In the Northern Territory, 83 per cent of the prison population is Indigenous, while Western Australia jails black males at more than eight times the rate of South Africa during Apartheid.
Criminal justice system
Teacher’s s-xual relationship treated like murder
Does a 28 year old school teacher who has a same s-x relationship with a 14-year-old student deserve the same jail time as the drunken person who kills another while driving? Asks Greg Barns.
Crime victims have never had it so good
Victims have never had so many rights, and the criminal justice system now protects them even when they embellish their claims of suffering, writes Greg Barns.
Prosecutors have never had it so good
The legal system now in Victoria and in every other state of Australia is heavily weighted in favour of prosecutors, writes Greg Barns.
Crime too complex for trial by jury
Are juries in the modern age are up to the task, asks Greg Barns.
Public servants on a hiding to nothing
You need a pretty thick skin to be a public servant dealing with Aborigines these days as the rape case of the 10 year old Queensland girl illustrates so terribly, writes Richard Farmer.
Flint: It’s the elites who debase the rule of law
The Privy Council a century ago stated the obvious. The government is absolutely correct in resisting the present hysterical campaign to conflate immigration control with the standards of the criminal justice system. Otherwise we would be creating a right in all foreigners to enter this country, which would be untenable.
