James O’Doherty is to be applauded for insightfully adding commonsense to our interpretation of the behaviour of Police Minister Yasmin Catley after recent shootings on our beleaguered Sydney streets (Minister […]
Read MoreUN send off cheered
News that Premier Dominic Perrottet has refused access to NSW’s prisons to the highly politicised UN must be applauded. (UN prison inspectors jet out in a big huff, 24/10). If […]
Read MoreTexting drivers be warned
With the recent introduction of mobile phone detection cameras across NSW, the sentencing of Lisa Mottram to jail for four years is another big warning to everyone, especially our technologically […]
Read MoreNo warnings
Drivers using mobile phones will be in trouble soon as the anonymously located cameras start snapping. (TXT cams turned on in weeks, 10/11). I oppose the argument that drivers should […]
Read MoreSign of the wrong road strategies
Carl Scully correctly argues that speed cameras are located in road death traps. (“Speed trap trick”, 5/11). In other words, from previous experience, all signage is telling us that “this […]
Read MoreThink of innocents in jail
Recently, long-term prisoners, convicted of murder have been released despite loud protests. (“Why let a killer walk free?”, 10/9). At the time of sentencing, the victims’ families applaud the judgment […]
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Forget point scoring
Police Minister Yasmin Catley is correct to praise the NSW Police for their masterful triumph in up-ending the cadre that was the “Commission” an apparent cohort of alleged drug distributors […]
Read MoreEnd soft justice and put cowards in a cell
I agree wholeheartedly that domestic violence is definitely a shameful form of cowardice, however solving this insidious problem is no simple matter. As a former police officer, I attended countless […]
Read MoreBalancing act
The separation of powers between the parliament and the courts is critical to our structure of government and rule of law. It is right that the NSW State Labor government […]
Read MoreDecisions are mental
One must surely ask whether we should celebrate the decision of judges to cancel over a thousand cases against the mentally ill, thus humanely ensuring that those not criminally responsible […]
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