Today in NSW new mandatory minimum jail terms of up to eight years to deal with drunken violence and so-called “coward’s punches” were introduced. These changes, which affect the role of intoxication in forming...
Read MoreLaw Reform to deal with violent assaults Introduction NSW Govt. Toughens Laws for Intoxicated Offenders The Rule of Law and Mandatory Sentences Do Mandatory Sentences Provide Just Outcomes? Questions and Activities See also our...
Read MoreIn the last days of the Parliament in 2013, Senator Nick Xenophon introduced a Private Members Bill to the Senate to make the “Harming Australians” offences in the Commonwealth Criminal Code retrospective. The...
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RoLIA CEO, Kate Burns, wrote in the Australian today about the Queensland Government’s...
Read MoreRecent events in NSW have focused attention on mandatory sentencing. This post brings together relevant information about current mandatory sentencing debates in Australia. Click on the links below to view material for the...
Read MoreThe Rule of Law Institute of Australia today welcomed the announcement by the Attorney-General that the Government would be referring to the Australian Law Reform Commission the task of auditing legislative encroachments which...
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“Building on the rule of law in the global engineering sector” James Polkinghorne...
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Tim Fuller, former NRL player, now sports lawyer and sports law lecturer at the University of...
Read MoreComments by Queensland Premier Campbell Newman about the way in which the courts should implement laws relating to outlaw motorcycle gangs have been challenged by Justice George Fryberg in the Queensland Supreme Court during a...
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Deakin University academic and practising sports lawyer Martin Hardie will be the second speaker...
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We had a fantastic week presenting to teachers and students in the Riverina and Southern Highlands...
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Former CEO and chair of the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority from 2006-2010, Richard Ings,...
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It’s all the legislative rage at the moment in Queensland: attempts to target “Outlaw Motorcycle...
Read MoreOn 29 October 2013 the Rule of Law Institute made a submission to the Senate Inquiry into the Performance of the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC). Our full submission is now available and can also be found...
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The Inquiry into the performance of the Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC) by...
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Guest writer Dr Ben Koh is a medical doctor with postgraduate qualification in Sports Medicine...
Read MoreFederal Justice Minister Michael Keenan has foreshadowed tougher national unexplained wealth laws. These laws reverse the onus of proof. Where there is a “reasonable suspicion” that an individual has engaged in serious criminal...
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In Lee & Anor v NSW Crime Commission [2013] HCA 39 handed down on 9 October 2013, the High...
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Sports lawyer and Deakin University academic Martin Hardie will be one of the keynote speakers at...
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The Rule of Law Institute of Australia congratulates Her Honour Dr Melissa Perry on being sworn in...
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