How shock jocks sabotaged bail
Shock jocks can do good…but they can also do great harm as naysayers, like when they joined with rabid tabloids to sabotage brand new NSW bail laws in mid-2014. 16 March 2015.
What works, what doesn’t, in jails
In another of its excellent series, the NSW Parliamentary Library has analysed data for reducing reoffending by prisoners…and come up with some surprising results of what doesn’t work. 10 March 2015
Anti-consort laws make rogues of us all
The ACT, with its Human Rights Act, like Victoria, is no place for anti-consorting laws which the Attorney-General is proposing. Such laws makes rogues of us all. 23 Feb 2015
Journalists jailed, slain in huge numbers
Al-Jazeera reporter Peter Greste’s return to Australia from jail in Egypt focuses attention on the alarming rise in deaths of journalists worldwide, as the numbers in jail also rise. 2 Feb 2015
Hicks conviction illegal: US govt
It’s now official! The US government admits Guantanamo inmate of six years, David Hicks, was not legally convicted, and therefore was illegally held in an Australian jail also. 29 Jan 2015
Prisons Minister ‘blind to reality’
A sneering indifference to the poor is no way to run prisons and the fines system, CLA says. Ministers should represent all people, not just the upper class. 13 Jan 2015
Hicks officially innocent, Pentagon admits
The Pentagon has finally admitted David Hicks’ innocence: he was charged with a non-crime. Time for Howard, Ruddock and the government to pay compensation for their incompetence. 11 Jan 2015
‘Now I am terrified…’
Exaggerated fears, excessive, expensive and stupid solutions…our pollies have not opened up the new year 2015 in a way that inspires confidence, says Hugh Selby. 3 Jan 2015
There are many hidden victims…
A wrongful conviction affects more than the person in jail. With Henry Keogh released, we repeat an article by his daughter Alexis published by us on 23 Dec 2010. 23 Dec 2014
Keogh free: Royal Commission needed
Today Henry Keogh is expected to walk free after nearly 20 years in jail…where he should not have served one day. A Royal Commission is needed, CLA says. 22 Dec 2014