Link to Original: http://3degree.cci.ecu.edu.au/articles/view/460
Pilots flying high
By Glenn Knight
26 May 2006
Mandatory drug testing for aviation safety sensitive personnel will be come mandatory under new regulations introduced this month by the Federal Government.
The Federal Government has announced new mandatory drug and alcohol testing requirements for aviation industry workers this month.
Federal Minister for Transport and Regional Services, Warren Truss, has said that the new regulations will be aimed at safety-sensitive personnel.
“The road transport industry and other sectors such as mining and forestry have already moved to address the safety risk posed by drug and alcohol use. It is appropriate for the aviation sector to do likewise,” said Truss.
The move comes after a report prepared by the Department of Transport and Regional Services and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) found estimates of between 5-8% of all pilots had alcohol or drug abuse problems.
The report found that aviation personnel should not be treated differently from the rest of the community in relation to substance abuse. It deemed that where it is appropriate for safety reasons that those employed in the aviation industry be subject to testing..
Australia’s biggest airline Qantas has welcomed the government’s decision. Qantas Executive General Manager People, Kevin Brown, has said that the new requirements are complementary to the airline's existing Alcohol and Other Drugs program.
“Our program was introduced in 2003 after extensive consultation with employees and provides for education and training, rehabilitation and testing for all employees,” Brown said.
According to Brown, Qantas has always maintained a zero blood alcohol and drug free policy within the workplace. Under the new regulations they will incorporate random testing into existing procedures.
“The Alcohol and Other Drugs program is part of our comprehensive occupational health and safety system and is one element of our commitment to providing a safe workplace for everyone at Qantas,” he said.
Regulation 256 of the Civil Aviation Regulations 1988, states that the use of drugs and alcohol by aircraft crew and air traffic controllers is prohibited whilst on duty and for eight hours prior to duty. They are also precluded from duty if affected by drugs and alcohol.
The report also found that in a survey conducted in June 2005, that 22.5% of the 1196 pilots who responded felt that in the previous 12 months, safety may have been compromised by alcohol, drugs or prescription medicine. This figure rises to 25.7% when private operations are discounted.
Similar testing in the United States saw over 30,000 positive tests reported between 1990 and 2003. The majority of these (21,000) were the result of pre-employment testing.
British authorities are also investigating the issue. Spurred by a number of incidents, they too have introduced legislation allowing “on suspicion” testing by police.
However calls for random testing were strengthened by an incident in February 2005 where a Pakistan International Airlines, Boeing 747 pilot was found to be drunk prior to departure.
The report recommended that random testing be used as it acts a “pro-active deterrent” on those who consider drug and alcohol use and abuse. It recommended that a flexible mix of testing be adopted that included, pre-employment, random, on suspicion, post incident and post treatment where appropriate.
Zero tolerance for certain illicit drug groups, including cocaine, marijuana, opiates, amphetamines and phencyclidine (commonly known as PCP) was also recommended.
Friday, May 26, 2006
Friday, May 12, 2006
Aussie's leave Bangladesh hungry
Link to Original: http://3degree.cci.ecu.edu.au/articles/view/366
Aussie's leave Bangladesh hungry
By Glenn Knight
12 May 2006
It was a cricket tour that Australia didn't want to participate in due to a percieved lack of competition. By the end Australia had won every game, but Bangladesh showed that they were no longer the cricket world's whipping boys.
It was a tour that started off with the unimaginable almost occurring. Australia, after a hard test series in South Africa, was on the ropes against a spirited Bangladeshi cricket team.
The first test saw the Australian bowling attack of Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill and Jason Gillespie struggle on a pitch that gave them little to work with.
Shahriar Nafee took advantage of the favourable batting conditions to score his maiden first-class 100 and helped his side to a 427 first innings total. His innings of 138 included a record highest run partnership of 187 in Bangladeshi first-class cricket with Habibul Bashar (76).
Australia struggled in reply to be 6 for 93, thanks largely to the bowling of Mohammad Rafique who ended the innings on 5 for 62, however a recovery lead by Adam Gilchrist (144) saw Australia’s innings close at 269.
The Bangladeshi second innings was a dismal display. Scoring only 148, Australia was left a challenging 307 for victory. Captain Ricky Ponting regained his impressive form, scoring 118 to lead Australia to a lucky first test victory by three wickets. Rafique again bowled impressively with figures of 4 for 98 in the second innings.
The second test will go down in history as featuring one of the greatest batting displays by one of the game’s least likely cricketers. Bangladesh was bowled out for a low 197 on the first day.
Australia’s first innings saw pace bowler Jason Gillespie come to the wicket as night watchman with the score at 1 for 67. Gillespie batted through the rest of day one and day two, and entered the record books on the third day by bringing up his maiden first-class century.
He was well supported by Mike Hussey who made 182 before his wicket fell. By the time Australia declared at 4 for 581 on the fourth day, Gillespie had scored an impressive 201 runs, a rare feat for a player who had not previously scored a century in his entire cricketing career. After the innings Gillespie was a reluctant to accept the accolades.
“This is ridiculous,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald. “I was just lucky that the shots came off and I had a bit of a laugh all the way. It’s unbelievable. It’s a fairytale, really. Hansel and Gretel and Dizzy’s double hundred, it’s one and the same. Absolute fairytale,” he said.
Early in the innings Phil Jacques continued his push for a permanent spot with an impressive 66. Ponting also enjoyed some time at the crease with another half century before being dismissed for 52.
The only highlight for Bangladesh was Nafee’s continued form. His 79, in conjunction with Mohammad Rafique’s 65 in the second innings, showed that there is promise in the batting department for Bangladesh.
Unfortunately for them, the Australian spin trio of Warne, MacGill and test debutant Daniel Cullen tore through the Bangladeshi side with relative ease.
Warne’s eight wickets and MacGill’s seven for the match saw Australia win by an innings and 80 runs. The series win leaves Australia unbeaten at test level since the Ashes series against England. Gillespie was also named Man of the Series.
Boosted by their test success Australia looked to make a statement in the one-day series and atone for their upset loss to Bangladesh last year. Bangladesh managed to score 195 from their 50 overs, with Brad Hogg enjoying figures of 3 for 37.
Bashar (52) and Khaled Mashud (27) added 54 for the sixth wicket, the only partnership of note in the innings.
In reply, Gilchrist showed why he is considered the best one-day batsman with a blazing 76 off 46 deliveries to open the Australian innings. Australia faulted to be 5 for 155 but was lead to a four-wicket victory thanks the batting of Hussey (36) and Lee (12).
The second one-day international saw Australia seal a series victory. In a display of powerful batting Andrew Symonds (103) and Michael Clarke (54) lead Australia to a comfortable 4 for 250 from their 50 overs.
Mashrafe Mortaza was the best of the Bangladeshi bowlers with figures of 3 for 54. Bashar was again the only shining light in the locals’ run chase. His innings of 70, before losing his wicket to Clarke, started a Bangladeshi collapse.
Losing their last four wickets for only 26 runs, Bangladesh fell 67 runs short of the Australian total. Hogg again was impressive with the ball, ending the game with 3 for 34.
Any hope of a face-saving win by the locals in the third and final game was soon forgotten as Australia, using eight bowlers, rolled Bangladesh for 124.
Hogg continued his excellent form bowling 3 for 17. Young Queensland ‘quick’ Michell Johnson showed a glimpse of what he’s capable of with 2 for 24 from his eight overs.
In reply, debutante South Australia batsman Mark Cosgrove smashed 74 to help Australia surpass the target of 125 in only 22.4 overs and give the tourists a 3–0 sweep of the series. Hogg was rewarded for his fine bowling throughout by being named Man of the Series.
Aussie's leave Bangladesh hungry
By Glenn Knight
12 May 2006
It was a cricket tour that Australia didn't want to participate in due to a percieved lack of competition. By the end Australia had won every game, but Bangladesh showed that they were no longer the cricket world's whipping boys.
It was a tour that started off with the unimaginable almost occurring. Australia, after a hard test series in South Africa, was on the ropes against a spirited Bangladeshi cricket team.
The first test saw the Australian bowling attack of Brett Lee, Shane Warne, Stuart MacGill and Jason Gillespie struggle on a pitch that gave them little to work with.
Shahriar Nafee took advantage of the favourable batting conditions to score his maiden first-class 100 and helped his side to a 427 first innings total. His innings of 138 included a record highest run partnership of 187 in Bangladeshi first-class cricket with Habibul Bashar (76).
Australia struggled in reply to be 6 for 93, thanks largely to the bowling of Mohammad Rafique who ended the innings on 5 for 62, however a recovery lead by Adam Gilchrist (144) saw Australia’s innings close at 269.
The Bangladeshi second innings was a dismal display. Scoring only 148, Australia was left a challenging 307 for victory. Captain Ricky Ponting regained his impressive form, scoring 118 to lead Australia to a lucky first test victory by three wickets. Rafique again bowled impressively with figures of 4 for 98 in the second innings.
The second test will go down in history as featuring one of the greatest batting displays by one of the game’s least likely cricketers. Bangladesh was bowled out for a low 197 on the first day.
Australia’s first innings saw pace bowler Jason Gillespie come to the wicket as night watchman with the score at 1 for 67. Gillespie batted through the rest of day one and day two, and entered the record books on the third day by bringing up his maiden first-class century.
He was well supported by Mike Hussey who made 182 before his wicket fell. By the time Australia declared at 4 for 581 on the fourth day, Gillespie had scored an impressive 201 runs, a rare feat for a player who had not previously scored a century in his entire cricketing career. After the innings Gillespie was a reluctant to accept the accolades.
“This is ridiculous,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald. “I was just lucky that the shots came off and I had a bit of a laugh all the way. It’s unbelievable. It’s a fairytale, really. Hansel and Gretel and Dizzy’s double hundred, it’s one and the same. Absolute fairytale,” he said.
Early in the innings Phil Jacques continued his push for a permanent spot with an impressive 66. Ponting also enjoyed some time at the crease with another half century before being dismissed for 52.
The only highlight for Bangladesh was Nafee’s continued form. His 79, in conjunction with Mohammad Rafique’s 65 in the second innings, showed that there is promise in the batting department for Bangladesh.
Unfortunately for them, the Australian spin trio of Warne, MacGill and test debutant Daniel Cullen tore through the Bangladeshi side with relative ease.
Warne’s eight wickets and MacGill’s seven for the match saw Australia win by an innings and 80 runs. The series win leaves Australia unbeaten at test level since the Ashes series against England. Gillespie was also named Man of the Series.
Boosted by their test success Australia looked to make a statement in the one-day series and atone for their upset loss to Bangladesh last year. Bangladesh managed to score 195 from their 50 overs, with Brad Hogg enjoying figures of 3 for 37.
Bashar (52) and Khaled Mashud (27) added 54 for the sixth wicket, the only partnership of note in the innings.
In reply, Gilchrist showed why he is considered the best one-day batsman with a blazing 76 off 46 deliveries to open the Australian innings. Australia faulted to be 5 for 155 but was lead to a four-wicket victory thanks the batting of Hussey (36) and Lee (12).
The second one-day international saw Australia seal a series victory. In a display of powerful batting Andrew Symonds (103) and Michael Clarke (54) lead Australia to a comfortable 4 for 250 from their 50 overs.
Mashrafe Mortaza was the best of the Bangladeshi bowlers with figures of 3 for 54. Bashar was again the only shining light in the locals’ run chase. His innings of 70, before losing his wicket to Clarke, started a Bangladeshi collapse.
Losing their last four wickets for only 26 runs, Bangladesh fell 67 runs short of the Australian total. Hogg again was impressive with the ball, ending the game with 3 for 34.
Any hope of a face-saving win by the locals in the third and final game was soon forgotten as Australia, using eight bowlers, rolled Bangladesh for 124.
Hogg continued his excellent form bowling 3 for 17. Young Queensland ‘quick’ Michell Johnson showed a glimpse of what he’s capable of with 2 for 24 from his eight overs.
In reply, debutante South Australia batsman Mark Cosgrove smashed 74 to help Australia surpass the target of 125 in only 22.4 overs and give the tourists a 3–0 sweep of the series. Hogg was rewarded for his fine bowling throughout by being named Man of the Series.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
D’Orazio Dumped
Link to Original: http://3degree.cci.ecu.edu.au/articles/view/398
D’Orazio Dumped
By Glenn Knight
09 May 2006
BREAKING NEWS: WA Police and Justice Minister John D’Orazio has resigned from State Cabinet after being sacked on Monday by Premier Alan Carpenter after it was revealed he had been driving illegally after losing his licence.
D’Orazio ended the speculation over his immediate political future by announcing his resignation from State Cabinet on Tuesday at the State Labor party caucus meeting. Carpenter announced on Monday that D’Orazio has been removed from the Police and Justice portfolios in State Cabinet.
“In my view, and after careful consideration of the matter, I do not believe D’Orazio can continue as Minister with responsibilities for fines enforcement and road traffic matters,” said Carpenter.
Carpenter learnt from D’Orazio last week that his licence had been lost after failing to pay a $100 speeding fine that he incurred in August last year.
According to D’Orazio he had sent a cheque to pay the fine but was unaware that the cheque had not been accepted because it was too late. He claims that he received no follow up advice because reminder notices were sent to his previous residential address in Noranda. Failure to pay the fine resulted in his licence being suspended from February 22.
D’Orazio only discovered that his licence had been suspended when his wife went to pay another outstanding $100 fine for another incident in October last year. Payment of the fines automatically restored his licence but it meant that he had been driving illegally for the last two months.
The events leave the Premier and the State Government looking red faced. In September last year D’Orazio launched a campaign that targeted 40,000 Western Australians who had lost their drivers licences through non-payment of fines.
The drama for the State Government also comes as only last week D’Orazio announced tougher penalties for speeding and restraints offences.
“The aim of the Traffic Code is to make our roads safer, by penalising motorists who put their own lives and those of others at risk,” D’Orazio said in statements released last week.
D’Orazio’s resignation will lead to further shuffling of the ministerial front bench. The moves yesterday saw his portfolio divided amongst other ministers.
Minister John Kobelke will add Police, Emergency Services and Community Safety to his existing portfolios.
Woman’s Interests Minister, Margaret Quirk will take on the Justice portfolio.
David Templeman will relinquish Seniors and Volunteering while retaining Community Development; Youth and assisting Minister for Planning and Infrastructure.
Disability Services; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests and the Seniors and Volunteers Portfolios have yet to be reallocated.
D’Orazio Dumped
By Glenn Knight
09 May 2006
BREAKING NEWS: WA Police and Justice Minister John D’Orazio has resigned from State Cabinet after being sacked on Monday by Premier Alan Carpenter after it was revealed he had been driving illegally after losing his licence.
D’Orazio ended the speculation over his immediate political future by announcing his resignation from State Cabinet on Tuesday at the State Labor party caucus meeting. Carpenter announced on Monday that D’Orazio has been removed from the Police and Justice portfolios in State Cabinet.
“In my view, and after careful consideration of the matter, I do not believe D’Orazio can continue as Minister with responsibilities for fines enforcement and road traffic matters,” said Carpenter.
Carpenter learnt from D’Orazio last week that his licence had been lost after failing to pay a $100 speeding fine that he incurred in August last year.
According to D’Orazio he had sent a cheque to pay the fine but was unaware that the cheque had not been accepted because it was too late. He claims that he received no follow up advice because reminder notices were sent to his previous residential address in Noranda. Failure to pay the fine resulted in his licence being suspended from February 22.
D’Orazio only discovered that his licence had been suspended when his wife went to pay another outstanding $100 fine for another incident in October last year. Payment of the fines automatically restored his licence but it meant that he had been driving illegally for the last two months.
The events leave the Premier and the State Government looking red faced. In September last year D’Orazio launched a campaign that targeted 40,000 Western Australians who had lost their drivers licences through non-payment of fines.
The drama for the State Government also comes as only last week D’Orazio announced tougher penalties for speeding and restraints offences.
“The aim of the Traffic Code is to make our roads safer, by penalising motorists who put their own lives and those of others at risk,” D’Orazio said in statements released last week.
D’Orazio’s resignation will lead to further shuffling of the ministerial front bench. The moves yesterday saw his portfolio divided amongst other ministers.
Minister John Kobelke will add Police, Emergency Services and Community Safety to his existing portfolios.
Woman’s Interests Minister, Margaret Quirk will take on the Justice portfolio.
David Templeman will relinquish Seniors and Volunteering while retaining Community Development; Youth and assisting Minister for Planning and Infrastructure.
Disability Services; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests and the Seniors and Volunteers Portfolios have yet to be reallocated.
Crackdown on Cyber Predators
Link to Original: http://3degree.cci.ecu.edu.au/articles/view/326
Crackdown on Cyber Predators
By Glenn Knight
09 May 2006
According to the FBI, one in four kids, aged 10-17, has been exposed to unwanted sexual material online. Children are increasingly being targeted by paedophiles who use the Internet to exploit children. The WA Police are fighting back!
WA Police now have a specialist team targeting paedophiles who use the Internet as a means to sexually exploit children. The team in conjunction with new laws introduced last month will give police greater powers in protecting those vulnerable to cyber-predators.
In statements released this month Attorney General Jim McGinty has said that police will be able to pose and conduct sting operations under the new laws.
"Under these new laws, paedophiles will no longer have the anonymity of the Internet to prey on young children because police will be using the Internet to turn the tables on these perverts,” said McGinty.
The team will be able to go online and uncover people who use the Internet and trawl chat rooms searching for potential victims.
"Sexual predators are notorious for using chat rooms to 'groom' children by having sexually explicit on-line conversations and sending obscene images," McGinty said.
The new taskforce comes as Australia is recognised as being one of five nations out of 184 nations studied found to be effectively cracking down on child pornography.
The research carried out by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children found that Australia, France, Belgium, South Africa and the United States have sufficient legislation for dealing with the issue.
The proliferation of the problem has recently resulted in the United States government holding congressional hearings into the issue. They came after New York Times investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald discovered details about how the predators operate and how with apparent ease they are able to seduce their victims through the internet.
Eichenwald told the hearings how some companies knowingly and unknowingly profit from child pornography. Companies such as web cam services and credit card payment providers are helping to facilitate the predator/victim dynamic. One such victim was teenager Justin Berry.
Berry said at the hearing that from age 13 (now 19) he was lured into the world of child pornography. What began as seemingly innocent chat requests from unknown men escalated over 5 years to where Berry was being molested and performing sexual acts for a web-cam audience through his own website.
"I was paid by more than 1,000 men to strip naked, masturbate and even have sex with female prostitutes while on camera," said Berry to the congressional hearing.
During that five year period Berry was repeatedly molested and abused by men he met through the internet. Lured by money, gifts and drugs he tells how he became almost a willing participant in the behaviour. He also told the hearings that it was relatively easy for predators to find victims due to the nature of the internet.
Eichenwald’s told the congressional hearings that his investigation found that sites such as My Space and Buddy Pic were being used as a virtual catalogue for paedophiles.
“Using these sites in combination, predators can search for children, by age, location and sex. They can obtain enormous amounts of identifying data,” he said.
Both Eichenwald and Berry agree that more needs to be done to stop the cyber predators and that law enforcement agencies need to be more aggressive in their actions.
Taking the fight to the Internet has proven to be successful for Queensland Police in the past. Task Force Argos, which ran from June 2003 to September 2004, showed that 76% of cases involved the suspects being arrested for an offence within a month of first making contact with a child.
Inspector Kellie Properjohn from the WA Police Major Crime Division said the Queensland example showed remarkable results and gave promise to the WA team.
"In 68% of cases the adult sought offline contact with the child. In 48% of cases the adult suspect was arrested at the intended rendezvous with the child," he said.
The Criminal Code Amendment (Cyber Predators) Bill 2005, will also make it an offence for electronic media to be used to procure children for sexual activity or behaviour.
The new laws carry prison terms of up to ten years for those convicted of procuring for sexual or indecent activity, or supplying indecent material to a child that they thought was under the age of the thirteen.
A five year jail sentence faces those offenders if the child is between the ages of thirteen and sixteen.
The new cyber predator team will also have the capability to share information with other state and international police agencies. It is hoped that this will lead to greater detection and apprehension of child sex offenders not only within Australia but internationally.
Agencies such as the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have adopted similar tactics with success. They developed the Innocent Images National Initiative (IINI), to combat an increased proliferation of child pornography and child sexual exploitation facilitated by the Internet.
Using tactics similar to the WA Police, between 1996 and 2005, IINI saw an increase of 2026% in the number of cases in the area investigated by the FBI. This saw a resulting increase of 2325% in arrests and summons for child sexual offences.
In conjunction with the new laws, programs will be developed to better educate children and their parents about the hazards of the Internet.
State, Territorial and Federal Police have already produced a booklet called Who’s chatting to your kids? that points out that ultimately, child safety rests with parents.
Crackdown on Cyber Predators
By Glenn Knight
09 May 2006
According to the FBI, one in four kids, aged 10-17, has been exposed to unwanted sexual material online. Children are increasingly being targeted by paedophiles who use the Internet to exploit children. The WA Police are fighting back!
WA Police now have a specialist team targeting paedophiles who use the Internet as a means to sexually exploit children. The team in conjunction with new laws introduced last month will give police greater powers in protecting those vulnerable to cyber-predators.
In statements released this month Attorney General Jim McGinty has said that police will be able to pose and conduct sting operations under the new laws.
"Under these new laws, paedophiles will no longer have the anonymity of the Internet to prey on young children because police will be using the Internet to turn the tables on these perverts,” said McGinty.
The team will be able to go online and uncover people who use the Internet and trawl chat rooms searching for potential victims.
"Sexual predators are notorious for using chat rooms to 'groom' children by having sexually explicit on-line conversations and sending obscene images," McGinty said.
The new taskforce comes as Australia is recognised as being one of five nations out of 184 nations studied found to be effectively cracking down on child pornography.
The research carried out by the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children found that Australia, France, Belgium, South Africa and the United States have sufficient legislation for dealing with the issue.
The proliferation of the problem has recently resulted in the United States government holding congressional hearings into the issue. They came after New York Times investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald discovered details about how the predators operate and how with apparent ease they are able to seduce their victims through the internet.
Eichenwald told the hearings how some companies knowingly and unknowingly profit from child pornography. Companies such as web cam services and credit card payment providers are helping to facilitate the predator/victim dynamic. One such victim was teenager Justin Berry.
Berry said at the hearing that from age 13 (now 19) he was lured into the world of child pornography. What began as seemingly innocent chat requests from unknown men escalated over 5 years to where Berry was being molested and performing sexual acts for a web-cam audience through his own website.
"I was paid by more than 1,000 men to strip naked, masturbate and even have sex with female prostitutes while on camera," said Berry to the congressional hearing.
During that five year period Berry was repeatedly molested and abused by men he met through the internet. Lured by money, gifts and drugs he tells how he became almost a willing participant in the behaviour. He also told the hearings that it was relatively easy for predators to find victims due to the nature of the internet.
Eichenwald’s told the congressional hearings that his investigation found that sites such as My Space and Buddy Pic were being used as a virtual catalogue for paedophiles.
“Using these sites in combination, predators can search for children, by age, location and sex. They can obtain enormous amounts of identifying data,” he said.
Both Eichenwald and Berry agree that more needs to be done to stop the cyber predators and that law enforcement agencies need to be more aggressive in their actions.
Taking the fight to the Internet has proven to be successful for Queensland Police in the past. Task Force Argos, which ran from June 2003 to September 2004, showed that 76% of cases involved the suspects being arrested for an offence within a month of first making contact with a child.
Inspector Kellie Properjohn from the WA Police Major Crime Division said the Queensland example showed remarkable results and gave promise to the WA team.
"In 68% of cases the adult sought offline contact with the child. In 48% of cases the adult suspect was arrested at the intended rendezvous with the child," he said.
The Criminal Code Amendment (Cyber Predators) Bill 2005, will also make it an offence for electronic media to be used to procure children for sexual activity or behaviour.
The new laws carry prison terms of up to ten years for those convicted of procuring for sexual or indecent activity, or supplying indecent material to a child that they thought was under the age of the thirteen.
A five year jail sentence faces those offenders if the child is between the ages of thirteen and sixteen.
The new cyber predator team will also have the capability to share information with other state and international police agencies. It is hoped that this will lead to greater detection and apprehension of child sex offenders not only within Australia but internationally.
Agencies such as the United States Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have adopted similar tactics with success. They developed the Innocent Images National Initiative (IINI), to combat an increased proliferation of child pornography and child sexual exploitation facilitated by the Internet.
Using tactics similar to the WA Police, between 1996 and 2005, IINI saw an increase of 2026% in the number of cases in the area investigated by the FBI. This saw a resulting increase of 2325% in arrests and summons for child sexual offences.
In conjunction with the new laws, programs will be developed to better educate children and their parents about the hazards of the Internet.
State, Territorial and Federal Police have already produced a booklet called Who’s chatting to your kids? that points out that ultimately, child safety rests with parents.
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