Keywords: Criminal Record
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AUSTRALIA
No 'group' can be assumed to be full of
criminals. Men form friendships out of common, innocuous interests. Laws introduced in NSW interfere with civil liberties and are likely to be ineffective at addressing organised crime.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 06 October 2008
'Lee and
Christine Rush are your average Ozzie couple, except that their teenage son Scott is on death row in Bali having been
convicted of being a hapless drug mule. It will not go down well on the streets of Jakarta
if Australians are baying for the blood of the Bali bombers one month
and then pleading to save our sons and daughters the next month.'
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AUSTRALIA
- Binoy Kampmark
- 24 July 2008
One of the vices of nationalism is the symptom of long memory.
Punishing accused war criminal Radovan Karadzic will do little to convince those who are set
in their positions — Bosnia's Muslims will feel vindicated, but Bosnian
Serbs are simply weary.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 26 May 2008
1 Comment
The text is from Professor Frank Brennan's 2008 Institute of Justice Studies Oration from 22 May 2008.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 07 March 2008
8 Comments
Last month, members of the Pine Gap Four 'citizens inspection team' were acquitted in a Darwin court. Parliamentary committees, juries and the citizen's right to
civil disobedience are necessary safeguards for liberty when government
is tempted to use the legal sledgehammer to crack the nut of political
dissent.
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AUSTRALIA
China's commitment to complete media freedom coinciding with the gleaming stadiums and spectacular parades of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, is beginning to ring hollow. Amnesty International has claimed a renewed crackdown on journalists and internet users in the past year.
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AUSTRALIA
- Kerry Murphy
- 12 September 2007
2 Comments
In Dr Haneef's case, it appears that no attempt was made to provide this 'natural justice' process as recommended by Commonwealth Ombudsman in February 2007.
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AUSTRALIA
- Barbara Chapman
- 27 June 2007
"John" shares the same city and roughly the same age as Ben Cousins. Uneducated and unsupported, he successfully fought his drug addiction with inner resolve, but eventually alcohol caused him more grief than the 'hard stuff’.
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AUSTRALIA
- Paul Cleary
- 27 February 2007
In 2006, the East Timorese government’s inept handling of a dispute in the army involving soldiers from the western region of East Timor put the young nation on the brink of civil war. Now Jose Ramos Horta has been installed as Prime Minister, but will it make a difference?
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MEDIA
- Marisa Pintado
- 18 September 2006
4 Comments
The outing of popular YouTube personality, Lonelygirl15, as an unemployed Kiwi, has prompted many to ask the obvious question—why are we still so trusting of what we find on the internet?
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AUSTRALIA
In 2006, the East Timorese government’s inept handling of a dispute in the army involving soldiers from the western region of East Timor put the young nation on the brink of civil war. Now Jose Ramos Horta has been installed as Prime Minister, but will it make a difference?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Long before there was a monopoly on gambling, there were nit-keepers, discovers David Glanz.
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