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...
In Lee & Anor v NSW Crime Commission [2013] HCA 39 handed down on 9 October 2013, the High Court dismissed an appeal from a NSW Court of Criminal Appeal decision which had allowed an appeal in favour of the Crime Commission. The case concerned concurrent civil...
The High Court has ruled that the Australian Crime Commission cannot require someone charged with an offence to answer questions before his or her trial on the subject matter of the charges, because that would interfere with the fundamental right to remain silent and...
The Rule of Law Institute of Australia’s (RoLIA) media release on 22 March 2013 condemned changes to the right to silence in New South Wales that restrict and modify the presumption of innocence and the right to silence in criminal trials. Students studying...
Sweeping new powers to investigate the use of drugs amongst athletes have been proposed in amendments to the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Act. The Senate Committee considering the amendments received a range of submissions expressing grave concerns about...
