Facebook Faces Legal Action Over Revenge Porn Pic
A landmark decision has ruled that Facebook will have to face legal proceedings by a 14-year old girl whose former partner uploaded her naked photo to a revenge porn site and distributed it on social media. Facebook lost its bid...
W-18 and Fentanyl – Separating Fact from Fiction
On Monday, Tasmanian police put out a warning about a new synthetic drug - ten thousand times stronger than heroin – that could be coming the Apple Isle’s way. Known as W-18, reports state the drug has already been detected...
‘DJ Badmouth’ Sentenced to Life Imprisonment in Thailand
Young Sydney DJ Jake Mastroianni has had his double-life sentence upheld in a Bangkok Court this week. He is one of more than 250 Australians currently behind bars in foreign countries. Each year, about 1,000 Australians are arrested overseas, and...
China Hacks Australian Defence Force Servers
Australian defence networks are reported to have sustained significant cyber breaches over the past five years, due to the activities of Chinese state-sponsored hackers. Australian satellite company Newsat - responsible for government security networks – has had to rebuild security...
Drug Consumption Rooms: Minimising Harm to Users and the Community
Over the last decade, patterns of illicit drug use have changed around Australia. In 2001, when the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) was established in Kings Cross, there was an epidemic of heroin overdoses in the local area. But...
Police Using Journalists’ Metadata to Hunt Down Whistleblowers
The Nauru Files changed everything. The Guardian’s publication of leaked incident reports from the detention centre finally confirmed what many suspected: that the Australian government has been complicit in a campaign of abuse and brutality against those seeking asylum within...
Filipino President Continues Killing Spree in War Against Drugs
We recently reported on the newly elected Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte who publicly declared: “If you are involved in drugs, I will kill you. You son of a whore, I will really kill you.” On Friday, the President threatened to...
Bali Booze Ban: Government May Call ‘Last Drinks’ in Bali
Potato Head Beach Bar, Sky Garden Nightclub, Kuta beach. Sun, friendly locals, great food, party atmosphere. Bali is everything anyone could want in a holiday, and just 6 hours away. Millions of Australians can relate to Redgum’s legendary song ‘I’ve...
Police May Pursue Pell in Rome
As Victorian Police contemplate heading to Rome for an interview, Cardinal George Pell continues to deny allegations of child sexual assault levelled against him. A brief of evidence has now been prepared by the Office of the Director of Public...
France Refuses to Glorify Terrorists
Several French media outlets have pledged to stop publishing the names and images of attackers linked to Islamic State in order to prevent them from being glorified. The pact is part of a wider debate about how media reports may...
