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The Allegations Ex-rugby league star, Jarryd Hayne, has had his name splashed across the news for years following two allegations of sexual assault.  He was first accused of sexual assault in 2015 while…

After two and a half weeks, four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive and well and has been returned to her family.  It is the breaking news everyone is talking about.  While speculation…

Last week, the Senate passed legislation which will hold big tech companies, such as Facebook and Twitter, responsible for offensive or harmful content posted on their platforms.  The Online Safety Bill both consolidates…

The ACT Government is currently considering legislative change that would expand the types of situations in which ACT Police can use body worn cameras (“BWCs”). What is a BWC? As the name suggests,…

President Joe Biden has made a move to stop private corporations profiting from incarceration, ordering the Department of Justice not to renew its contracts with privately operated criminal detention facilities.  In time, this…

It seems there are e-scooters everywhere you look at the moment.  E-scooters have been legal in the ACT since 20 December 2019, however the e-scooter share scheme that rolled out last month has…

Elder abuse is soon to become an offence in itself in the ACT.  At first blush, that sounds like progress – after all, shouldn’t we be protecting our elderly and vulnerable?  In short,…

Gel blasters, also known as gel blaster guns, are becoming increasingly popular and the numbers of them appearing in the ACT have been on the rise throughout 2019.  Around 80 gel blasters were…

What do music festivals, train stations, regional town shows and supermarkets have in common?  They are all locations where strip searches have been conducted by police. Strip searches are inherently intrusive and can…

Non-conviction orders are well known and highly sought after.  They are most often seen in criminal matters of objectively lower seriousness, including low-range and mid-range drink driving offences, as well as drug driving…