Updated on: 09.09.20
When can you receive a licence suspension? You can receive a licence suspension from the police or Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) for the following reasons: – For speeding more than 30 km/hr over the…
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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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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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Updated on: 15.06.24
Sexual Assault Cases on the Rise Statistics report that 1 out of 5 women in Australia will be sexually assaulted at some point in their lives. At 16.4 per cent of women who have been…
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Updated on: 31.05.21
Australia Leads the World in Illicit Drug Use We hear daily about the number of “successful drug busts” made by our Police and Border Protection Authorities. Drug use in Australia, however, seems to increase every…
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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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Updated on: 09.09.20
Aboriginal Deaths in Custody – A National Disgrace? In August 2014, Aboriginal woman Julieka Dhu, 22, died while in police custody in Port Hedland, Western Australia. Dhu was arrested and held over for the non-payment…
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Updated on: 24.06.24
Drug Driving and Cannabis Impairment – What You Need to Know In April of this year, ABC News reported that between July 2014 and June 2015 almost 5,000 drivers in NSW were charged with drug…
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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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Updated on: 09.09.20
Lawyers caught with drugs – should they be treated harsher? Should lawyers hold a higher responsibility when charged with a minor or serious drug offence? In July 2015, Lisa Munro, 33, was forced to resign…
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