Top 10 Legal Myths You Thought Were True

By Nathan Wong | 6 October 2023

Many people base their understanding of the law on American news, movies, and TV shows. Even if the reporters and scriptwriters have got it right, American law is different from Australian law in many ways. 

If you compare for example, a copyright violation, it can be a crime in the USA, but it isn’t a crime in Australia. It’s still wrong, but you wont go to jail; you’ll only have to pay damages.

Shameful: Indigenous Sentencing in Australia

By Steven Garcia | 11 August 2023

Indigenous Australians experience stricter sentencing than non-Indigenous people in the 21st Century. However, this is not a new occurrence. Since European settlement in Australia, Aboriginal people have been subject to white law – despite it not being their own law.