The latest data from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics (BOCSAR) shows a 30% rise since 2014 in the number of people refused bail and then later found not guilty. More than 200 people, including 21 children, have since then been forced to wait in...
Cases of child abduction are traumatic for all who may be involved and can affect the children at the centre of such an ordeal long after the issue has been resolved. With more incidents of children disappearing becoming increasingly common across the country, parents hold...
Strike Force Raptor was established in 2009 to target “groups and individuals who engage in serious and organised crime, in particular those who have a propensity for violence,” the Police website said. They are known to crack down on Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs (OMCG), so why...
PURPOSE AND TYPES An Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) is a legal order made to protect a Person in Need of Protection (PINOP) from the Defendant, the person whom the order is made against. There are two different AVOs available: domestic (ADVO) and personal (APVO). An ADVO...
The age of technology, social media and smart phones has boomed dramatically in the past 10 years. With the boom of these new advancements, it has become more common for people (including young children) to be posting and sharing inappropriate material online or simply to...
ARREST OF CARL HOPPNER ON AUSTRALIA DAY TURNED VIOLENT Back on Australia Day January 26th this year, Indigenous man Carl Hoppner was arrested by Toronto Police, near Newcastle, for intimidating his wife, and drunken and aggressive behaviour. There is CCTV footage of police kicking and punching...
Individuals in Australia are getting caught more frequently for smuggling and distributing prohibited drugs. These dealings in illegal drugs (cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, methamphetamine are examples) are very serious criminal offences and carry heavy custodial sentences. It was published in 2016 that around 3.1 million Australians...
THERE IS MORE TO PUNISHMENT THAN JUST IMPRISONMENT If you are found guilty of a crime or traffic offence – the Court will sentence you to the appropriate penalty. These range from a fine only, for the least serious offences, to imprisonment, for the most serious...
EVENTS UNHEARD OF IN AUSTRALIA The freedom of the press, and our democracy, is facing an unprecedented threat against it, the kind that Australia has never seen before. Two Australian Federal Police raids were conducted over two days this week, first at the home of News...
THE STORY Last night in Darwin’s CBD, a 45-year-old man, now known as Ben Hoffmann, allegedly used a 12-guage pump-action shotgun to shoot and kill four men at four different locations and injure one woman. He used several vehicles to visit seven different locations across the...
