Category: Jordan Roles
  • Jordan Roles, Technology

A Quantum Leap

In September 2024, the Federal Government announced its intention to introduce legislation to Parliament to set a ‘minimum age’ for social media users in Australia. The proposed changes, which drew bipartisan support, would see any Australian under the age of 16 effectively banned from social media, whether or not they already have an existing account […]

  • Criminal Law, Jordan Roles

Locking up kids and other quick ways to get votes in an election year

Holistically, the hope is that many of the root causes of youth crime may be adequately addressed by the proposed programs and funding.
delayed-justice
  • Criminal Law, DNA Evidence, Jordan Roles

Delayed Justice

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced an independent Commission of Inquiry into Forensic DNA Testing in Queensland. The Commission’s final report, which was handed down on 13 December 2022 sent shockwaves throughout the legal community.
  • Defamation, Jordan Roles, Proceeds of Crime

Prime Time Crime

The controversial but tantalizing biopic Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story walks a very fine line between chronicling true events and romanticizing the horrors of cannibalism and murder. Such dark television viewing, however, calls into play a string of ethical and legal implications.