Five First Nations Girls Commit Suicide in Just Nine Days
The ongoing and often unreported crisis in First Nations youth suicides has come into stark focus recently, as five girls under the age of 15 took their own lives over the nine day period ending on 11 January. Rochelle Pryor...
Man Pleads Guilty After Posing as Police to Get Maccas Discount
Police officers are notorious for capitalising on freebies, none more infamous than the ‘Maccas discount’ which allows them to purchase tasty burgers, fries and other greasy goodies at rock bottom prices. And it seems the lure of cut-price fast food...
Just Test the Damn Pills: Sydney Rallies in Support of Harm Reduction
On Saturday, hundreds of Sydneysiders took to the streets to rally in support of the roll out of pill testing services at music festivals and beyond. And those gathered made clear that they’re appalled by Gladys Berejiklian’s refusal to see...
Politician’s Office Will Not Be Prosecuted
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has announced that no charges will be brought for the leaking of confidential information from Liberal Senator Michaelia Cash’s office which led to raids on the headquarters of the Australian Workers’ Union headquarters. “The AFP...
Woman Imprisoned for False Sexual Assault Allegations
A former police worker has been sentenced to a minimum of two years behind bars after she pleaded guilty to falsely accusing her ex-partner of sexual assault. 28-year old Sarah-Jane Parkinson entered pleas in November last year to two counts...
Keep Poppers Legal: An Interview With the Nitrite Group’s Paul Kidd
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) released an interim decision last year that would see amyl nitrite and other alkyl nitrite inhalants banned. This means these substances popularly referred to as poppers would be moved into schedule 9 of the Poisons Standard along...
Aboriginal Elder Strip Searched on Busy Sydney Road
The Law Enforcement Conduct Commission announced at the end of October that it was launching an investigation into the use of strip searches by NSW police. The inquiry is in response to growing allegations that officers are abusing their powers. This...
Babies, Students & Migrants – New Laws for 2019
At the start of every year, new state and federal laws come into effect across the nation. This year, babies, students, migrants, politicians and credit card users are amongst those most affected by laws which came into effect earlier this...
Junior Lawyer Imprisoned for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
Sydney lawyer Brody Clarke came from a privileged background, benefited from a stellar education and was employed by investment banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan before turning his hand to law in his early thirties. But it all came undone...
High Court Justice Tells Prosecutors to Appeal Lenient Sentences
High Court Justice Virginia Bell ended 2018 on an “incendiary note”, when she publicly implied that some sentences being handed down are clearly too light, and the Crown should be appealing them rather than exercising the restraint that has been...
