One step in the right direction.
… the next few steps, however, are the most critical.
Police Commissioner’s apology for Ms Dhu’s death in custody.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/31/wa-police-apology-ms-dhu-death-in-custody-arrest-ntwnfb
#AusPol #WAPol #AusLaw #WALaw #RightToDignity
... Interesting how the focus is on the Court order, and absolutely nothing about the pre-release briefing and warnings, post-incarceration support, etc.
If Politicians are quick to make a complex problem seem simple, they are absolutely wrong and just playing populism.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/30/perth-alleged-assault-woman-by-immigration-detainee-released-under-nzyq-decision
#AusPol #AusLaw #WAPol #WALaw
Sharing the road with Cyclists (and other road users):
Motorists,
you save somewhere between 30 seconds to 5 minutes, rushing past cyclists on the road without care.
Is the time saved really worth the trauma and criminal sentence?
1. P-Plate work commuter: two-and-a-half year community corrections order (Cyclist dead: inattention when passing) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-23/lindsay-smyrk-court-cyclist-death-sentence-woodend/102514622
2. 21-y-o work commuter: three years in jail (Cyclist dead; erratic driving) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07-24/21yo-driver-sentenced-to-jail-for-cycling-death-david-halliwell/12487928
3. 59-y.o. one year and nine months' jail (Cyclist with permanent/severe injury; inattention when passing and 'hit and run')
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-15/hit-run-driver-romano-andreucci-jailed/11709102
4. 39-y.o Professional Truck Driver, four year jail term
(Cyclist dead'; Driving under influence of drugs; Drive while using a mobile phone; sleep deprivation; etc.) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-15/truck-driver-jailed-over-nullarbor-cyclist-leif-justham/101761506
5. 36-y.o Professional Truck Driver. three years and four months in jail (Cyclist dead; inattention when passing and 'hit and run')
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-04/amala-paulson-jailed-fatal-collision-horsham-cyclist-liam-batson/102303428
6. 43-y.o Truck Driver, four years and two months in jail
(Cyclist dead; inattention turning at an intersection)
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-02/truck-driver-mathew-gray-sentenced-4-years-killing-bendigo-teen/100263378
#ACTLaw #QldLaw #NSWLaw #VicLaw #TasLaw #SALaw #NTLaw #WALaw
A veiled, biased article against the Environmental Defenders Office, by Fin Review’s Tom Rabe.
A few unsuccess cases does not mean the public value of the EDO over the past forty years means nothing.
EDO continue to be an important part of Australian democracy, and a means of legal representation for communities - who otherwise have no means to argue against giants like Santos.
https://www.afr.com/companies/mining/former-wa-premier-calls-for-edo-to-be-abolished-20240117-p5ey0w
#AusPol #WAPol #AusLaw #WALaw #Journalism #Accountability
Our Corrections system should reflect and role model the standards we expect from convicts in public.
There is no such thing as ‘Necessary Evils’. Ill-thought justification of ‘evils’ is what leads people to commit crimes.
You can not rehabilitate people with ‘evil’.
Any person who thinks ‘evils’ can be justified can never be trusted to hold high office.
Premier Cook should stand down.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-13/wa-premier-under-fire-after-boy-attempts-suicide-in-adult-prison/102970996
#WAPol #WALaw #HumanRights
Ironically with The West Australian news, WA Premier and Woodside CEO trying to make this about the ABC, as well as the protesters, has ended up attracting unwanted attention.
What could have potentially been written off as a simple case of ‘people arrested for intent to graffiti/vandalism’ has blown up into something bigger.
🤷🏻
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/aug/04/abc-backed-by-press-freedom-advocates-amid-criticism-of-woodside-protest-coverage
#WAPol #WALaw
Why was so much counter-terrorism police resources used to intervene on a peaceful protest?
Why is the phrase 'extremism' being thrown about, trivialising real 'extremism' which is a genuine threat to life and destruction of property by terrorist groups?
Why is the WA Premier throwing about accusations at Journalists - disproven within the hour?
Why is The West Australian so adamant at embroiling the ABC?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/03/activist-says-woodside-ceos-safety-was-never-under-threat-by-protest-at-her-perth-home
#WAPol #WALaw
@KarenWyld Its astounding that in a liberal democracy, Police feel its appropriate to intimidate an expert witness, using dud search warrants.
Ken S
