The Drugs in Sport affair has so far focused on the ‘sins’ of sports people. But the real guilty party may be the accuser, the Australian Crime Commission. We warned Parliament in October 2012 that the ACC would destroy reputations, and was dangerous: j…
Civil Liberties Australia invites you to read these factual reports which illustrate some of the Australian Crime Commission’s track record, and shine a light on how competent, or otherwise, the Australian Crime Commission is. You be the judge.
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A Senate Committee should reject totally the deceitfully-named ‘Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Bill 2012’, CLA says. It is not needed, has dumb and dangerous definitions, would create more problems than it solved, and would effectively censor the…
The sexual abuse inquiry confessional Cartoon by Inkcinct
The Royal Commission into Abused Children will run into a minefield of conflicting rights and law: rules of evidence and of witnesses (including, perhaps, children), rights of the child, of reli…
A father of four who left the UK without establishing a child support system was tracked down here and forced to pay regularly by the local Child Support Agency. Now an Australian citizen but jobless, he is locked in Oz because the CSA has imposed an ad…
When schools introduce mandatory drug testing – mandatory anything – they send a message to students that the way to solve problems is by enforced bullying of a captive audience. Not a good look, one would think, in a system where bullying behaviour is…
In the Theatre of Life, if you’re not afraid you have something to worry about…or so the fearocrats would have it, says columnist Kerry Cue. She dipped her underwire in secret ink to pen this expose of today’s unreasonableness of being.Read article &#…
Throughout most of the world, governments acknowledge that the ‘war on drugs’ has failed. Progressive governments are debating what will replace it. In Australia, some federal and state MPs are leading the way. Campaigners are planning a national drug s…
The Tassie Parliament is back to its banning ways – remember when Polley the Speaker banned Jim Collier from the House and grounds for six months? Now the Upper House wants to stop anyone born after 2000 buying tobacco after they turn 18. Maybe we shoul…
More intrusive laws pass parliament regularly without proper scrutiny and debate, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says in outlining the state of play of surveillance, data retention by the state, and privacy intrusions. There’s no one word which sums up the…
