Created on: 25.10.16 | Updated on: 24.11.17
Do we need to further tighten our gun laws? In 1996, Martin Bryant walked into a cafe in Port Arthur, Tasmania and killed 35 people and wounded 23 others with a semiautomatic rifle and another…
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Created on: 13.10.16 | Updated on: 09.09.20
Why You Shouldn’t Talk to the Police It’s a typical scenario. The police stop you on the street to ask you a seemingly innocent question. You have not done anything wrong. You did not witness…
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Created on: 23.09.16 | Updated on: 18.06.24
Understand The Meaning of ‘Section 10’ Have you been accused of a crime and fear that a conviction will drastically impact your life? Section 10 enables the court to find you guilty without recording a…
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Created on: 13.09.16 | Updated on: 24.06.24
The NSW and Australian Crime Commission: Over-reaching Power? Organised crime takes a serious toll on society with its effects being felt everywhere. In the National Organized Crime Response Plan 2015-2018, the Australian Crime Commission estimates…
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Created on: 11.08.16 | Updated on: 09.09.20
Abortion- The Push for Legalisation in NSW Women are still undergoing painful, humiliating and dangerous experiences to end unwanted pregnancies. According to the World Health Organization 47,000 women around the world die from unsafe abortions…
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Created on: 14.07.16 | Updated on: 25.05.21
Do we need to toughen our animal cruelty laws? In a recent case of animal cruelty, Matthew Clement Maloney of Brisbane was found guilty this month after biting the head off a live rate…
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Created on: 08.06.16 | Updated on: 15.06.24
Historically, corporal punishment has been a hot button topic for parents and child psychologists alike. Many of us remember getting a slap or a smack when refusing to comply, but does it have any psychologically…
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Created on: 27.05.16 | Updated on: 16.06.24
Consorting- When it’s a criminal offence to associate with a Criminal An ABC News article posted yesterday reveals that Freedom of Information documents requested by Greens MP David Shoebridge showed 8,556 consorting warnings were issued…
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Created on: 23.05.16 | Updated on: 24.11.17
The “Gay Panic” Defence- A Defence to Murder The ‘gay panic’ defense – still being used in Australia today. Just as gay people are winning the fight for equality and acceptance in many places around…
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Created on: 16.05.16 | Updated on: 24.11.17
Can you travel overseas if you owe a debt to Centrelink? Whether it is an error on their part or you made an honest mistake, Centrelink will do anything it can to get its money…
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