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Elon Musk vs Australia: global content take-down orders can harm the internet if adopted widely By Dan Jerker B. Svantesson 
The Conversation, 24/04/24
Do Australian courts have the right to decide what foreign citizens, located overseas, view online on a foreign-owned platform?

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Elon Musk is mad he’s been ordered to remove Sydney church stabbing videos from X. He’d be more furious if he saw our other laws By Rob Nicholls 
The Conversation, 23/04/24 
Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has ordered social media platform “X” (formerly known as Twitter) to remove graphic videos of the stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in Sydney last week from the site. The incident was captured on the church’s livestreamed mass service.

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Prisoner numbers up 3% in 2023 
ABS, 23/04/24
Contains annual national information on prisoners in custody at 30 June, including demographic information, imprisonment rates, most serious offence

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Explainer: What are crimes that affect the environment?
UNODC, 23/04/24
You’re well aware of climate change, you know about pollution, and you may have even heard about biodiversity loss – i.e., the triple planetary crisis. But did you know that a certain types of crimes – known as crimes that affect the environment – are contributing to all three of these threats? Ahead of Earth Day on 22 April, learn about crimes that affect the environment and how they’re impacting our world.

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Victorian government scraps plans for a second supervised injecting room in Melbourne By Richard Willingham & Bridget Rollason
ABC, 22/04/24
Melbourne's second supervised injecting room will not go ahead following a report from former Victoria Police Commissioner Ken Lay. The existing safe injecting room in Richmond will continue to operate.

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The ice pipeline By Mahmood Fazal & Mayeta Clark

ABC, 22/04/24

Players inside Australia’s crystal meth supply chain break their code of silence.

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Why are Dutch doctors euthanising a healthy young woman? By Kevin Yuill
Spiked, 18/04/24
People suffering from mental ill-health, autism or learning difficulties are being encouraged to take their own lives.

Police training in responding to family, domestic and sexual violence By C. Dowling
Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 689. Australian Institute of Criminology, 18/04/24
This study reviews published Australian and international research on police training in responding to family, domestic and sexual violence.

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Does more police lead to less crime? Experts say there's more to it By Olivana Lathouris
ABC, 18/04/24
The Northern Territory government is investing hundreds of millions of dollars into bolstering the police force to deal with crime, particularly in Alice Springs. But will more police officers lead to less crime?

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This image is AI-generated. It's innocent, but there are others police are very worried about By Jessica Moran
ABC, 18/04/24
Artificial intelligence is being used to generate child abuse material, and police are increasingly worried about its spread. But AI may also be able to help investigators.

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Bruce Lehrmann unlikely to face second criminal trial for rape following defamation case ruling, experts say By Jade Toomey
ABC, 16/04/24
Yesterday, Justice Michael Lee ruled that Bruce Lehrmann probably raped Brittany Higgins that fateful night in March 2019, after the pair arrived at Parliament House in the small hours. But an expert says it's unlikely a second criminal trial will go ahead.

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'They don't stand a chance': After the Bondi Junction attack, do security guards need more powers? By Nabil Al-Nashar, Xanthe Gregory, Holly Tregenza & Penny Timms
ABC, 16/04/24
After the Bondi Junction knife attack on the weekend, there's debate about whether security guards have enough protection and powers to keep themselves, and the public, safe.

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Sydney attacker had ‘mental health issues’ but most people with mental illness aren’t violent By James Ogloff
The Conversation, 15/04/24
Tragically, there is still an unacceptable level of stigma and misunderstanding of mental illness, including the mistaken belief that people with mental illness are violent. People may draw conclusions from cases such as the Bondi attack, where people with histories of mental illness engage in violence.

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Australian victim of fraud syndicate on a mission to stop others being burned By Annika Burgess
ABC, 15/04/24
Australians are losing millions to international fraud syndicates posting fake ads on social media. One woman who lost more than $100,000 after being "brainwashed" is determined to stop it from happening to others.