Pandemic lawmaking raises questions about human rights, government spending and public policy. “Delegated legislation is efficient and economical, but some argue it flouts the democratic process.” ( Kirrily Schwarz- Who is making our laws? The separation of powers in 2020. Nov11, 2020)
For at least 15 years, Transparency International Australia has been recommending that Australia establishes a national anti-corruption agency. A draft legislation was released in 2020 by the then Attorney General, Christian Porter, to set up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission (CIC).The anti-corruption model proposed has been heavily criticised, since its release in 2018 and with good …
Many victims of sex trafficking in Australia have come forward over the years and taken their case to law enforcement. Too few have had justice, their perpetrators have been protected by some of the most high profile people in the country and government agencies, as the perpetrators themselves are some of the very people who …
A 900 pages review of the BioSecurity Act passed in Parliament after 3 hours of discussion, allowing a Minister of the Crown to override any law. Recommend reading the following article in : The Conversation by Yee-Fui Ng, Monash Unversity “Have our Governments become too powerful during COVID-19?” https://theconversation.com/have-our-governments-become-too-powerful-during-covid-19-147028
Barrister and Former ACT Attorney General, Bernard Collaery and his client Witness K, a former Australian spy are currently being prosecuted for alleged breaches of the Intelligence Services Act 2001. Witness K is a whistleblower who revealed information about Australia’s bugging of the East Timor’s Government during the period where commercial negotiations were underway relating …
The public has been outraged at the level government rorts, which according to Government Ministers and Premiers are “legal”. The definition of a “rort” is a fraudulent or dishonest act or practice. We have recently learned that politicians have been exempt from the Sex Discrimination Act until very recently, are they also exempt from any …
More than 25,000 children and young people currently go missing in Australia each year. In 2000, the Australian Institute of Criminology released a paper that revealed around 30,000 people go missing each year, of which 20,000 are children and young people. They also stated that “the rate of missing people reported vary considerably around Australia …
25,000 Children Missing – in Australia each year, most in ACT and S.A Read More »
Politicians are now included in Sex Discrimination Act for the first time. Here we are in 2021, if you are like me, you would have been unaware that those we entrust to make the laws, make them for everyone else but not themselves. The appalling behaviours that we have heard about for decades, have gone …
The problems with the Family Court have been systemic for decades. In 2017, Senator Heffernam revealed that the Family Court is “not capable to deal with abuse”. Solicitor Serene Teffaha, of Advocateme.com.au in her emotional video above gives us an insight in how law enforcement and the judiciary operate. Shortly after she posted her video, …
In 2017, Senator Hefferfan addressed the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee recommending a Royal Commission into The Institution of The Law to deal with alleged paedophiles in the community who are prominent members of government, the judiciary, and law enforcement . He stated that the institution of the Law is “compromised at the highest …
