Law Reform
Experts Recommend Reforms for Sexual Assault Victims’ Justice
New research released today shows many victim/survivors have negative experiences of the criminal justice system after reporting sexual violence. The......
Concerns WA precinct laws unfairly target Indigenous people
Numerous Indigenous organisations fear that newly proposed precinct laws in Western Australia will disproportionately affect Indigenous people. The Protected Entertainment......
Questions Emerge About Coercive Control
Chief officials gathered last Friday to discuss the nation’s response to the criminalisation of coercive control. This meeting followed the......
Coercive control to be outlawed in Queensland
Queensland has committed to criminalising coercive control by 2023, making it one of the first states in Australia to make......
Samoa’s First Female PM Arrives
After months of political impasse, Samoa’s first female prime minister has been legally recognised as the leader of the country.......
New Super Bill Facing Amendments
As the Federal Government continues its attempt to pass reform in the superannuation fund, Rex Patrick will tomorrow introduce amendments......
Deaths in custody prompt public drunkenness reform
On Friday February 8th, The Victorian Lower house passed a Bill to decriminalise public drunkenness. A 1991 Royal Commission into......
Victoria bans conversion therapy practices
This week, the Victorian government, with an overwhelming support from the State Parliament, passed a bill in which conversion therapy......
Expert Witness Bias Denying Justice
The access to experts and scientists is a right granted to the parties of a civil and criminal trial. However,......
Whakamihi! – New Zealand decriminalises abortion after 44 years
Today was a historical watershed moment for women and girls throughout New Zealand after legislation to decriminalise abortion from the......