Michael Barnes
@barnesm31.bsky.social
1.1K followers
1.6K following
860 posts
I smell blood and an era of prominent madmen. Science is cool. Born in 1966, Whitefella living on the land of the Wurundjeri people. LGBTQIA+ rights are human rights. Refugees are welcome, racists are not.
Posts
Media
Videos
Starter Packs
Reposted by Michael Barnes
Penny Wong accidentally saying the quiet bit out loud - for Labor the US relationship is more important than the Australian environment. Who do this lot think they work for?
“They include justifications 4 Australia’s continued export of F-35 fighter jet parts for Israel’s use in the Gaza genocide; responses to demands for Australia to sanction the Israeli govt; & lines on why the govt does not refer to Israel’s actions in Gaza as a genocide” #auspol #Gaza #talkingpoints
The government sending their "we're not complicit, but..." talking points to APAN is fucking hilarious
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/exclusive-...
Reposted by Michael Barnes
Reposted by Michael Barnes
Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds
Children under 14 are incapable of evil and should be protected from criminal responsibility, NSW review finds
Review was led by former supreme court judge turned parole authority chair Geoffrey Bellew SC and former NSW police deputy commissioner Jeffrey Loy
*
Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
A centuries-old legal presumption that children aged between 10 and 14 are not capable of evil should become law, a New South Wales review led by a former supreme court judge and a former senior NSW police figure has recommended.
In NSW, the criminal age of responsibility is 10 but the common law presumption of doli incapax – Latin for “incapable of wrong” – can apply up to 14, offering protection for children being prosecuted on the presumption they don’t understand the difference between right and wrong. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
Reposted by Michael Barnes
Reposted by Michael Barnes
Traditional owners handed 900,000ha of Cape York land after 255 years - ABC News share.google/1UGBMLYAMmYR.... #News #Auspol
Cape York land returned to owners 255 years after ancestors met Cook
A native title claim in the region where Captain James Cook made landfall after his ship crashed into the Great Barrier Reef in 1770 is among one of three to finally be settled by the Federal Court th...
share.google
Reposted by Michael Barnes
