Leader of Pro-Rape Group Wants to Come to Australia
Daryush ‘Roosh’ Valizadeh is a man with very twisted views - he believes ‘a woman’s value significantly depends on her fertility and beauty,’ while ‘a man’s value significantly depends on his resources, intellect, and character’. But most controversially, Valizadeh says...
Cyclists Outraged Over New Laws
Sydney’s cycling community is outraged about the introduction of tough new laws which the government claims are intended to promote road safety. The laws include heavy penalties for those who commit offences and a requirement that cyclists carry photo ID...
11-year-old Bashed by Prison Guards
Many of our blogs have discussed the use of excessive force by police officers, but there are also several instances of prison guards abusing their position of power- even, it seems, when dealing with vulnerable children in custody. The Brisbane...
Serving Alcohol to Beat Alcoholism
Trying to help alcoholics kick the habit by serving them alcoholic drinks might seem like a far-fetched idea - but it is a one with potential to revolutionise the way alcohol dependency is treated, according to a panel of experts...
Art or a crime? Acclaimed Street Artist Faces Graffiti Charges
Acclaimed Australian artist, Anthony Lister, whose works appear in the homes of celebrities like Hugh Jackman, Pink, and Pharrell Williams, appeared in a Brisbane court recently, charged with wilful damage by graffiti. Hailed as “Brisbane’s Banksy”, Mr Lister is widely...
New Tool Aims to Nip Extremism in the Bud
Reports surfaced last week about extremist preacher Abu Haleema targeting young Australians through social media in a bid to ‘radicalise’ them. British-born Haleema had his passport cancelled by the British government due to his inflammatory sermons which attack moderate Muslim...
The Evolving Legal Status of Aboriginals in Australia
High Court Justices Deane and Gaudron famously acknowledged how the law allowed extreme prejudice suffered by Indigenous Australians in Mabo v Queensland: “The official endorsement, by administrative practice and in judgment of the courts, of those two propositions [of terra...
AFP Puts Victims’ Lives at Risk
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is billed as Australia’s primary federal law enforcement agency, responsible for keeping the community safe from harm. With an annual budget of almost a billion dollars and close to 7,000 employees, the Australian taxpayer would...
Woman’s Day Magazine: Facilitating Revenge Porn?
Woman’s Day magazine has published photographs of Collingwood AFL players, Travis Cloke and Dane Swan, in nude, sexually suggestive poses. The magazine says the players sent the images to two women – who are not their partners – about a...
Hero Cop Down and (Almost) Out
Sadly, not all police officers act with the level of professionalism and integrity that we expect of the force. But while several instances of police misconduct have made the headlines recently, there are also many officers who go above and...
