DBL: Bingle, Privacy and the Wild West of the internet: 9 March 2010
Written by camilla on March 9, 2010You would have to have been living under a rock not to have noticed the media frenzy and public debate surrounding the naked photo of Lara Bingle, allegedly taken without her consent by Brendan Fevola while she was in the shower. Bingle’s manager Max Markson announced that Bingle would take legal [...]
Gunns 20 Litigation Goes to Trial - Feb 2nd 2010
Written by shane on March 8, 2010On December 13, 2004, 20 environmental activists, organisations and concerned citizens were issued a 216 page writ by the Tasmanian logging company Gunns Ltd. The woodchipping giant is suing for a combined AU$6.9 million for actions it claims has damaged their business and reputation.
This unprecedented agressive attack on environmental activists is finally making it to [...]
Kids locked up for no good reason - NSW Young Offenders and Bail: 2 March 2010
Written by alex on March 2, 2010Up until 2007 in NSW, it was usual for about 3,600 young people to be detained in custody each year.
In 2006 - 2007, this number jumped to 4,236.
In 2007 - 2008, this number rose to 5081.
Over these years there was no increase in juvenile involvement in violent and property crimes.
The vast majority of these [...]
DBL: International students under attack: 9 February 2010
Written by camilla on February 21, 2010You might be mistaken for thinking that the recent Victorian government announcement of a new Minister for the Respect Agenda is a Monty Pythonesque farce – but no! On the 20th of January, Premier Brumby announced that Justin Madden would be the inaugural Minister for Respect, stepping into this role to address social issues such [...]
Done By Law on Survival Day
Written by shane on January 25, 2010- Done by Law on Survival Day -
Here at Done by Law as part of 3CRs special Survival day broadcast we’re
trying something a bit new – we’re going to broadcast a reading of Maria
Giannacopoulos’ 2006 essay - Terror Australis: White Sovereignty and the
Violence of Law as published in the Borderlands e-journal.
The central contention of this [...]
