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Welcome to PALS, below are a selection of recent items we have added to the site however you will find even more content by clicking on the  Recent Articles, Items of interest and Media Mentions buttons to your left. Remember you can leave comments on selected items if you wish.

	G20 rioter fears for legal career
	Latest article Aug 27 2008: Some people in society really do think it owes them and that the Laws of the land don't apply to them. Take the case of one Julia Dehm, a part time trainee lawyer who was convicted over the violent riots during the G20 convention who is now appealing against her sentence because she wants to work in the Court system and the penalty could impede her chances of doing that....  Read more
	Racist thugs walk free
	What is happening in our Courts? Judge Phillip Coish has come out and stated that it is alright to go out and racially abuse and bash a person senseless so long as you have prospects of rehabilitation. Now if this is Justice heavens help the public because it wont help these imbeciles as they couldn't care less about the Law and that was highlighted by their behavior after the case finished where they high five each other and shouted that they were going to the pub to celebrate. More
	Police pay injured 'Rodney King' man
	RECENT article Aug 24 2008: Now have we gone completely mad with political correctness and racial intolerance because a report detailing a compensation payout to an Aboriginal man for his mistreatment at the hands of Police just left me gobsmacked. This bloke had stolen a car and was wanted for a number of serious offences including armed robbery in NSW when police intercepted him in Melbourne. Read more
	Child porn teacher freed
	RECENT article Aug 17 2008: If ever you were ever in doubt about how serious our Judiciary were when it came to child pornography, just take a look at the case of a former teacher named John Newton Hewitt that was heard in the county Court this week. This high standing individual, who at one time was a teacher at Brighton Grammar and also the co-author of a book with the former Premier of Victoria John Cain, claimed that he was going through a mid life crisis and had an addiction to child pornography. Read more
	How remorseful is this idiot?
	RECENT article Aug 10 2008: Michael Talkes would have to be one of the most stupid individuals to ever drive a car judging by his alleged involvement in a recent double fatality. Judging by his reaction in the paper after he was granted bail on two charges of culpable driving you would have to wonder just how much remorse he had for the two men he allegedly killed. Read More
	Hulls wants it his way
	RECENT article Aug 10 2008: The Attorney General Rob hulls has come out in the media and demanded Judges be more accountable for the decisions they make with regards sentencing but this outburst seems a bit rich when one considers that this is coming from a man who has himself appointed more left wing social justice civil libertarians onto the bench than any of his predecessors. Read More
	Trust me I am a politician- How could you!
	RECENT article July 30 2008: I don't know how long we have been complaining about the lack of Police in the State of Victoria but I do know that our complaints and those from other sources have been glossed over by Government spin determined to deflect criticism from not only them but the Chief Commissioner and her underlings.   Read More
	How sick can a parent be
	RECENT article July 27 2008: One never ceases to be amazed at the depths of depravity some people will stoop to and this fact was highlighted this week in Court with the sentencing of a Pedophile who for 50 years had molested not only his own children but who had continued on doing the same sick depraved things with his grandchildren, nieces and nephews. Read More