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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Our police bear a very heavy load
With a mission statement to prevent, detect and investigate crime, keep our roads safe and co-ordinate rescue efforts in emergencies, our amazing police officers are certainly in need of much […]
Read MoreTime to lose the spin
News that former Channel 7 Spotlight producer Steve Jackson has been appointed to Police Commissioner Karen Webb’s office is surely daunting (“Blame game begins as Webb in a spin again”, […]
Read MoreProtesters should be left in place
It is surely a good outcome in our country of asylum from the world’s conflicts that street protests are happily tolerated during the recent Middle East frictions. It is clear […]
Read MoreCunneen’s crusade
Having recently read Margaret Cunneen’s autobiography, The Boxing Butterly, it seems she wrote it too soon as she now embarks on a long overdue crusade to introduce thiopentone (sodium pentobarbitone) […]
Read MoreGood amid evil
Even if it eventuates that this was an evil act of mistaken identity, there is little recompense for a 12-year-old child losing his dad in a scene worse than any […]
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