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defence November 28, 2020
Doubts raised over ADF reports
Amid the Brereton report’s findings that military reports have been ‘routinely embellished’, the IGADF is reassessing concerns raised by David Savage, a civilian who sustained serious injuries during a suicide bombing in Afghanistan in 2012.
defence November 21, 2020
How ‘prestige, status and power’ led to Australia’s war crimes
Commanders were told about possible war crimes being committed by Australian soldiers but dismissed the warnings as ‘Taliban propaganda’.
law & crime November 21, 2020
Big picture: Robo-debt, politics and poverty
A landmark Productivity Commission report into mental illness provides a road map to reduce harm, but it chafes against deep-seated government ideology.
law & crime November 21, 2020
Phishing expeditions in the Cocos Islands
An abundance of online gambling and phishing scams linked to an Australian territory raises questions about law enforcement online – but also about ‘digital colonisation’ and who is getting rich on the internet.
law & crime November 7, 2020
Policing family violence in NSW
As the NSW parliament debates amendments to family violence legislation, new research shows that some victim-survivors are being charged as offenders instead, while children are not being protected by apprehended violence orders.
business October 31, 2020
The expenses scandal at ASIC masks a more serious concern: that the government will now overhaul the agency and wind back regulation of the banking and finance sector.
law & crime October 31, 2020
Auditor-general eyes pandemic response
After a series of reports this year that have shocked the public and shamed the government, the auditor-general is turning his focus to Australia’s federal Covid-19 response, including the JobKeeper scheme.
law & crime October 24, 2020
Failures of the criminal justice system
As politicians play a tough-on-crime game to win votes, pushing Australia’s incarceration rates ever upwards, an initiative led by high-profile patrons aims to reform the justice system and end a narrow-minded reliance on prison sentences.
law & crime October 17, 2020
‘Poor Gladys’ rings hollow after premier’s ICAC grilling
The real story this week is not Gladys Berejiklian’s relationship with Daryl Maguire but whether she knew the details of his deal-making – although her supporters would rather you focus on the former.
law & crime October 17, 2020
Challenging the secrecy of national cabinet
Legal experts are questioning the basis on which national cabinet deliberations are deemed to be secret, and the issue has led to an Administrative Appeals Tribunal case.
law & crime October 10, 2020
James Packer’s testimony at the Crown inquiry
At this week’s NSW inquiry into Crown Resorts, former executive chairman James Packer acknowledged some ‘shameful’ behaviour in his leadership of the company, but often claimed ignorance of – and blamed others for – the casino’s alleged links to organised crime.
