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First “Lawyer X” Gangland Figure Walks Free

First “Lawyer X” Gangland Figure Walks Free

Yet more of the chickens of corruption are coming home to roost in Victoria, with the first high-profile acquittal following from the “Lawyer X” scandal. Jailed big wig Tony Mokbel has had his conviction quashed over a cocaine importation which led him to skip the country during his trial.

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Hate Speech Laws Are Attacks on Democracy, Free Speech

Hate Speech Laws Are Attacks on Democracy, Free Speech

Daphna Whitmore rdln.wordpress.com It is clear from the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch massacre that Brenton Tarrant had easy access to a firearms licence. The police failed abysmally in their duty to prevent semi-automatic weapons and ammunition from getting into the hands of a psychopath.

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Police HQ Pressie for Firearms Owners

Police HQ Pressie for Firearms Owners

Some alarming information has come to hand that despite the clear failures from Police that led to the tragedy at Christchurch, the Police are hell-bent on ramming through further changes that materially, negatively affect licensed firearms owners. Chris Cahill, the Police union mouthpiece, is pushing hard for registration and

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If Police Can’t Manage Licensing, How on Earth Can They Manage a Register?

If Police Can’t Manage Licensing, How on Earth Can They Manage a Register?

Stuff has an a article outlining just how badly Police are letting down Licensed Firearm Owners with their approach to licensing and re-licensing: Firearms licence applicants are growing increasingly frustrated as police muddle through 10,000 outstanding applications, some dating as far back as November 2015. The issue comes

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Australian Muslim Groups in Damage Control Mode

Australian Muslim Groups in Damage Control Mode

Australia’s Islamic representatives are in damage control mode after leading Islamic scholars published a document which generated immediate condemnation. Many critics questioned why Islamic scholars are issuing “guidelines” for something which is already well-defined in Australian law – the law which is supposed to apply to all Australians. For

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Facebook, Google to Be Forced to Pay for News Content

Australia is set to pass world-first laws to force tech giants to pay for the content they’ve so far been scraping for free from media companies, as well as sharing their data-collection methods. Is this the last gasp of a dying legacy media – or the first push-

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Protests across Ireland Following Late-Term Abortion Report Release
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Protests across Ireland Following Late-Term Abortion Report Release

righttolife.org.uk Pro-life protests have taken place across Ireland in response to the shocking revelations about the nature and extent of the late-term abortions now occurring in Ireland. Published in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, September 2020, a report confirmed that babies are being aborted

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A Subject Both Left and Right Can Agree on

There are some universal truths and people on both the left and the right know them to be true. The looming threat of hate speech laws is not only upsetting  those on the right, against whom they are most likely to be weaponised, but also scaring those on the left

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Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz – Part Two

Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz – Part Two

The purpose of legal aid is to ensure the right to legal representation for socially and economically disadvantaged people. But is the system being abused in civil cases? In part two of ‘Legal Car-nage All Over a Banged Up Benz’, we seek answers to why an Auckland man has

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Sneaky Mallard Buries Apology in Big News Day

Sneaky Mallard Buries Apology in Big News Day

Trevor Mallard has apologised for comments he made last year claiming a rapist was working in parliament. But he sneakily waited until after the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch massacre had delivered their report. He made the remarks on RNZ shortly after the release of a report which

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