Criminal trials may hold offenders to account but they are far from perfect. The Victorian Law Reform Commission is looking at how restorative justice could be used for sexual offences.
Given their ability to accept correction, children have a better claim to rehabilitation, reorientation and reintegration.
Witness K’s lawyer Bernard Collaery addresses outside the Supreme Court. Australia’s laws have shown they don’t do much to protect whistleblowers acting in the public interest.
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Australian laws make it inevitable for whistleblowers to be charged whenever national security might be involved, even when the information is in the public interest.
A new book by ABC journalist Jess Hill is the result of four years’ investigation into the problem of domestic violence.
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A new book scrutinises the social and psychological causes of domestic abuse, its terrifying consequences, particularly the impact on children, and the failure of our legal and social institutions to adequately respond.
Audio used as evidence in criminal trials can often be unreliable.
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Indistinct forensic audio is often ‘enhanced’ to make it sound clearer. But how effective are the techniques that are used? A new experiment suggests they can be highly misleading.
No-fault divorce, or no reason at all – how a revolution in divorce law has come about.
The High Court found that Michael Trkulja could sue Google for defamation due to search results that potentially indicated that he had ties to Melbourne’s criminal underworld.
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Google has lost a High Court appeal in defamation litigation brought by Michael Trkulja. It is time to consider that extending “safe harbour” to Google may be a good idea.
Australian governments have too often succumbed to perceived community pressure to limit parole authorities’ independence and powers.
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Upholding victims’ rights on parole decisions means respectfully enabling their active participation in decisions that affect their personal interests.
A new Victoria Police strategy represents a major milestone in the evolving police approach to family violence.
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There are some online child sex abuse offences in Australia for which a defendant’s claim that they were purely fantasising could excuse criminal liability.
The offence of controlling or coercive behaviour is distinctive because it protects victims from psychological abuse.
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