“Don’t Measure Once”. I wrote these words on my bedroom wall at the start of 2022. They only lasted a few weeks, but they set the tone for what I wanted to achieve in the year. This was my adaptation of an old carpentry saying, “measure twice, cut once”. The idea was that one should…
I crave greatness. I lack satisfaction. For when success flashes across my eyes, challenges carry my next step. I feel like I’ve got it figured out. Love. Do what I love with the people I love. An ambition that for most may forever seem impossible, but for me, sits right on my lap. It stares…
It’s been a while. I’ll be the first to admit that. I had lowered my expectations for 2022. After making it through the confusion of 2020, I started 2021 full of motivation, determined to make positive changes. However, instead of 2021, we were presented with 2020 Volume 2. Where the evil villain is still the…
“COVID is deadly! Do everything you can to protect yourselves and your loved ones!” “Actually, jokes, you’re most likely going to catch it, and that’s okay!” We have witnessed a dramatic transformation in rhetoric from our leaders regarding the future of the pandemic. An increasing acceptance that the virus will spread without the reintroduction of…
Fire, vandalism and riots. Tensions have reached a boiling point in the Solomon Islands, and even a break in the chaos won’t solve the crisis that remains deep within the nation. The Solomon Islands have been in a constant state of tension for decades. The infamous period between 1998 and 2003 witnessed the rise of…
Hello and welcome to Article Seven of Let’s Get Legal! We hope you enjoy today’s article, and you can find a link to the entire series at the bottom of this post! Introduction Social media platforms are a contemporary development in the eyes of the slow-moving pace of the law. Even though social media platforms…
Our lives are frozen. Although we’ve been in lockdown now for over 2 months, things have still been changing. Lockdown restrictions have constantly been changing (albeit in the harsher direction) each week as NSW aimed to get control of the COVID-19 outbreak. Although this news was disappointing and frustrating, things were still changing. Now, everything…
Hello, and welcome back to Article Six of Let’s Get Legal! We apologise for the extended break, but we’re looking forward to getting back into discussing important and relevant cases within Australia’s legal system! We hope you enjoy today’s article, and you can find a link to the entire series at the bottom of this…
Horrifying. That’s the only way I can describe the unfolding situation in Afghanistan. The Taliban have moved into the capital and stormed the government, resulting in chaos ensuing around the country. For today, I want to focus on the ‘what’. What is the history of this conflict? What has happened over the law few days?…
Ethiopia is starving. It’s difficult to imagine anything that could make a famine ‘worse’. However, the fact that this famine was man-made and avoidable only exacerbates the dire situation of millions of Ethiopians. Ethiopia is located within Africa and shares borders with Eritrea (who we will come to shortly) and Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, and Sudan.…
Hello and welcome back to Let’s Get Legal! Today’s article is written by Daniel and delves into the issue of language and the law! We hope you enjoy! Introduction The inability to understand the language of the region that you are in may seem like a far-fetched idea in contemporary times. It has been more…
Complacency breeds failure. Just because things are going well now doesn’t mean they can’t suddenly go horribly wrong. This is the reality in India, as they battle a new wave of COVID-19 which is more destructive than any previous variant of the virus. The nation relaxed in its partial success and now have to deal…
No global disaster has been intentionally misreported and distorted like the refugee crisis. The media's failure to report accurately on refugees extended to the definition of the word 'refugee' itself. The term has been used for a decade to instil fear into civilian populations about the risk of 'foreigners' stealing their livelihood. Yet, this definition…
Hello, and welcome back to article four of Let’s Get Legal! Today’s article is written by Simeon and delves into the topic of criminal conspiracy. We hope you enjoy the article, and you can find a link to the entire series at the bottom of this post! Introduction Conspiracy can be a complex crime to…
A military coup causing widespread chaos, violence and death, all in the name of a ‘true and disciplined democracy’. A humanitarian and political disaster is unfolding in Myanmar as we speak, and we must talk about it. Myanmar (previously known as Burma) is a country in Southeast Asia, bordering Thailand, Laos, China, India and Bangladesh.…
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