What is the Difference Between First, Second and Third Degree Murder?
Unlawful killings in Australia are divided into two broad categories: Murder, which is a person kills another with the intention to kill or inflict grievous bodily harm, or with reckless indifference to human life, or during or immediately after the...
The Offence of Taking or Being Carried in a Conveyance Without the Owner’s Consent
Four men suspected of being part of a criminal group have been charged with a string of offences over an alleged police on the Northern Beaches of Sydney involving a utility taken without the owner’s consent. Police say they were...
The Offence of Contravening a Court Suppression or Non-Publication Order in NSW
The very real impact and influence of media reporting and social media commentary upon high profile criminal trials in the past couple of years has led Victorian criminal defence lawyers to apply to have evidence withheld from the public ahead...
Which Groups Does Australia List as ‘Terrorist Organisations’?
The Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prescribes a range of offences relating to terrorists acts and associated conduct. A number of those offences relate to groups that are classified as ‘terrorist organisations’. Offences relating to terrorist organistions Offences that relate...
What is a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
In January 2020, Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson was found dead in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Detention Centre in Victoria. Last year, a Coronial Inquest heard evidence Coronial Inquest heard evidence that Veronica made more than a dozen calls...
The Offence of Being Armed with Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence in NSW
A passenger has been charged with a string of criminal offences after allegedly shooting two drivers with a nail gun in separate incidents on the New South Wales Central Coast. According to police, they responded to reports at around 4.10pm...
The Offence of Possessing Ammunition Without a Licence or Permit in New South Wales
A man has been charged with several firearms offences after police attended his home in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales after receiving reports of a domestic disturbance. According to police, at around 10.30pm on Sunday, 9th January 2023 officers...
The Offence of Sexual Touching of a Child Under the Age of 10 in New South Wales
A man has been charged with 21 criminal offences after multiple alleged sexual offences against children at a shopping centre in the south-west of Sydney. Police say they were called to a shopping centre on Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool at...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Affray in New South Wales
New South Wales Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify and locate a man they believe may be able to assist in their investigations into a brawl that occurred at a Western Sydney hotel last year. According to...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Drug Possession in New South Wales
Possessing a prohibited drug is an offence under section 10 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW). To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that: You had possession of a substance, The substance was...
