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Publication of the allegations, based on leaked documents, by the ABC lead in 2019 to the Australian Federal Police raiding the ABC's Ultimo offices (as well as News Corp journalist Annika Smethurst's home, due to her reporting on another leaked plan to allow the ASD to spy on Australian citizens). Media organisations feared the raids posed a ...
Strange laws, also called weird laws, dumb laws, futile laws, unusual laws, unnecessary laws, legal oddities, or legal curiosities, are laws that are perceived to be useless, humorous or obsolete, or are no longer applicable (in regard to current culture or modern law). A number of books and websites purport to list dumb laws.
From a statute that could keep Bigfoot from harm to punishment for carrying too much gum, there are countless bizarre and antiquated laws in the United States and abroad. 41 Weird Laws From Around ...
Australia recently joined the ranks of countries like France, Spain and Belgium by passing a “right to disconnect” law, which came into effect on August 26.
The Australian Protectionist Party has been active in protesting against the presence of asylum seekers and Muslims, and has also organised several protests against Sharia law being implemented in Australia. The party has unsuccessfully contested a number of elections, failing to secure more than 1% of the vote in any election it has contested.
Australia has passed new laws allowing former immigration detainees to be locked up again if they pose any risk of committing serious offences after they were released in a landmark ruling by the ...
The Sexpo festival, 2012. While pornography is legal in Australia, compared to other Western countries, Australia has historically had restrictive laws. Prior to the invention of internet pornography, pornographic films were de facto illegal in all six states, with pornography only being legal in the territories.
The Australian government on Wednesday proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the 141 migrants who have been set free in the three weeks since the High Court ruled their indefinite ...