The Legal System
This is the supreme law-making body in Australia.
What is Parliament?
These are the fundamental freedoms and entitlements that belong to all people.
What are human rights?
The rebuttable presumption that someone aged 10-13 cannot be found guilty of a crime.
What is doli incapax?
At a surprise Snapchat concert in LA, this artist launched his seventh studio album Lost Americana, featuring the single “Starman.”
Who is Machine Gun Kelly
This Australian state reported 16,400 victims of modern slavery in 2024, prompting an inquiry into the risks faced by temporary migrant workers under the Pacific Australia Labour Mobility scheme.
What is New South Wales
These are the two houses that make up the Commonwealth Parliament.
These are the two houses that make up the Commonwealth Parliament.
This document, established in 1948, is the key international statement of human rights.
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights?
The forum where crimes against young people will be tried and heard.
What is the Children's Court?
At a diplomatic summit in Alaska on August 15, 2025, this president met with Russian leader Vladimir Putin to negotiate a new security arrangement for Ukraine.
Who is President Donald Trump?
The fastest growing form of modern slavery in Australia?
What are forced marriages
The three syllabus characteristics of justice?
What are fairness, equality, and access
This is the process of Australia signing and then passing laws to give effect to an international treaty.
What is ratification
A meeting between the victim and young offender where the parties try to reach a satisfactory solution to a crime.
What is a Youth Justice Conference?
This acclaimed Australian hip-hop trio released their long-awaited ninth studio album, Fall From the Light, in August.
Who are the Hilltop Hoods?
According to the 2023-24 financial year data, this number of modern slavery and human trafficking cases were reported to the Australian Federal Police, marking a record high (to the nearest hundred *hint it is less than 800)
This branch of government interprets and applies the law.
What is the judiciary?
The commonwealth statutory body that investigates abuses of human rights in Australia
What is the Australian Human Rights Commission.
The international instrument that outlines the entitlements of young people.
What is the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
Celebrating its 80th anniversary, this annual event sees children across Australia dress up and parade to promote literacy
What is Children's Book Week?
This Australian federal law, enacted in 2018, mandates that companies with annual revenues over $100 million report on the risks of modern slavery in their operations and supply chains.
What is the Modern Slavery Act 2018
The High Court case that interpreted section 51(xxix) of the Constitution as allowing the commonwealth government to make laws regarding treaties.
What is the Tasmanian Dam Case
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What is Commonwealth v Tasmania (1983)
This section of the constitution explicitly guarantees some level of religious freedom in Australia.
What is section 116?
The legislation that outlines warning and cautions for young offenders.
What is the Young Offenders Act 1997 (NSW)
This Australian Treasurer faced criticism from the opposition over proposed policies aimed at addressing "intergenerational inequality," including potential cuts to superannuation tax breaks for wealthy retirees.
Who is Jim Chalmers
What is R v Tang?