Magistrate Loadman said "[I am] not prepared to make the decision on the basis of statements by police officers, this smacking of that hoary old chestnut, "trust me I'm a lawyer" in this case "trust me I'm a policeman". We do not any longer have courts functioning in the manner of the Star Chamber."
Martin has the bad back that I should have from too many years of carrying black boxes around. Martin being back in Geelong reminds me of the last time we were there together - it was sometime in the summer of 1981-82 and we were doing a gig with the Laughing Clowns (he) and The Birthday Party (me) at the Eureka Hotel.
The Luurn (Red-backed Kingfisher) Tjukurrpa is of prime importance to the groups of the western deserts region, since it represents one expression of a major initiation cycle, Tingarri, a Law bequeathed to them by Luurn and other ancestral beings.
The NT Ombudsman's Report for 2007/2008 details a pretty good justification why the NT needs a standing Commission to conduct independent investigations of misconduct by the NT Police, politicians and government agencies.
Will the the rise and relentless rise of the web vigilante kill the web and eat its children? Recent developments in the UK indicate that over-reactions by self-appointed cyber-nannys and ISPs can seriously disrupt innocent web use.
Marion Scrymgour is Australia's most powerful Aboriginal politician who is fighting for her political life as questions are asked about her fitness and capacity to continue as Education Minister.
Federal Arts Minister Peter Garrett’s proposed resale royalty for visual artworks has been labelled a “disaster for Australian artists” by the body that administers visual arts copyright and licenses. As The Northern Myth reported two weeks ago, many on the Aboriginal arts side of the visual arts industry considered his resale royalty proposal a dud. [...]
There has been a lot of talk about white trash in the press over the past few days and most of it bad - but I'm proud to be called white trash - but white trash made good - maybe.
Now that rights to exist and persist have been recognised for nature and living things in the new Ecuadorean constitution, could Australia adopt a similar provision and would we want to?
When Big Pete Garrett got to his feet in Parliament last month and announced that he would implement Labor’s long-held commitment to a resale royalty scheme for all Australian visual artists, he told the House that: “This is a landmark and genuinely historic moment for the more than 20,000 Australian visual artists. The decision to [...]
