Attention: Hard Hitting News
In our final edition for the semester 3rd Degree looks at the use of car interlocks for drink driving offenders; St John's 'hush money' for victims of sexual assault; Obama's Guantanamo problems; Andrew Mallard's fight for justice; the Swan Valley Mosque; A new pregnancy gender test, and what the Government is doing about cyber crime in Australia.
In what some call an overdue performance US President Barack Obama has attempted to take control of the battle over Guantanamo. The theatrical showdown with former vice-president Dick Cheney followed a Senate vote that has denied Mr Obama the funds to close down the prison.
Mr Obama defended his decision to shut down Guantanamo, stating that it was a breeding ground for anti-American sentiments. read article »
If you’re a repeat drink driving offender on WA roads, chances are you won’t be able to just blow off the punishment for much longer. Fatal crashes and a high proportion of people driving over the limit have forced the WA Government to come down tougher.
This means that repeat offenders will have to install an alcohol interlock device in their vehicles if they want to keep on driving. read article »
The latest pregnancy test in Australia causing quite a stir, claims it can determine the gender of the unborn child at just eight weeks of gestation. The IntelliGender has its fair share of critics and 'fans' who are amazed by the results. read article »
In 1995, Andrew Mallard was wrongfully convicted for the violent murder of Mosman Park Jeweller Pamela Lawrence. He was sentenced to life behind bars after the senior prosecution withheld various pieces of vital evidence.
Today, a free man after what he described as a "harrowing, oppressive, violent, traumatic" twelve years in a maximum security prison, Mallard has been forced to fight on and re-live his nightmare in the courts in the search for compensation beyond the $3.25 million ‘gift’ he received from Premier Colin Barnett. read article »
It now seems that coming to a decision on the Mosque plans for the Swan Valley will be a long and slow process. With the first set of plans rejected back in February last year, the second set of plans was re-submitted to the Swan Valley Council in February this year with similar results. Three months later, the decision is still pending. Kerry-lee Diggeden takes a look at similar instances in the past for clues about what may happen in this case. read article »
Australia’s largest first aid training provider St John Ambulance has been labeled “disgraceful” after shelling out large sums of money to silence claims that scouts and cadets were abused by a high ranking employee over a number of years. read article »
Australia has been called the seventh biggest source of “zombie” computers in the world, according to a report released by Anti-Spam company MessageLabs. Meanwhile, globally there are twelve million computers that have been hijacked by cyber-criminals, with 18 per cent of the infected computers in the US, and just over 13 per cent in China. read article »
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