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Tasmania will compensate people for historical LGBTQIA+ convictions. Could others follow suit? By Nicole L. Asquith & Justin Ellis
The Conversation, 25/09/25
In the coming week, the Tasmanian parliament will consider two bills that will cement Tasmania as the Rainbow Isle. 

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New stats reveal highest number of criminal incidents in Victoria since records began
ABC, 25/09/25
Victoria Police say just 5,400 repeat offenders are responsible for 40 per cent of the crime in the state.

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First-time violent offending following psychosis diagnosis: Exploring community treatment order use and sociodemographic risk factors By Hwang, Y. I. J., Chowdhury, N., T. Butler
Psychosis is commonly associated with an elevated risk of violence. This population-based study of people diagnosed with psychosis in New South Wales (n=126,198) found that 15.2 percent committed a violent offence, most commonly within four years following diagnosis. 

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Teenage girl to stand trial for alleged Hervey Bay caravan park murder By James Taylor,
ABC, 23/09/25
A court has committed a teenaged girl to stand trial for murder over the death of a 24-year-old man in a Hervey Bay caravan park. The girl was 14 at the time of the incident and the court heard she told her mother "she had stabbed a paedo".

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Victim-survivors' perspectives on post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending By Death, Jodi, K. Richards, M. Chataway, C. Emzin, C.Ronken, R. Chapman
Victim-survivors' perspectives on post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 714, Australian Institute of Criminology, 18/09/25
This paper presents results from a study that investigated the perspectives of victim-survivors about post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending (PCSOs). It addressed the question: what are victim-survivors’ reasons for supporting or opposing a wide range of PCSO post-custodial measures?

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Shock development in case of accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione By Benedict Brook & AFP
News.com, 19/09/25
The accused killer of CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot dead on a Manhattan street, will soon face trial – but not on all charges.

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The problem with chemically castrating sex offenders by Harvey Proctor
Spiked, 18/09/25
The justice system is far too fallible to be trusted with drugs that permanently alter people’s bodies.
 

Shock development in case of accused CEO killer Luigi Mangione By Benedict Brook & AFP
News.com, 19/09/25
The accused killer of CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot dead on a Manhattan street, will soon face trial – but not on all charges.

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Israel-Gaza war protests cost $25million , Victorian report finds
ABC, 19/09/25
The report by Victoria's Parliamentary Budget Office includes the estimated cost of wages and other expenses to police the weekly protests in Melbourne's CBD and other operational activities.

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Right-wing extremist violence is more frequent and more deadly than left-wing violence − what the data shows By Art Jipson & Paul J. Becker
The Conversation, 18/09/25
Policymakers and the public need reliable evidence and actual data to understand the reality of politically motivated violence.

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Victim-survivors' perspectives on post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending By Death, Jodi, K. Richards, M. Chataway, C. Emzin, C.Ronken, R. Chapman

Victim-survivors' perspectives on post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 714, Australian Institute of Criminology, 18/09/25
This paper presents results from a study that investigated the perspectives of victim-survivors about post-custodial measures for people with convictions for sexual offending (PCSOs). It addressed the question: what are victim-survivors’ reasons for supporting or opposing a wide range of PCSO post-custodial measures?

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The problem with chemically castrating sex offenders by Harvey Proctor
Spiked, 18/09/25
The justice system is far too fallible to be trusted with drugs that permanently alter people’s bodies.
https://www.spiked-online.com/2025/09/18/the-problem-with-chemically-castrating-sex-offenders/
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Our new study found AI is wreaking havoc on uni assessments. Here’s how we should respond By Thomas Corbin, David Boud, Margarey Bearman, & Phillip Dawson
The Conversation, 17/09/25
Thanks to generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, students can now generate essays and assessment answers in seconds. As we have noted in a study earlier this year, this has left universities scrambling to redesign tasks, update policies, and adopt new cheating detection systems.

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Charlie Kirk shooting suspect had ties to gaming culture and the ‘dark internet’. Here’s how they radicalise By Matthew Sharpe
The Conversation, 16/09/25
If Robinson does turn out to be a shooter radicalised through online gaming spaces, he would not be the first. Previous terrorist shootings at Christchurch (New Zealand), Halle (Germany), Bærum (Norway), and the US cities of Buffalo, El Paso and Poway were all carried out by radicalised young men who embraced online conspiracies and violent video games.

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These Plymouth Brethren members stepped out of line, then the threats and intimidation started By Louise Milligan, Nick Farrow, Briana Fiore, Dylan Welch & Kate Ainsworth
ABC, 16/09/25
The Plymouth Brethren Christian Church — also known as the Exclusive Brethren — is an obscure but hugely wealthy religious group run out of suburban Sydney, described by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and its former members as a "cult".

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Understanding the grisly group dynamics of people who hide bodies after a murder By Nathan Ryan
The Conversation, 16/09/25
When multiple people work together to hide a body, things get even more difficult for investigators, and little research has been done to study the group dynamics of people who work together in these situations.

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Three people charged over alleged assisted suicide on Gold Coast By Dominic Cansdale & Mackenzie Colahan
ABC, 15/09/25
Three people have been charged over the alleged assisted suicide of a man on the Gold Coast, with investigations into other deaths as far back as 2021 also underway.

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Bankruptcy law reform push after paedophile protects assets in superannuation By Alasdair McDonald
ABC, 15/09/25
In 2023, Edan van Haren was awarded $1.4 million in damages by the NSW Supreme Court after being abused by a convicted paedophile. His abuser, Maurice Van Ryn, has since used legal loopholes to avoid paying damages.