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The Federal Government has reignited national debate on a controversial proposal to amend section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act. But how does the catch cry of freedom of speech so often put…

Principal Ben Aulich shares his personal experience of Canberra’s corrective services officers following this week’s Four Corners Report. There is no doubt that the recent disturbing Four Corners Report into children being gassed,…

Picture a typical Australian Mother at home, receiving a phone call, out of the blue, from an Australian Federal Police officer about her 15 year old daughter: “I’m afraid she has been charged…

A 19-year-old Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA) cadet charged with raping a female cadet in Canberra has pleaded not guilty. It is alleged Jack Toby Mitchell raped the 18-year-old woman while she was…

Adrian McKenna, Senior Associate at Ben Aulich & Associates, calls for reform to laws unfairly punishing drivers with cannabis in their system. The Canberra community is increasingly learning the fallacy of the ACT…

Peter Woodhouse, partner at Ben Aulich & Associates, looks at a fundamental jury question in criminal trials. I have been involved in many jury trials and I cannot think of one where a jury…

Police have been accused of conducting an “unlawful home invasion” and illegally detaining a Canberra woman twice in one day. The allegations were aired during evidence in a common assault case in the ACT Magistrates…

A Canberra man has pleaded guilty to importing a commercial quantity of drugs to his front door. Christopher Walter Thorn, 39, opened his door to what he thought was a delivery man on 15…

A Canberra woman alleges she suffered a spinal injury after a “rough ride” while in police custody on the weekend. Kirsty Toomey, 25, underwent surgery on Monday to fix damage to a section…