Four different public inquiries have been investigating problems around how Australia has handled the COVID-19 pandemic. One inquiry only recommends basing further detailed probes into lessons for the future on the basis of the human rights of Australians. The C-19 issue sits alongside key questions generally about whether police, prosecutors and the courts are letting Australia down. It is time for a national inquiry into justice: there has never been one.
Other items in May include:
- Integrity of judges in Australia being questioned
- Can you believe evidence given in court by police?
- Forensic problems continue to haunt criminal justice system
- It’s ‘women and children’ last in terms of jails
- Police deserve shaming for their naming: SBS program
- States still steal babies from a new generation
- NZ man gets chance to disprove his guilt after 26 years in jail
- Modern slavery continues to increase
- ‘Secret’ hearing by magistrates hit record numbers