COVID-19 Restrictions Cause Unprecedented Court Delays
Court delays and lack of funding for the criminal justice system are significant problems across Australia for years. But a recent case of a man whose trial was delayed through COVID-19 restrictions, resulting in a four-year gap between his arrest...
The Latest COVID-19 Rules in New South Wales
15 December 2021 marked the end of vaccination segregation in New South Wales, as both vaccinated and unvaccinated people were put on foot with one another in terms of ‘freedoms’ within the state. For the first time since June 2021,...
The Offence of Supplying a Commercial Quantity of Prohibited Drugs in New South Wales
A Sydney woman described as a ‘Bondi party girl’ who pleaded guilty to supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine over her participation in a dial-a-dealer drug supply operation has been sentenced to imprisonment. 26-year old Danielle Hogan earned herself a...
Sydney Christian School Faces Fresh Allegations of Child Sexual Assault
The Anglican school at the centre of several child sexual assault allegations is on the wrong side of the law once again. A former pupil of Trinity Grammar School in Sydney has alleged that he was repeatedly sexually assaulted in...
NSW Police Officer Found Guilty of Perjury
A New South Wales police officer who lied in court to support a fake sexual assault claim made by his partner, has been found guilty of perjury. In 2014, Sarah Jane Parkinson claimed that her former partner slammed her head...
The Offence of Drink Spiking in New South Wales
With vaccination rates high and people starting to go out and socialise again, sinister reports of women being injected by mystery substances in popular night spots have emerged in New South Wales. At least six women have come forward to...
Vaccination Mandates Must Be ‘Fair and Reasonable’
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found that a decision by mining company BHP to make Covid-19 vaccinations at the Mt Arthur mine in the Hunter Valley compulsory for workers was not lawful or reasonable. About...
Courts Will Bear the Brunt of Challenges to COVID-19 Fines
More than 7,000 people have sought reviews of Covid fines over the past several months, and most have failed, with only one in ten of the reviews lodged with Revenue NSW succeeding. Information obtained under a Freedom of Information request...
Victorian Premier and Health Minister Given Indefinite ‘Pandemic Powers’
Victoria’s controversial Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 has been passed after a marathon sitting in which upper house MPs negotiated a number of amendments. However, the amended laws still give both the Victorian Premier and State Heath...
Politicians Continue to Behave Badly Despite Sex Commissioner’s Report
Our male politicians have been front and centre of the issues surrounding unacceptable behaviour in parliament since the beginning of this year, but recent incident highlights the fact our female politicians need are also part of the toxic culture within...
