NSW Drug Summit Agenda: Decriminalisation, Drug Detection Dogs and Deemed Supply
The Minns government has finally announced it will be holding its preelection promised NSW Drug Summit, which will comprise of a four day forum with two regional dates set for October, along with two dates of hearings to be held...
How to Vary the Conditions of an Apprehended Violence Order in New South Wales
Apprehended Violence Orders in New South Wales, or AVOs, are ostensibly a means by which to ensure the safety of a person at risk of personal or domestic violence is protected. However, there are instances whereby a person against whom...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 July 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Fraud Offences Involving the Breach of a Position of Trust Require a Significant Penalty A financial planner who defrauded a dozen clients of $3.3 million...
Albanese’s Antisemitism Envoy Appointment Reeks of Desperation and Prejudice
The UN human rights office announced on Tuesday that the entire Gaza Strip is in famine. This is due to the apartheid Israeli state not only having been slaughtering the more than 2 million Palestinians of Gaza since October, but...
The Refusal of Authorities to Identify White Supremacist Terrorism Will Only Compound It
Many have remarked on the number of stabbings in NSW of late and wondered why that might be. Of course, one reason could be that our government’s support of the Israeli-perpetrated Gaza genocide, conveys a message that violence is okay...
NSW Government Knows We Need Evidence-Based Drug Law Reform. So, Why Block It?
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties posted an image last week of the premier with the word “Failed” stamped boldly across his forehead, with the reason being that Chris Minns had “promised a drug summit” preelection “to introduce meaningful change”...
Does the Nation’s Chief Lawmaker Really Want to Protect Public Service Whistleblowers?
In 2013, attorney general Mark Dreyfus, in an earlier stint in the role, oversaw the drafting and enactment of the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) to establish “a framework to encourage and facilitate reporting of wrongdoing by public officials...
“We Keep Us Safe, We Stop Arming Israel”: Interview with Palestinian Organiser Tasnim Sammak
The globe is bearing witness to the gravest atrocity since the Holocaust. And this, the Israeli state perpetrated genocide upon the Palestinians of Gaza, is underpinned by the same supremacist ideas and land grabbing proclivities as all settler colonial states...
White-Collar and Corporate Crime Run Rife in Australia, as ASIC Stands By and Watches
No one would accuse federal, territory and state police agencies of neglecting their mandated pursuit of enforcing the criminal law. But the criticism could be made about most Australian policing agencies having public image issues, as they do little by...
Stand With Senator Payman: As Islamophobic Labor Continues to Deny the Genocide
The official death toll of the Gaza genocide was reported as 38,100 over the weekend. But there are thousands more missing, presumed dead under rubble, as Israel has turned the 40-odd-kilometre-long stretch of land into a moonscape, where international humanitarian...
