The proposed addition to the criminal code is poorly drafted, argues a Melbourne law professor, who finds its wording unnecessarily strange, lazy, confusing and potentially…

A Senate committee supports a proposed merger between the Australian Institute of Criminology and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, despite only hearing arguments against it.

The handling of grants under the Safer Streets program by the Attorney-General's Department has been sharply criticised by the independent Auditor-General, feeding claims the money's…