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In December 2023 the ACT Supreme Court dismissed a claim for damages against Australian Federal Police officers accused of trespassing, using excessive force and falsely imprisoning a man. When handing down his decision,…

A man who was found not guilty of attempted murder due to mental impairment a few years ago has recently engaged in a similar attack at the same location. Commentary on social media…

For the past 5 years, the Office of the Special Investigator (“the OSI”), lead by Mr Geoffrey Nettle KC, has been investigating the scandal involving Victorian criminal defence lawyer, Ms Nicola Gobbo (known…

Corporal punishment, in the form of ‘reasonable chastisement’, remains lawful in the home throughout Australia. Physically punishing kids has become more controversial in recent years with many calls for corporal punishment to be…

What is copaganda? The team copaganda is a portmanteau of cop and propaganda and is used to describe any form of media, news coverage, or social media content that portrays police and law…

The process of sentencing an offender is complex and often misunderstood. Most people reach conclusions about sentencing based on media reports, and you often see people on social media complaining that the judge or magistrate…

The Family Violence Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (“the Bill”) was introduced to the ACT Legislative Assembly yesterday (10 February 2022). The Bill seeks to reduce trauma for family violence victims involved in court proceedings and…

Stealthing is the non-consensual removal, or non-use, of a condom during sex. Stealthing is considered sexual assault by many legal and sexual violence experts because it turns a consensual act into a non-consensual…

A bill that would make the ACT the first place in Australia to decriminalise illicit drugs such as heroin, MDMA and methamphetamines was introduced to the ACT Legislative Assembly by Labor backbencher Michael…

On 25 May 2020, Derek Chauvin, a Minneapolis police officer at the time, pinned George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, to the ground by the neck with his knee for 9 minutes and…