by BETTINA ARNDT – TWO years ago, a Sydney man received a substantial payout as a settlement of a $1m malicious prosecution case against NSW Police and prosecutors. The case exposed the disgraceful behaviour of police and the public prosecutor’s office, the…
by BETTINA ARNDT – ONCE again, Australian universities have shown they prefer ideology over evidence. They have just released their latest survey which again alleges that there is a rape crisis on our campuses. When comments started appearing online, any suggestion that…
by BETTINA ARNDT – WHAT gives a fundraising platform the right to act as our moral guardians determining which victims we are permitted to support? I’ve just been banned from GoFundMe, after starting a fundraiser to support a college tutor fighting an…
by BETTINA ARNDT – IVAN is 74-years-old. He has been making love to his wife, Suzie for thirty-five years. Their foreplay starts early, sometimes at the breakfast table. He writes: “Remember the song, Come on Baby, Light my Fire? That can mean…
CRINGE moments are all about embarrassment, when people, usually women, are caught out in humiliating sexual situations… How much easier to go public, cry rape and be elevated to victim status?
THE figures are extraordinary. Two years into our National Redress Scheme for victims of institutional sexual abuse, over $500m has been paid to 5920 of 10,000 applicants who have so far applied – a mere blip compared to the 60,000 victims assumed to be eligible.
EARLIER this month there was an important presentation by prominent Sydney silk Margaret Cunneen SC. She was speaking at The Presumption of Guilt Conference run by the Rule of Law Education Centre. As many know, Ms Cunneen is a woman with impeccable credentials to comment on the criminal justice system. She has spent well over 30 years at the coalface, decades as a crown prosecutor convicting some of our most prominent rapists and other villains and then, as a commissioner in charge of a large child abuse investigation.
