South African World Court Challenge Could Bring Gaza Genocide to an End
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced on 29 December that South Africa has lodge a case against Israel, alleging that the nation’s military actions in the Gaza Strip over recent months have breached the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment...
Can I Check if Someone is On the Sex Offender Register?
All Australian states and territories have a ‘sex offender register’ which holds details of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offences against a child. While there have long been calls for the register to be made public, this is...
Melbourne Antiwar Activists Disrupt to Heighten Genocide Awareness: An Eyewitness Account
Antiwar activists descended upon Port Melbourne’s Lorimer Street and Todd Road at 6 am on 18 December, blocking six lanes of traffic leading to the premises belonging to the government-funded Defence Science Technology Group (DSTG) and multinational weapons manufacturer Leonardo....
The Criminal Offence of Murder Across Australia
The crime of murder is generally considered the most serious offence in criminal law. But what exactly is the offence of murder? What are the ‘elements’ (or ingredients) that the prosecution must prove beyond beyond reasonable doubt before the offence...
Spare a Thought for Julian Assange Spending His Fifth Christmas Behind Bars
Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange is about to spend his fifth Christmas in London’s notorious Belmarsh maximum security facility, where the WikiLeaks founder has been remanded on behalf of the US by the UK, as Washington makes its case for extradition....
The Right To Silence Across Australian Jurisdictions
The right to silence is not protected by the Australian Constitution, unlike in the United States where is is guaranteed by the Fifth Amendment to that nation’s constitution and reflected in what are commonly known as ‘Miranda rights’, also known...
What is a Quashed Conviction in Criminal Law?
The woman who spent 20 years in prison over the deaths of her infant children has finally had her convictions for the offences of murder and manslaughter quashed by the highest criminal court in the state, the New South Wales...
US Summons Australia to the Middle East, as Congress Approves AUKUS Bill
US Congress passed the National Defence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, which authorises the transfer of three US Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines to Australia that, in turn, will serve to strengthen US posture in the Indo Pacific region. The bill also...
The Right to Silence in New South Wales
Unlike in the United States, there is no constitutional protection for the right to silence in Australia. Rather, the fundamental centuries-old democratic principle that a person’s silence cannot be used against them at a later time has developed through ‘common...
Albanese’s “Enough is Enough” Stance on Assange Is Pitiful. The People Demand More
Greens Senator David Shoebridge told a crowd of Assange supporters over the weekend that “it is not enough” for the Albanese government to just “endlessly repeat the mantra that it has gone on too long” in regard to Washington’s attempt...
