Understanding the federal government’s proposed hate speech laws
The impact on free speech of a proposed suite of Commonwealth legislative amendments to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism, is being widely debated.
Criminal law: November 2025
Can expert certificates bypass standard rules? When is a summary offence ‘related’? These cases answer key procedural questions.
Criminal law: October 2025
Important cases on objective and subjective features of offending when sentencing and discounts for cooperating with authorities.
When should a child be held criminally responsible? The minimum age and doli incapax
Amidst the ongoing scrutiny of the aged-based barriers to criminal responsibility, this article unpacks the history, science and law surrounding it. By THOMAS CROFTS.
Criminal law: September 2025
An important cases that discusses the meaning of intimidation for the purposes of an APVO.
Criminal law: August 2025
Criminal cases on reasonable service of tendency notices and whether one procured by the accused need not be ‘innocent’ before principal is found guilty.
Criminal law: July 2025
Intriguing criminal cases on the mental element to arrest without a warrant, and the benchmark and onus of proof for disputes over mental health impairment.
Criminal law: June 2025
Precedent on guilty plea discounts when they are not originally accepted, and balancing reduced moral culpability and general deterrence in sentencing.
Key changes to use of DNA evidence in courtrooms
A new method of scientific reporting for DNA provides a framework for the data and will change the way evidence is given, according to one…
Criminal law: May 2025
Useful precedent on the use of evidence by audio-visual link and appropriateness of the guideline judgment for sentencing break, enter and steal matters.
Criminal law: April 2025
Useful precedent on rounding sentences with mandatory discounts and whether an offender’s own child abuse reduces moral culpability.