Australian Vape Sales to be Restricted to Pharmacies
The Federal Government has rolled back aspects of its recently introduced laws regulating e-cigarettes, also known as ‘vapes’, but Australia is still set to become the first nation on earth to restrict the sale of the potentially harm minimising product...
The Right to Disconnect in Australia: What Does it All Mean?
Amendments to the Fair Work Act 2009 brought about by the Fair Work Amendment (Right to Disconnect) Bill 2023 will mean that from 26 August 2024, employees in businesses which employ more than 15 employees (non-small businesses) will have the...
What Factors Are Considered When Determining Whether to Pursue a Retrial in NSW?
Former NRL star Jaryd Hayne walked from prison a free man last week, after having his convictions for sexual assault offences quashed on appeal. His fight for his freedom and reputation has been drawn out and complex, and the Office...
Thousands of Children Fined Over Alleged COVID Breaches, Report Finds
More than 3,600 children were fined during the Covid pandemic, according to a recent report by the Redfern Legal Centre, an organisation that has been instrumental in fighting for justice for those unfairly treated during the pandemic. The Centre also...
NSW Crackdown on Domestic Violence: Police Blitzes and Bail Reforms
More than 550 people described by police as the state’s ‘most high risk domestic violence offenders’ have been arrested and charged with a total of 1,070 offences during in a four day police operation across New South Wales that ran...
Drug Supply Charges: Pleading Guilty, Remorse and Rehabilitation Can Significantly Reduce Sentence
A former AFL player has been sentenced to a full term of five years and four months in prison, with a non-parole period of three years, after being sentenced over multiple counts of supplying a prohibited drug as well as...
Australian Governments Promise to Crackdown on Domestic Violence Offences
Welcome, Anthony Albanese, to the ‘national crisis’ of domestic violence offences predominantly - but certainly not always - committed by men against women. In response to thousands of women, men and children rallying over the weekend against the epidemic of...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for the Public Order Offence of Riot in NSW
Three people have now been charged over the aftermath of a stabbing of a Bishop at the Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. The stabbing A 16 year old who is reported to have been...
The Brittany Higgins Saga: Bruce Lehrmann Fails to Clear His Name in Defamation Trial
Despite not being convicted of any sexual offences, Bruce Lehrmann has now been labelled by a judge of the Federal Court of Australia as more likely than not to be a sexual offender by a following his defamation trial against...
How Do Mobile Speed Cameras Work in New South Wales?
The New South Wales road toll has escalated to 106 deaths to date in 2024 - up from 90 for the same period last year. The figures suggest that 367 lives have been lost on the State’s roads in the...
