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Abusive Treatment of Children in Juvenile Justice
Young Indigenous people are 17 times more likely to be in detention than other Australians. Despite only 5% of the general population are Aboriginal persons aged…
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High-Pitched Sonic Devices Target Young People
A number of shopping malls and businesses are deploying high-pitched sonic devices to combat what they describe as anti-social behaviour by young people. The so called…
violence
The Impact of Trauma on the Legal Process
New laws have been introduced in New South Wales to help juries understand the impact of trauma on victims of sexual assault. What is trauma? An…
prison
Unlawful Imprisonment of Minors Involved in People Smuggling
A group of 50 Indonesian minors who crewed asylum seeker boats are seeking compensation from the Australian government claiming that they were wrongfully imprisoned in adult…
prison
Australia Criticised For ‘Serious Shortcomings’ In Human Rights Record
The latest Human Rights Watch report released yesterday provides extensive criticism of Australia’s Human Rights records. O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors agrees with many of the…
Criminal Defence
O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors: Year in Review
O’Brien Criminal and Civil Solicitors has had a remarkable year in 2017. We are proud of the wide range of successes that we’ve had this year…
Criminal Defence
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse held its final sitting today. The five year inquiry concludes with the final report to be…
Royal Commissions
Improper practices in youth detention: a national crisis?
In the wake of the Royal Commission into the Protection and Detention of Children in the Northern Territory, we have been heartened to see other State…
crime
Victoria passes new legislation reversing onus of proof for child abuse matters
In recent days the Victorian government passed an Australian-first piece of legislation that signals a huge reform in how child abuse cases are to be prosecuted.…
Criminal Defence
Inside the Numbers: the Child Abuse Royal Commission
Catholic Church members abuse 4,444 children The mind has difficulty processing numbers that are too large. Earlier this week the Royal Commission heard that members of…
Royal Commissions
Royal Commission: Peter O’Brien Examines Cardinal Pell
Last Thursday, Peter O'Brien assisted the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Abuse during the questioning of Cardinal George Pell. Peter’s examination was remarkable for…
