The Offence of Dishonestly Obtaining a Benefit By Deception in NSW
Australian singer Guy Sebastian’s former manager has been charged with fraud, after allegedly dishonestly obtaining $1.15 million that should have been paid to the singer. Titus Day was recently arrested and charged with 61 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage...
What is the Meaning of Consent in Sexual Assault Cases?
A former NSW Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a colleague while he was in uniform. A District Court jury has heard that 44-year old Kristian Dieter Glaser was either on duty or had just finished work when...
Assaulting a Police Officer Defence Case Study
A 20-year old man from Curlewis, around 400 km north west of Sydney, has been charged with multiple criminal offences after a traffic stop in Telarah, 170 km north of Sydney, which occurred at around 8.40pm on Sunday, 21 June...
What Is the Crime of Fraud in New South Wales?
A 47-year old man and 38-year old woman from Surf Beach near Bateman’s Bay on the New South Wales South Coast have been charged with fraud under section 192E of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) for allegedly defrauding a bushfire...
Former NSW Labor MP Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault
Documents presented in the Newcastle court today allege that former NSW Labor minister Milton Orkopoulos repeatedly sexually assaulted an 11-year old boy while serving as a Lake Macquarie Councillor. The 62-year old has already served 11 years after he was...
The Offence of Publicly Threatening or Inciting Violence in NSW
Sunday, 11 December 2005 was a day of national shame for Australia. By midday, around 5,000 Anglo-Australians had converged on Cronulla beach to secure their ‘revenge’ against people of “Middle Eastern descent”, after an alleged altercation on 4 December 2005...
Owners of Facebook Pages Can be Liable for Defamatory Posts by Others
When you write something about a person or business online, or even post inappropriate comments, if you don’t choose your words wisely, you risk being sued for defamation. But if someone else writes something on your own social media page,...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Contaminating Goods in Australia
An Australian distillery has issued an urgent product recall after at least nine of their gin bottles were found to be filled with hand sanitiser. Apollo Bay Distillery, located on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, is yet to explain...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Sexual Intercourse Without Consent
For the past few years, Prince Andrew has been embroiled in allegations that he was a participant in a child sex trafficking network headed by the late American businessman Jeffrey Epstein. US prosecutors have been pursuing the Prince for some...
Child Sexual Assault Network Smashed, AFP Reports
A police investigation being led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have uncovered a national network of alleged child sex offenders, accused of sexual assaulting and abusing children as young as four years old. Two of the men...
