11.07.17
10 Weird Bizzare But True Australian Laws That Are Still On The Books Laws are made to govern, protect, shape the peace, promote justice and provide a basis for compromise. However, once things are written…
20.06.17
ISPs are Collecting Your Metadata and This is A Great Reason to Use A VPN The new metadata laws that have into force in Australia require Internet Service Providers and telecom companies to collect your…
28.05.17
Nimbin Man Arrested For Facebook Post A Nimbin guy has been arrested for allegedly posting a video of his marijuana crop on Facebook. Peter Till, the man we are talking about, allegedly bragged about his…
21.05.17
The Harmful Psychological Effects of Incarceration In 2015 the number of people incarcerated in Australian gaols reached a record high of 35,467. That is almost 200 prisoners per 100,000 adults. In NSW alone capacity is…
10.05.17
What Does Jury Duty Pay? We are undeniably lucky to live in a society where we have a robust justice system. Jury trials are a crucial part of this system as such, any Australian citizen…
01.05.17
Considerations for Defendants Suffering from Mental Conditions Under section 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW), an accused whom the court deems as a sufferer of a mental condition or a mental…
20.01.17
Majority Verdicts – How do they work? Our criminal justice system in Australia has, for hundreds of years, always known that an accused person tried before a jury could only be found guilty of the…
02.12.16
It is an unfortunate situation when you find yourself locked up in a paddy wagon and being sent to the police station. There are many things that you must remember if you have been arrested….
05.11.16
The cost of jailing someone in Australia – Money well spent? In 2013 – 2014, the prison system cost Australia $2.6 billion. This works out to about $100,000 per year per inmate. The Productivity Commission…
25.10.16
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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