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margaret barstow on Making prison(er)s work better
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Jacek on 'Black fellow' tag costs man his job
Benjamin on Moti: Australia on trial..and guilty as hell
PM asked to back up her words by launching an
inquiry into Australians' freedoms, democracy
Article posted on Wednesday 25 January 2012
Prime Minister Julia Gillard made an outstanding statement recently, setting a clear test for Australia's counter-terrorism measures: they must not change Australians' lives or lifestyle, or lessen our freedom and democracy. CLA's Australia Day letter 2012 asks her to back up her own words, and establish an inquiry to evaluate the positive and negative impacts anti-terror measures have had on Australia and Australians since 9 September 2011.
On the death of a mother and her children…
Article posted on Thursday 19 January 2012The anomalous situation of the Family Court in WA, and the need for better resourcing of family courts everywhere, are poignantly highlighted after the tragic deaths of a mother and her two children from a family caught in a long-running dispute. Peter Dowding explains the court's problems...
Extradition to US is doubly doubtful
Article posted on Wednesday 18 January 2012Mark Summerfield, a patent attorney, analyses the current UK alleged piracy/copyright extradition case with major international ramifications. As well, there's links to the NYT coverage of proposed new US laws which are even more draconian, and to an SMH story of the real-life experience of an Australian extradited and jailed in the US for a similar 'offence'.
Minister can drive reduced homelessness
Article posted on Tuesday 17 January 2012
It's not often you get a chance to profoundly make the nation a better place, but new Homes and Homelessness Minister Robert McClelland has just such an opportunity. He needs to gather disparate policies across portfolios and stop them pulling in different directions to the detriment of Australia's downtrodden.
Prevent assault, rather than investigate later
Article posted on Monday 16 January 2012People found innocent in court are fully exonerated, and should be treated that way, CLA's Rex Widerstrom says. With the hideous offence of sexual assault of children, it is better to focus more resources on programs to prevent the crime rather than to concentrate on police task force investigation after the event, he says.
Law & order adjudged to need evidence
Article posted on Tuesday 10 January 2012Just like any other government initiative, law and order measures – such as extra police, tougher penalties, etc – should be evaluated for cost-benefit success or cost-effectiveness by an independent agency, says crime bureau chief Don Weatherburn. And he says, we need a better informed public and more rigorous scrutiny by the media.
More police powers? No!
Article posted on Saturday 07 January 2012
In spite of immensely powerful criminal laws, police always lobby for 'tougher laws' and 'steeper penalties' whenever a nasty crime hits the headlines, even when crime is rapidly falling, says Dr Buck Emberg. They should just get on with it, he says, and deliver simple law and order to the people who pay their salaries.
Letter from a grieving uncle...
Article posted on Friday 06 January 2012Terry Briscoe died in custody in Alice Springs early in 2012. Police say he fell and hit his head, soon after dying of cardiac arrest. People arrested with him allege police officers bashed him. CLA doesn't know which is correct, but we do know that both police and the NT justice system are on trial in this case. CLA believes interstate police should be called in to assist the coroner's investigation, rather than NT police investigating their own. Here is an open letter from the dead man's uncle to the Chief Minister of the NT.
...and NT Police Association chief Vince Kelly has penned an impassioned letter about Aborigines in the NT, in which he defends his police officers and asserts there was no bashing.
January 2012 Newsletter:
AG admits Australia's counter-terrorism
priorities have been unclear for a decade
Article posted on Saturday 31 December 2011
Australia's Attorney-General admitted last month that the nation operated to no clear set of counter-terrorism priorities over the past 10 years: in other words, tens of billions of dollars have apparently been wasted in scattergun spending on thousands more people, massive materiel purchases and untried new systems. How wasteful is that? On a more positive note, we report on planting of Australia's National Liberty Tree, and congratulate the Prime Minister for adopting CLA's counsel made eight months ago on ministerial appointmment.
System being gamed? Are Aborigines suffering?
Article posted on Tuesday 27 December 2011Civil liberties and human rights often involve finely-balanced judgements. In homelessness and welfare, resources are limited so tough decisions are needed. But natural cultural restraint can cost some people much-needed help, particularly Australia's Indigenous peoples. A CLA Darwin member cites some examples.
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