DAD'S ARMY As we tuck into Christmas fare and prepare to welcome a new decade, the Eastern States are enjoying cool reprieve from the heat. Spare a thought for our firies still on duty.With a thousand houses lost, they haven’t had a break, they don’t get

Why are we talking about family law and domestic violence? The Christmas holidays are pretty stressful, especially if there has been a split in the family or there are domestic troubles. It is a time when families are under financial and emotional stress. Add alcohol

In 2001, the NSW Child Protection Register was established. Under the Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Act 2000 (NSW), the Register holds the information and personal details of those people convicted of sexual or violent offences against Children. Those convicted of offences involving child abuse material

Australian women are being murdered by husbands and partners at a rate of one a week. As the body count rises, it is the police we turn to for help and protection. We don’t expect them to betray that duty and put us in harm’s

Possession and supply of illicit drugs will get you into trouble, being caught supplying drugs on multiple occasions attracts worse trouble. A special category of offence called “Ongoing Supply” is a particularly serious offence under Section 25A of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985. It

THE STORY Late last month Kenneth Grant, aged 70, was charged with a hit-and-run which led to a fatality. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, it is alleged that Mr Grant was driving along Flat Road, Bolwarra before striking the late Tony Greenfield with his Mazda