Prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann: Police Join DPP in an Attempt to Clear Their Names
This time last year, then ACT top prosecutor, Shane Drumgold, and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) were engaged in a bitter feud - a slanging match criticising each other’s handling investigation and prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann over sexual assault allegations...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 November 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Criminal Offences Related to War Memorials and Cemeteries in NSW Damaging or desecrating a protected place such as a war memorial or cemetery is a...
Do I Have to Testify in Court? Explaining Witness Competence and Compellability
Being called to ‘give evidence’ – also known as as testify – in a criminal trial can be a daunting experience; something you may not want to do for any of several reasons – you may be worried about saying...
AstraZeneca Faces Court Over Claims its Covid Vaccine is Dangerous
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is facing criminal proceedings in the High Court of the United Kingdom, over claims the vaccine which made it hundreds of millions of dollars and a household name is not as effective as marketed and has greater...
Gaza: Australia is Complicit in the Neocolonial Crime of the Century
“We say that Israel has a right to defend itself, but how it defends itself matters and we want to see all innocent lives protected,” PM Anthony Albanese told a 1 November 2023 press conference in Sydney, which appears to be...
The Offence of Causing Danger with a Firearm in New South Wales
A Sydney-based police officer has been handed a criminal conviction and placed on a good behaviour bond after pointing a loaded pistol at a junior colleague and threatening “I’ll shoot you”. 30-year old Constable Dominic Gaynor pointed his police-issued Glock...
“Why Are We Killing Children?”: Gaza’s Horror Will Collapse the International Rules-based Order
Right now, more than two million people are locked inside a 40-odd-kilometre-long walled-off strip of land known as Gaza in occupied Palestine - a civilian population that’s been subject to a 16-year blockade - as Israel massacres these Palestinians on...
Australian University Severs Ties with Israeli Company Over Genocide in Gaza
The genocide taking place in Gaza has been nonstop for over 30 days now. The death toll in what the UN is calling the “children’s graveyard” has surpassed 10,000 people, with over 70 percent of the dead being women and children. And there’s...
Police Under Investigation Over Another Alleged Assault at Care Facility
Two South Australian Police Officers have been removed from active duty and are under investigation for potential assault charges after tasering and pepper spraying a man in his 60s at a care facility on 26 October 2023, leaving him with...
Richard Branson Calls on NSW to Decriminalise Drugs, “For God’s Sake”
“For God’s sake, do something about it,” global entrepreneur Richard Branson told NSW premier Chris Minns, as he ended a video message sent to the constituencies of the ACT and this state, after having pointed out that our part of the...
