{"title":"Legislating for human security: Could South Australia lead the way again?","authors":"Sarah Moulds, M. Knight","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221149124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221149124","url":null,"abstract":"Conventional approaches to legislating to protect individual rights in Australia have utilised the language and discourse of international human rights law, attracting both support and criticism from key political actors and commentators. In South Australia, where no human rights legislation exists, past efforts to generate sustained public and political support for the enactment of international human rights principles into legislation have been unsuccessful. This is despite ongoing instances of human rights breaches occurring within the South Australian community. The reasons are varied and warrant careful consideration in order to identify and evaluate future options for improving the legal protection of human rights. One potential option is to reframe the discourse associated with human rights legislation. This could involve moving away from a legalistic approach that draws from international human rights law concepts and instead embrace the language of human security to refocus public and political attention on the need to secure dignity, equality and safety for the community. This article explores whether the language of human security, and the strategies identified by the United Nations Development Programme towards achieving human security, could create new opportunities for legislative reform in South Australia. It also considers the potential shortcomings of this approach, having regard to successful attempts to enact human rights legislation in other Australian states and territories.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"38 - 46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47372484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Policing by algorithm: NSW Police’s Suspect Target Management Plan","authors":"Elizabeth Englezos","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221147745","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221147745","url":null,"abstract":"This article considers New South Wales Police's Suspect Target Management Plan (STMP) and its disparate impact on young and Indigenous offenders. The article re-casts analyses provided by the Youth Justice Coalition and the Law Enforcement Conduct Committee to demonstrate the impact of the STMP-II on five individual case studies. While algorithms are becoming increasingly common, this article highlights the risk when algorithms, our increased reliance on data and automation bias combine. As in the case of the STMP-II, the tendency to follow algorithmic outputs without review or critique is especially problematic when algorithms are used to inform decisions affecting individual freedoms and liberty.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"17 - 24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48359049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Words that hurt: Why mental health stigma is often vilification, and requires legal protection","authors":"Simon Katterl","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221150135","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221150135","url":null,"abstract":"Despite a series of education programs and initiatives, mental health stigma persists across the community. This is due, in part, to the law’s silence on whether mental health stigma should be considered vilification. This article analyses current Australian anti-discrimination and anti-vilification protections, finding that the latter needs enhancing to include protections against mental health vilification.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"47 - 54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47227810","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Scott Johnson Case: Prosecuting anti-homosexual violence in New South Wales","authors":"Stephen Tomsen, Tyrone Kirchengast","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221150842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221150842","url":null,"abstract":"Much interest about the failure of New South Wales criminal justice in relation to anti-gay/anti-homosexual violence has centred on recent developments regarding the 1988 death of Scott Johnson, including the unexpected arrest and charging of an accused killer, Scott White. This article considers White’s 2022 conviction after a failed attempt to reverse a guilty plea, since successfully appealed, and judicial reflection on the nature of ‘hate’ as criminal motive under the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW). The authors argue that while the likely new trial of White may alleviate community concern, the procedural history of the case indicates the emergence of troubling judicial discourse as to anti-homosexual violence, with mixed implications for the public understanding of victimisation in this and similar cases.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"55 - 60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2023-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46592743","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mint, sell, repeat: Non-fungible tokens and resale royalties for Indigenous artists","authors":"Elizabeth Harris","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221141096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221141096","url":null,"abstract":"This article examines whether the Resale Royalty Right for Visual Artists Act 2009 (Cth) provides adequate protections for artists working with non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Focussing on Indigenous Australian artists and the context within which they work, the article assesses whether smart contracts embedded in NFTs provide more secure access to royalties for visual artists, as compared with the Act. The article then considers how the Act can be reformed to provide more comprehensive protections that meet the needs of Indigenous Australian artists working with NFTs.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"11 - 16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43941804","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Family violence and family law property division: How can the system be improved?","authors":"M. Kaye","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221136180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221136180","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores how the economic impacts of violence can continue long after a relationship has ended and how the family law system is a generally unhelpful tool for financial recovery from abuse. Hurdles in the legal system such as the unavailability of legal aid and the absence of affordable legal representation, lack of legislative reforms in relation to property division in cases of violence, and difficulties in enforcing orders, compound experiences of violence and entrench poverty. Reforms to improve the family law property system for victims of violence are suggested.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"31 - 37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46447747","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Same-sex sexual activity and sex work offences in Papua New Guinea: Implications from the repeal of the death penalty","authors":"Bal Kama","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221137756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221137756","url":null,"abstract":"This article discusses the recent repeal of the death penalty in Papua New Guinea and examines some potential implications for considerations to decriminalise same-sex sexual activity and sex work in the country. It considers that, while the repeal of the death penalty was a significant milestone for human rights domestically and internationally, the dominance of Christian morals evident in propelling the repeal deepens the challenge for law reform on issues of moral bearing, most notably the decriminalisation of same-sex sexual activity and sex work. The article further analyses the political conditions to conclude that for those considering law reform, there may be better prospects through the Supreme Court by way of a constitutional validity challenge than through the Parliament.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"61 - 66"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44887869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Four thresholds of doli incapax in Australia: Inconsistency or uniformity for children’s criminal responsibility?","authors":"Dominique Moritz, Mac Tuomi","doi":"10.1177/1037969X221138603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X221138603","url":null,"abstract":"The presumption of doli incapax is a legal safeguard for children who contravene the criminal law. Four distinct thresholds emerge from the application of doli incapax across the Australian jurisdictions: actual knowledge that the offending conduct was ‘seriously wrong’; actual knowledge that the offending conduct was ‘wrong’; capacity to know that the offending conduct should not occur; and capacity to know that the offending conduct was ‘seriously wrong’. This article explores differences in the four doli incapax thresholds and suggests a uniform approach to the presumption is required to correct the jurisdictional inconsistency.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"25 - 30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42192787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legislating consent in sexual relations: How significant is the move to affirmative consent?","authors":"Anthony M. North","doi":"10.1177/1037969x221135202","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x221135202","url":null,"abstract":"There are significant problems with how the justice system responds to sexual violence. This essay discusses some of the Victorian Law Reform Commission’s recent reform recommendations, focusing on affirmative consent. It considers the history of consent reform, beginning with the introduction some 30 years ago of a communicative consent model. It explains why further reform is needed and what affirmative consent is designed to achieve.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"48 1","pages":"5 - 10"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49349584","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beachside reverie","authors":"Beachside reverie","doi":"10.1177/1037969x221136429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969x221136429","url":null,"abstract":"While seemingly evocative of time and place, the image invoked by artist Christopher McVinish’s ‘Fish n chips’ could be anywhere, at any time. East coast, west coast, ’50s or noughties – but, above all, it’s a reminder of a quintessential Australian experience. Succumb to the tang of seaweed in the air, gritty sand against rubber thongs, seagulls screeching, and crashing, lapping waves encroaching. Remember the slow burn of hot, fat, salty chips on fingers and lips as the beachside fish ‘n’ chip kiosk converted familiar sights and sounds into something both tangible and delicious. Sadly, the recent impetus to make a sea-change has meant many such fish shops have been lost, superseded by faceless, soulless apartment blocks built to house nostalgic Australians and their dreams of a beachside idyll. In describing his work, McVinish explains that, although the actual setting is fictitious, ‘it embodies a period of time when life was less hectic and issues such as climate change were yet to make headlines around the world.’ ‘The couple on the bench look seaward, safe in the belief that their world will continue on unchanged,’ he adds. ‘I have drawn on the past as well as the present in my quest to find meaning in the commonplace,’ says McVinish. ‘I intend... to provoke a narrative in the imagination of the viewer and in doing so enable the viewer to exist temporarily in someone else’s world – as if suddenly transported to a place where other lives exist and time has been suspended.’ The Brisbane-born artist’s work is represented in Australian public and university collections and held in numerous private collections both in Australia and internationally. He has held more than 30 Australian solo exhibitions and participated in numerous other exhibitions nationwide, as well as in Singapore, Florida and California.","PeriodicalId":44595,"journal":{"name":"Alternative Law Journal","volume":"47 1","pages":"246 - 246"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2022-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42413304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}