Should There Be a Ban on Publishing the Identity of Non-Convicted Defendants?
A promising young rugby union player is facing a jury trial over allegations he exchanged sexually explicit images and engaged in sexual conduct with two underage girls. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions alleges that the now 23-year...
NSW is a Diverse Place, It Doesn’t Need a Catholic School PTA Mindset Running It
Instead of an expected 8 August 2024 debate on an omnibus bill that seeks to amend over 20 pieces of NSW legislation that continue to discriminate against LGBTIQA+ people and sex workers, NSW Independent for Sydney Alex Greenwich announced that...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 August 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Labor Is Attempting to Kill Key LGBTIQ Reforms, Says Pride in Protest’s Rohen and Quay-Quay A bill that would repeal laws that are prejudicial...
NSW Government Re-Commits to Failed Zero Tolerance Approach Ahead of Drug Summit
NSW is so ready for drug law reform that it hurts to watch a party like NSW Labor come to power, with many members, just like all the NSW Greens, having been actively campaigning on the need for reform for...
The UK Far Right Riots Should Be of Concern, as Australia Is Awash with White Nationalists
The streets of the UK have been flooded with far-right rioting, looting and vicious targeted attacks upon Muslims and immigrants, as well as their properties and businesses, which was sparked by the killing of three girls and misinformation regarding the...
AUSMIN Further Confirmed Labor’s Tossed the Keys to Australian Defence to the Pentagon
Australian defence minister Richard Marles made an extremely telling quip during opening remarks at this year’s AUSMIN conference, and that was to state that Australia is “experiencing a navy takeover of our defence force”, and by that he kiddingly meant...
NSW Refuses to Decriminalise Cannabis, Despite Top Lawyers Telling Inquiry It’s High Time
Established in March this by the Premier and Finance Committee, the NSW parliamentary inquiry into the state’s regulatory framework for cannabis has as a chief concern whether to decriminalise the widely recreationally used, yet still illegal, psychoactive plant. Yet, on...
The State Is Still Abusing Ex-Child Wards, Via Redress, Just as it Did in Their Youth
As Leonie Sheedy recalls, when the girls who were under state care at the notorious Parramatta Girls Home held a protest in 1969, calling out the conditions they were subjected to by the NSW state, they were sent to Long...
‘Probable Terrorism Threat’ Stems from Rise in Far-Right Extremism
So, prime minister Anthony Albanese turned up the volume on Australia’s National Terrorism Threat Level on Monday morning, from “possible” to “probable”, which he added does not mean “imminent” or that intelligence has any details about a specific “threat or...
Northern Territory Police Commissioner Promises to Reform the Force
It was an historic moment when the Northern Territory’s Police Commissioner delivered an apology to the Indigenous Community for injustices perpetrated by the police force over the past 154 years. Understandably, peak bodies representing the Indigenous Community have welcomed the...
