Sexual Harassment Rife Within the Legal Profession
The legal profession is reeling from media reports that it’s an industry where sexual harassment thrives and very little is done about it. The claims, made on the ABC’s 7.30 Programme, are backed up by research conducted by the Law...
Family Law System Grants Access to Child Sex Offenders
Abbey Hamersley was only 17 years old when her mother found her dead in her room, after having taken her own life. The young woman had been suffering depression and anorexia, before she lost her will to live in November...
Political Blogger Defends Freedom of Speech
As previously reported, political blogger Petros Khalesirad (pictured) is currently facing allegations of unlawfully stalking his local MP Brittany Lauga (also pictured). Mr Khalesirad’s bail conditions had prohibited him from using social media or any public forum to make comment...
Three LGBTI People Assaulted, But Couldn’t Report it as a Hate Crime
Another violent assault was perpetrated upon three members of Melbourne’s LGBTI community in the suburb of Footscray last Friday night. Transgender activist Starlady (pictured) and two of her friends were subjected to the attack that police officers allegedly said couldn’t be...
Shady nurse commits murder after her registration is reinstated
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim The Nursing Board of Victoria is facing criticism over its decision to allow a nurse to practise despite putting patients’ lives at risk. Since that decision, 49-year old nurse Megan Haines has been convicted...
The Rights of Prisoners: An Interview with Brett Collins, Coordinator of Justice Action
The rights of prisoners is a contentious issue. There are many in the community who believe that once a person has committed a crime, they should lose all of their rights. Some go as far as to say that inmates...
Exposing the Tricks of the Gaming Industry
Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Three minority federal politicians are vowing to use their parliamentary privilege to expose what they say is the misleading conduct of the gaming industry. The ‘pokie-leaks’ campaign has been launched by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon,...
Cyclists will be caught and fined for risky behaviour, police warn
As the NSW Police Force released footage of cyclists risking their lives on busy Sydney roads, it simultaneously warned that cyclists are not above the law and will be fined for breaking the road rules. Police also issued a reminder...
Turtle ‘Surfers’ Under Investigation
Three organisations with prosecutorial powers – the Department of Heritage and Environment, the RSPCA and the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service – are investigating the actions of a Gold Coast man and his mate who took a photo of themselves standing on...
Aussie Child Sex Offender Gets 12 Years in Prison
Melbourne rugby player Michael Quinn (pictured) was recently sentenced in a Los Angeles court to twelve years imprisonment on child sex charges. The 33-year-old IVF geneticist was arrested in a hotel room in LA in May this year, as he...
