2000 Cases of Abuse on Nauru Leaked to the Media
There are growing concerns that the Federal Government has failed to address concerns about treatment of those held in off-shore detention centres, and with thousands of files detailing allegations of abuse having been leaked to the media this week, the...
‘Not White, Not Right’ – Racist Graffiti Scrawled Across Iconic Bondi
The eastern Sydney suburb of Bondi is a tourist Mecca, attracting millions of visitors from all over Australia and abroad each year. The area showcases the best of our nation - a world famous beach with glowing white sand, a...
Criminal Conviction a Problem for One Nation Senator
This week started with drama for newly elected Western Australian senator, Rodney Culleton, when he was arrested on Monday by Armidale police. The story so far… There has been an outstanding warrant for the Senator’s arrest for several months, issued...
Assaults On the Rise at The Star Casino
New figures released by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) suggest a link between lock-out laws and an increase in violence at The Star Casino, with reported non-domestic assaults in the Pyrmont area increasing significantly since the...
Match Fixing Scandal Rocks the NRL
By Blake O’Connor and Ugur Nedim Recreational gambling is a source of entertainment for many Australians. In fact, over 80% of Australian adults have engaged in some form of gambling – the highest percentage in the world. With millions of...
Criminal laws “lead almost to a ‘brain explosion’”, says Supreme Court Judge
Victorian Supreme Court Judge Mark Weinberg has seen a great deal in his 50 years as a lawyer, including the criminal law’s “shift from common law to statute, and in some cases, to codification”. In his speech to the Victorian...
Reclaim Australia Member Charged with Terrorism
Last December, we reported on the case of 31-year-old Phillip Galea, a member of extreme right-wing group Reclaim Australia who was found in possession of five tasers, more than 3000 times the legal limit of mercury (which can be used...
Illegal Use of Tasers and Police Cover-Ups – the Bugmy Case
The case of Phillip Charles Bugmy was one of several incidents leading to a review by the NSW Ombudman into the use of tasers by police. It preceded the highly publicised case of Brazilian student Roberto Laudisio Curti, who died...
Bar Fight Ends in Murder
Just as midnight rolled into Friday morning on 21 February, 2014, 30-year old Nicholas (Nick) McEvoy was found lying on a footpath, close to death, in the Western Sydney suburb of Dean Park. How he got there was a mystery....
Australian Doctors Refuse to Be Silenced
As previously reported, Australian doctors have protested against laws embodied in section 42 of the Border Force Act 2015 (‘the Act’) which prevent “entrusted persons” from disclosing “protected information” about detention centres. The section prescribes a maximum penalty of two...
