Random thoughts and observations
I attended part of a Coroner’s inquest today for the first time. It was in relation to a newborn baby who died in October 2006 from a streptococcal infection seven hours after her birth. The mother, who went full term, had earlier tested negative to the bacteria at 39 weeks, which was why no antibiotics [...]
The resident magistrate has a worthy program in which he invites community members to sit with him on the bench. Today it was my turn. I am probably more familiar with court procedure than most of his guests, but I found it interesting to compare what happens here with what I have seen in Kalgoorlie [...]
There is widespread concern that none of the nine males who gang raped a 10-year-old girl in Queensland have been sent to prison. The Queensland Government is appealing the sentences. Six teenagers who pleaded guilty last month were placed on a 12-month probation order and had no conviction recorded against them for the 2005 rape [...]
