RoLIA CEO, Kate Burns, wrote in the Australian today about the Queensland Government’s anti-bikie legislation and the worrying trend in criminal law to sacrifice fundamental rule of law principles in the name of “political toughness”. From a...
Recent events in NSW have focused attention on mandatory sentencing. This post brings together relevant information about current mandatory sentencing debates in Australia. Click on the links below to view material for the relevant jurisdiction: New South Wales...
We had a fantastic week presenting to teachers and students in the Riverina and Southern Highlands of NSW. Students participated in workshops on Legal Responses to Criminal Organisations in NSW, Human Rights and the Racial Discrimination Act and Freedom of Speech and...
Guest writer Dr Ben Koh is a medical doctor with postgraduate qualification in Sports Medicine and an American College of Sports Medicine accredited exercise specialist. His first doctorate in the faculty of business, school of management, explored athletes’...
Responses by State and Territory parliaments to violent incidents involving criminal organisations has led to the passing of laws which raise rule of law concerns. Diminishing the presumption of innocence through anti-association laws and modifying the right to...
Last week I visited schools in South Eastern Queensland and spoke to students at Springwood State High School, Coomera Anglican College and Sheldon College. My presentations to students focused on a range of topics such as the so called ‘Bikie laws’ in...
