The Law, Penalties and Defences for the Offence of Sexual Act in New South Wales
A New South Wales man is facing court over allegations he performed a sexual act in front of a mother and her young daughter inside Kmart store in St Marys on 23 September 2022. The mother immediately reported the matter...
Kids Continue to be Locked-Up with Hardened Adult Criminals in Queensland
In early May 2019, the ABC’s Four Corners Program aired The Watch House Files - an expose of Queensland’s practise of detaining children as young as ten years old with hardened and often dangerous adult prisoners in the state’s police...
Failing to Stop and Assist After an Impact Causing Injury, GBH or Death in NSW
A teenager has been charged with a string of driving offences following a car crash in Wollongong that police believe caused the death of a 12-year old boy. According to police, the 17-year old male was driving a stolen Holden...
The Offence of Knowingly Providing False or Misleading Information to a Commonwealth Entity
Former One Nation senator, current Great Australian Party Leader and self-styled ‘senator in exile’ Rod Culleton has vowed to fight charges that he knowingly provided false or misleading information to a Commonwealth entity. The basis of the allegations The charges...
NSW Police Officer Accused of Tampering with Evidence to Support False Criminal Charges
A New South Wales police officer has been charged with one count of tampering with evidence after an investigation by the state’s police watchdog, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission, found that he falsely claimed that a member of the public...
What is the Age of Sexual Consent in New South Wales?
The law says a person is unable to lawfully agree to sexual activity such as sexual intercourse, sexual touching or a sexual act before they reach a certain age, this is known as the ‘age of consent’. This means a person...
The Offence of Assault Causing Death in NSW: Section 25A Crimes Act 1900
The local community is mourning the death of Aussie surfing champion Chris Davidson following an alleged “one-punch” attack outside a pub in the Mid-North Coast over the weekend. 45-year old Chris Davidson, known locally as ‘Davo’, grew up on Sydney’s...
How Can I Find a Lawyer in New South Wales?
So, something has happened to bring you into the legal process - whether it’s being arrested or receiving a court attendance notice for a criminal offence, getting a subpoena to produce documents or attend court as a witness, or served...
Aussies Demand an End to Criminal Prosecutions of Whistleblowers
Many Australians breathed a sigh of relief when, on 7 July 2022, new Commonwealth attorney general Mark Dreyfus decided in to end the criminal prosecution of Bernard Collaery - the barrister whose client, known only as ‘Witness K’, exposed our...
The Offence of Aggravated Sexual Intercourse with a Child Between 14 and 16 in NSW
The owner of a Sydney-based health and wellness business has been granted conditional bail after being charged with four counts of aggravated sexual intercourse with a child between the ages of 14 and 16 years. 45-year old Savannah Daisley, who...
