Keywords: Victoria Police
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AUSTRALIA
- Gillian Bouras
- 25 February 2009
3 Comments
My brother, who has been working with the SES, tells me of the eerie silence in the burnt-out bush: there are no birds. He also tells me of quirks of fate: some chooks had a miraculous escape, as did their owners, who later collected 40 eggs.
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EDUCATION
- Fatima Measham
- 10 February 2009
8 Comments
Many of the things that impact upon a teacher's efficacy are beyond their control - the quality of a child's homelife, the politicisation of the curriculum. One thing they can control is much they care, though this may bring new teachers little comfort in the months ahead.
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INFORMATION
- Phil Pyke
- 19 December 2008
2 Comments
This was a known criminal with a history of violence. I drew my weapon, and yelled at him to get
down on the ground. He ignored me, raised his arm, and possibly the weapon. Everything went into slow motion as I began to pull the
trigger. I've often wondered what would have happened if I had shot him.
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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
- Liz Curran
- 05 September 2008
1 Comment
A 14-year-old boy in a country town has his first gulp of beer in a street.
A passing police officer charges him. How is it that the first resort
in many cases in Australia is to immerse the child in the criminal
justice system?
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 03 July 2008
50 Comments
The rights of free speech and assembly should not be curtailed because World Youth Day pilgrims might be annoyed or inconvenienced. The NSW regulation is a dreadful interference with civil liberties, and contrary to the spirit of Catholic Social Teaching on human rights.
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AUSTRALIA
- Moira Rayner
- 18 June 2008
2 Comments
Bodies such as the NSW Crime Commission and Victoria's Office of Police Integrity have proven either ineffective or vulnerable to influence themselves. Ultimately, we the people are responsible for keeping these bodies accountable.
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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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AUSTRALIA
Brazil produces plenty of food and has large exports thanks to its plentiful GM crops. Yet 40 per cent of its people go to bed hungry. GM is about making money, not feeding the hungry.
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AUSTRALIA
- Saeed Saeed
- 28 March 2008
6 Comments
The Australia 2020 Youth Summit seems destined to be a chinwag of the 'haves' to the exclusion of the have-nots. Realistic solutions to youth violence and alienation can only be achieved through holistic community approaches.
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RELIGION
- Kylie Crabbe
- 20 March 2008
6 Comments
It seems Victoria Police's Chief Commissioner, Christine Nixon, was fast-tracked to unpopularity by trying to be a thoughtful, discerning leader. The bitterness displayed by those she's locked horns with is
testament to the danger of reforming a powerful institution.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 29 November 2007
The power of the State can be exercised capriciously and unaccountably when the “Don’t ask; don’t tell” approach to government is immune from parliamentary, judicial or public scrutiny. It is the task of lawyers to make it more difficult for politicians to take this approach.
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