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...
THE STORY One of our trusted banking corporations has fallen into the spotlight for the wrong reasons. Late last month, a Government agency known as Austrac alleges that the corporate giant, Westpac failed to abide by their moral and ethical duties to tackle child exploitation.The guardian...
Statistics reveal that approximately 158 motor vehicle accidents involved a driver (or motorbike rider) using a hand-held mobile phone between 2012 and 2018. However, the major concern that the NSW Government held was that the number of crashes which involved the use of a mobile...
THE STORY Earlier this week a somewhat ordinary conversation turned into a traumatic assault allegedly caused by 43-year-old, Stipe Lozina on pregnant Muslim woman Rana Elasmar, aged 31 years. As many have seen, the shocking video footage shows Mr Lozina approached a pregnant muslim lady,...
The man who was accused of driving the getaway car after the murder of a former Comanchero bikie chief Mahmoud “Mick” Hawi has been granted bail. THE STORY Nine News reported yesterday that Jamal Eljaidi was granted bail, smiling as he appeared via audio visual link in...
