Behind the Christian Brothers’ so-called ‘bankruptcy’ is a complex web of legal entities and trusts that leaves victim-survivors unable to claim proper compensation.
EXCLUSIVE: As their 12-year legal battle over their treatment in Don Dale is finally resolved, two of the young men and a mother speak about its lasting impact.
Overcrowding and understaffing are pushing Western Australia’s prisons to the brink, with the state watchdog warning of more deaths unless urgent action is taken.
As the Senate’s legal committee again delays its report into offshore processing, the government’s invocation of public interest immunity has further covered the system with secrecy.
Despite the Northern Territory government’s multimillion-dollar pledge to bolster a cuts-ravaged Legal Aid NT, the majority of the additional funding has been withheld.
Prosecutors say their war crimes murder case against Ben Roberts-Smith includes images that appear to show slain Afghans were tied up before being killed.
Police have arrested dozens of people – mostly teens – in a wave of arson attacks on Melbourne hospitality venues but are stumped as to who is directing the crimes, and why.
Despite vowing to support those who had suffered sexual abuse in their institutions, the Marist Brothers are uniquely aggressive in using the law to crush accusers.
