As the High Court in London decided to allow Julian Assange to appeal his extradition, the question must be asked why he should be held in maximum security. Sentenced in […]
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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 MoreYouths lashing out in despair
With more black eyes than blackjack in this Casino, the plethora of teenage fights in the NSW country town is surely a symptom of teenage dissatisfaction across Australia. (Lovely town […]
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 […]
Read MorePILL TESTING TRIAL HARD TO SWALLOW
For those of us who strenuously opposed pill testing in the past, it is a hard pill to swallow now that the Health Minister Ryan Park has surrendered to the […]
Read MoreHow many lives were ruined at his hands ?
While no judge’s gavel will echo sharply across a hushed NSW courtroom to bring justice finally upon the eastern suburb’s serial rapist Keith Simms, much applause should be paraded on […]
Read MoreA Paradise ?
As parts of Sydney’s historic Rookwood Cemetery might better be renamed “Crookwood”, the terrible blight of the illegal drug trade on the lives of criminal traffickers becomes tangible on a […]
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