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Identify The Areas Of Law That Are Relevant To The Chosen Media Report.

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1. Identify the areas of law that are relevant to the chosen media report, and explain how they are relevant to the matters outlined in the report.

This news article reports on the police have charged several individuals according to the offences they have committed, in Kalgoorlie.

Criminal Law
When physical element and fault element are found in a case, an individual can be proven as guilty in conducting an offence which is against the law been made.
Physical element can be defined as an act whereas fault element means having the intention or knowledge. Generally it means the individual has the motive to conduct an offence (Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) s3). There are lots of aspects in this article directing to criminal law. For instance, a 35 years old Piccadilly man had stolen the police car when the police was dealing with the injured man. This is considered as theft, as the police car is not a property of the man, it belonged to a Commonwealth entity. Besides, 15 years old Somerville girl allowed herself to be collected by the man and be seated in the stolen car (Thomson Reuters 2014). This is an issue relating to criminal law as well. As the little girl should have acknowledged the stolen car, yet rode on the car. Moreover, disorderly behavior in public is a misdemeanor, which falls under criminal law. It is a crime because …show more content…

Administrative law emphasizes on the regular activities of agencies under the Commonwealth such as official decision-making by an administrator. Police is a legal entity and they have been given the power and rights to arrest anyone who has committed offences against the Commonwealth law without warrant (Australian Federal Police Act 1979). As serving and protecting the society are their obligations. As in the article, charged are directed by the police when he found actions of criminal

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