Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 November 2024

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:

A Prison Sentence Can Only to Be Imposed If No Other Penalty Is Inappropriate

The appeal court emphasised that “a court must not sentence an offender to imprisonment unless… no penalty other than imprisonment is appropriate”.

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Can a Protected Person Be Charged with Contravening an Apprehended Violence Order?

An AVO is meant to protect a person against violence or other abusive conduct, but what if the protected person is the one engaging in such conduct?

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Sanction Israel Now, Demanded Sunday’s Protesters on Gadigal in Sydney

“While we are watching, innocent children and women and men being blown apart… Let’s make them accountable.”

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NSW Parliamentary Inquiry Recommends Immediate Steps Towards Decriminalising Cannabis

The committee recommended decriminalisation as an immediate first step, followed by moves towards the ultimate goal of legalisation.

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False Accusations and Wrongful Convictions: How Lives Can So Easily Be Ruined

Australian history is littered with innocent lives ruined due to false accusations and wrongful convictions.

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The Potential Impact of Trump’s Election on Civil Liberties in the US and Abroad

The election of a man who has threatened to cancel media licences, silence opponents, deport millions and curtail individual freedoms should be concerning to us all.

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“Genocide as Colonial Erasure”: Francesca Albanese’s Second Report on Gaza

The UN Special Rapporteur found that the “intent to destroy the [Palestinian] people… could not be more evident from Israeli conduct when viewed in its totality”.

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Prosecuting the King, the Attorney General and a Netanyahu Advisor Over Genocide: A Yarn with Uncle Robbie Thorpe

Uncle Robbie Thorpe has filed legal proceedings with a view to finally bringing governments to account for past and present crimes of genocide.

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Australia Under Trump: Will We Continue to Be the Lapdog of the United States?

Despite following the US into illegal invasions, surrendering defence sovereignty and joining AUKUS, our nation now faces additional tariffs and trade barriers.

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Activists Vow to Proceed with Newcastle Coal Port Blockade, Despite Court Prohibition

Climate defenders are adamant the protest will go ahead on 22 to 25 November, despite police persuading the Supreme Court to prohibit it over safety concerns.

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Trump’s Mission to Strip LBGTQIA+ Rights, And How It Could Impact on Australia

There are concerns the president-elect will implement and normalise bigoted policies which exacerbate the stigmatisation and vilification of already vulnerable groups.

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Australia’s Committing Cultural Genocide Upon a First Peoples in Favour of Mining Interests

The Australian government has refused to allow a First Nations group to argue land rights in court, despite the UN Human Rights Council ordering that it be permitted.

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McBride’s Appeal Is in Jeopardy, as the Respected Lawyer Needs Finances to Fund It

The former ADF lawyer sentenced to six years in prison for exposing war crimes in Afghanistan plans to appeal, if he can raise sufficient funds.

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