowraville were murdered over a five month period beginning in September 1990. And while police claim there is now enough evidence to establish the guilt of the alleged killer, the...
Domestic Violence Victim Wins Case Against Queensland Police
A domestic violence victim who went into hiding with her children after a Queensland Police Officer unlawfully accessed the Police Service’s QPrime database to get her address, and then gave it to his friend, the woman’s abusive-partner, has won her...
Rallying for the Trans Day of Visibility: An Interview With Trans Action Warrang
This Sunday, 31 March, is the International Day of Transgender Visibility, which is a time to celebrate the lives of transgender and gender diverse people globally, as well as acknowledge leaders within trans communities who’ve spoken out against discrimination and...
Privately-Run Prisons to be Returned to Public Management
The Queensland Government has announced that it will spend $111million over the next four years, returning two privately run prisons to state management. The Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre and the Southern Queensland Correctional Centre (SQCC), two high-security prisons, are currently...
Company Director Accused of Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
A former director of cruise ship company Cruise & Maritime Voyages has been charged with multiple fraud offences arising from allegations she transferred a total of $2.4 million from a company bank account into her personal accounts without authorisation. 62-year...
Calls for Overhaul of Drug Driving Laws
Roadside drug testing was introduced into the NSW setting in 2007. Just like random breath testing (RBT) for alcohol, drug testing drivers was said to be brought in to improve safety on the roads. But, unlike RBT, it doesn’t test...
Coalition Re-Elected Despite its Assault on Civil Liberties. So What’s Next?
NSW has spoken. And at the polling booths the collective said that what it wants is another four years of the fun police. Premier Gladys Berejiklian is back with a majority, which means a resounding no to festivals, no to...
