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Police reunited with family after two years Fifteen members of the Samoan Police Force have finally been reunited with their families after serving an extended term with the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces in South Sudan since early 2019. The Samoa Observer reports the officers were initially to serve a 12-month mission but the global lockdown from the covid-19 pandemic delayed their return. Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil and senior officers held a welcome function for the officers this week. Deputy Police Commissioner, Papalii Monalisa Tiai-Keti, says the officers arrived three...

Date Time Amendment to migration law will cause serious harm New laws passed today that allow the Government to lock people in immigration detention indefinitely will cause serious harm, says the Australian Lawyers Alliance (ALA). “Locking up people indefinitely will clearly lead to a high risk of self-harm or suicide,” said Mr Greg Barns SC, spokesperson for the ALA. “It amounts to detention without trial and is a gross breach of Australia’s human rights obligations.” The Migration Amendment (Clarifying International Obligations for Removal) Bill 2021 will affect asylum seekers in ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. So, you're facing a charge by police and have to appear in court. Sure, you can go to court by yourself and face the magistrate alone. That is your right. But most of the time, it's best to have a lawyer by your side to argue your case. I spend a lot of time in the Local Court defending people charged with offences ranging from traffic infringements and petty theft through to drugs, bad public behaviour, family disputes and physical altercations. In my experience, many people underestimate ...