Learning to avoid getting it wrong
There are lessons worldwide to be learned from Wrongful Conviction Day, held this month: here are 10 from Toronto in Canada, most of which apply here. 5 Oct 2014
64 bodies urge ratifying of OPCAT
From across the spectrum, more than 60 organisations are urging AG George Brandis to ratify – bring into law – the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against Torture. 15 Sept 2014
Red alert: Terror laws on the march!
Australia’s fear meter is ramped to red alert…mainly so scared citizens won’t become angry over new laws that further restrict civil liberties and invade our privacy. 12 Sept 2014
Tassie to adopt Right to Appeal law
Tasmania announces it will adopt a new Right To Appeal law, providing a second chance to remedy miscarriages of justice. CLA’s national campaign has its first breakthrough! 9 Sep 2014
Turning point for state’s justice
Mandatory minimum prison sentences for ‘illegal’ protests are a mistake for both justice and practical reasons. Both ‘poor’ law and ‘poor’ taxpayers, says CLA’s Richard Griggs. 10 Aug 2014
They hanged Tommy…and still do
Cruel Australia hanged Tommy-types 200 years ago. Now, we imprison them in foetid cells on far-off islands, so that only sweet smells permeate our cocoons. 3 Aug 2014
Fast track to abusing the law
Our government is breaking international law. It is ‘refouling’ (sending back into probable persecution) Sri Lankan asylum claimants. Please stop, says Louis Coutts: not in my name. 7 July 2014
Justice denied: Eastman kept in jail
One month ago, a judicial inquiry ruled David Eastman was wrongfully convicted of murder in 1995. Why is he still languishing in a Canberra prison on 1 July 2014?
CLA puts solutions to Riot Inquiry
CLA proposed refugee solutions, and expanded the investigation’s reporting scope, when appearing before the Manus Island Riot Death Inquiry at Parliament House. 17 June 2014
Freedom dies as the bikie bells toll
No get-out clause, no opt-out provision, no right of appeal. This is Queensland 2014: you can be guilty by association solely on the say-so of police. 14 June 2014