‘Litany of Errors’ Enabled Man to Kill His Children, Coroner Finds
‘Systemic failures’ by the NSW Police, the Family Court System and the Firearms Registry cost two teenagers their lives in 2018 – deaths that the NSW Coroner has found were entirely ‘preventable.’ Jack Edwards aged 15, and his sister Jennifer,...
Domestic Violence Workers Plead for Adequate Funding
Frontline and support workers are pleading for government to provide sufficient funding for domestic violence services, after reporting the ‘worst year on record’ for family violence. Around the globe, domestic violence cases spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns last year...
Civil Liberties Advocates Call for End to Police Investigating Police
The various Australian state, territory and federal police agencies investigating their own has long been understood to be problematic. NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge last year exposed NSW police as having paid out over $24 million in relation to police...
Not Guilty Verdict for NSW Police Officer Highlights Bias in Criminal Justice System
Abuse of power and the excessive use of force by police has increasingly come under the scrutiny of mainstream public discourse since the onset of the COVID-19 lockdowns saw law enforcement powers enhanced to administer pandemic restrictions. Images of Victoria...
NSW Police Officer Found Not Guilty of Assaulting Naked Teen
The police officer charged with assault after striking a restrained, naked teenager 18 times with a baton has been found not guilty. Officer Michial Greenhalgh was charged following an inquiry by the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) into the arrest...
NSW Police Officer Acquitted of Assault Charges After District Court Appeal
A Police officer who was found guilty of assaulting an Indigenous man in custody has been acquitted of all charges after a District Court Appeal. Last year, NSW Wales Police Officer Iain James Murray was found guilty of two counts...
NSW Police Officers Caught on Camera Assaulting 12-Year-Old Boy
NSW police has - yet again - been caught on camera phone footage administering rough justice. This time the incident involves undercover officers in the Sydney suburb of Parramatta meting out a bit of physical punishment on a First Nations...
The Offence of Intimidating a Police Officer in New South Wales
It’s taken some years and several high profile scandals, but it seems the NRL has now firmly implemented its hard line policy against players who are alleged to have committed criminal offences. Latest case Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas has...
NSW Government Refuses to Require Police to Hand Over Body Camera Footage
Just prior to the pilot rollout of police body-worn video (BWV) cameras in November 2015, then NSW police commissioner Andrew Scipione remarked that the devices “will hold everyone to account for their actions, including police”. “A picture is worth a...
Will My Case be Dismissed if the Alleged Victim Fails to Attend Court?
A question criminal defence lawyers are often asked is, will my criminal charges be thrown out of court if the complainant (also known as the ‘alleged victim’) fails to turn up to the defended hearing? Answering this question can raise...
