One Punch Legislation
On 6 June 2014, Queensland Premier Campbell Newman introduced the Safe Night Out Legislation…
Destruction of Evidence
We are often asked about what rights flow for individuals with respect to their personal property…
Drug Trafficking
There seems to be an ever growing number of young people in our community being charged with the…
Transgender Rights in Criminal Law
There are particular practices that the police must employ when they are interacting with members…
Queensland Law Handbook
The 12th edition of the Queensland Legal Handbook is available from the Caxton Legal Centre…
Anti-Bikie Legislation - Update
The following seminar paper is extracted from the attached material below. See the full article…
G20: Police Powers & Dissent
The G20 Safety & Security Act 2013 will govern the G20 summit which is to occur in Brisbane…
Justice at any cost is not justice at all
Justice is a concept of “moral rightness” which is open to individual interpretation. The concept…
Costs Applications against the police
If you are charged with a summary offence, for example, committing a public nuisance or obstruct…
Bikies in solitary confinement
In a case decided by Justice Applegarth of the Queensland Supreme Court on 12 December 2013 there…