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A suspended sentence of imprisonment is a sentence of imprisonment where the offender remains living in the community on the condition that they do not commit a further offence. If the offender breaches the suspended sentence, they are generally ordered to serve the term of imprisonment in prison. Suspended sentences have been abolished in some…

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ) people living in Western Australia are protected from discrimination at the federal level by the Sex Discrimination Act. Many LGBTIQ rights are also protected under Western Australian law after a suite of reforms were passed in 2002. However, LGBTIQ rights activists are calling for WA laws to…

A subpoena is a form of summons issued by the court at the request of a party to legal proceedings requiring a person to produce certain documents and/or give evidence for the purposes of a trial. Subpoenas are generally required to be personally served on the named person either in their personal capacity or on…

The defence of self-defence is well-established in Australia. It is based on the widely accepted rationale that a person shouldn’t be punished for defending themselves against an unjustified attack. When an accused raises the defence of self-defence, this gives rise to a reverse onus, meaning it is then up to the prosecution to prove beyond…