NSW Police Force Loses Appeal Against Employee Who Was Allegedly Raped by an Officer
The NSW Police Force has lost its appeal against an employee who left her job and made a claim for compensation after a colleague allegedly sexually assaulted her. The story so far. Former NSW police solicitor Lina Nguyen lodged a...
What is a Critical Incident Investigation in New South Wales?
A critical incident investigation has been launched after police officers shot a 45-year old Indigenous man, Stanley Russell dead at his aunt’s home in Sydney’s north west. According to police, four officers attended the home in Seven Hills at around...
When Can a Coronial Inquest Be Held in New South Wales?
Family members of missing backpacker Theo Hayez are on their way to Australia to attend the Coroner’s Inquest into the young man’s disappearance, which is due to begin later this month. Theo was at the end of a six-month holiday...
Nurse Charged with Fraud for Allegedly Falsely Recording Vaccinating a Teen
A nurse who allegedly falsely recorded administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a teenager has been charged with fraud. Western Australian police arrested and charged 51-year old Christina Hartmann Benz with fraudulently recording that the 15-year old boy had been given...
Man Accused of Sexual Assault in Parliament House Committed to Stand Trial
The man charged with the sexual assault of Brittany Higgins has been committed to stand trial in the nation’s capital. Former senior adviser to the Liberal party and former staff member of Linda Reynolds’ office, Bruce Lehrmann, faced a committal...
Want to Keep Your Jobs and ‘Freedoms’? Get the COVID-19 Booster Shot
For months, the return of ‘freedoms’ to New South Wales residents has been linked to vaccination rate - which started at 70% first shot for adults, moved to 70% double-vaccinated for adults, then 70% double-vaccinated for those 16 years and...
Surveillance State Grows Under the Cover of COVID
Just quietly over the past couple of months, with the rest of Australia conveniently distracted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Federal Government has introduced draft legislation with a view to creating what it calls a ‘trusted digital identity’. Perhaps with...
Allocating Funds to Win Seats: Pork Barrelling is Just Politics, says Gladys
‘We throw money at seats to keep them’. During Gladys Berejiklian’s final day of providing testimony before the New South Wales Independent Commission Against Corruption, the practice of ‘pork barrelling’ was front and centre. ICAC is investigating whether the former...
COVID-19 Vaccines: Raising Bars, Booster Shots and Widening the ‘Freedom’ Gap
Sweeping changes to the New South Wales ‘roadmap’ out of the pandemic, announced today, have devastated thousands of New South Wales people who remain unvaccinated. The previous information that residents who are not double-vaccinated would no longer be treated like...
Vaccination Discrimination: Medically Exempted Waiter Shut Out of Hospitality Industry
Over the weekend, the published story of a Melbourne waiter shut out of the hospitality industry despite having a valid exemption for the Covid-19 vaccine has highlighted the serious issues created by mandated vaccinations. After having a meningococcal immunisation some...
