Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 May to 2 June 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Whistleblower’s Lengthy Sentence Will Deter Others from Exposing Crime and Corruption The harsh sentence imposed on the ADF lawyer who exposed war crimes will deter...
How Long Does a Drug Offence Stay on My Criminal Record?
Having to go to court for a drug offence can be daunting, and you may be concerned about the implications of pleading guilty or being found guilty of an offence such as drug possession or drug supply. Your concerns may...
Apartheid Israel Has Destroyed the Global System That Ensured ‘Never Again’
After eight months of perpetrating the most barbaric large-scale killing spree the globe has ever collectively witnessed, the Israeli state continues to reach new depths of depravity that are usually reserved for sermons of the Abrahamic traditions, warning of just...
Northern Territory Curfew Laws Target First Nations Youth
A quick perusal of the new laws permitting the NT police commissioner to impose snap curfews as a crime prevention measure finds them colourblind, in that the policing powers recently gifted to the Northern Territory Police Force can be applied...
What is an Indictable Offence in New South Wales?
An indictable offence is one which can be committed (or referred) to a higher court such as the District or Supreme Court, rather than remain and be finalised in the Local Court. These offences typically carry maximum penalties of more...
As Online Content Fuels the Free Palestine Movement, Government Attempts to Suppress It
The Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN), an armed libertarian socialist group of Indigenous peasants from the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, seized urban centres to establish autonomous decentralised zones on 1 January 1994: the day the North Atlantic Free...
NSW Government’s Youth Incarceration Drive Lacks Vision or “Any Deep Sense of Justice”
“No one wants to be in the situation where we are locking up young people,” NSW premier Chris Minns told Sunrise on 18 March 2024, just days after his government’s new tough-on-youth-crime laws were introduced into state parliament, and the...
Proposed Federal Anti-Hate Speech Laws: Silencing Outrage Over Gaza
Israel recently dropped huge metal bombs on Palestinian civilian refugees, mainly women and children, sheltering in tents in an area of Rafah that Israel had designated a safe zone. Yet, those in the Australian community making loud protestations about this...
Attorney-General Can Save Dan Duggan from US Extradition Over China Panic Pretext
New South Wales Magistrate Daniel Reiss gave the greenlight to the US request to extradite former US marine and current Australian citizen Dan Duggan at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court on Friday, 24 May 2024,which is a decision that has...
Victoria Police Apologies for Aboriginal Child Removals, Yet the Practice Is Ongoing
Victoria police chief commissioner Shane Patton last Friday apologised for the part state law enforcement played in the forcible removal of Aboriginal children, which was an apology that arose out of a suggestion from the truth-telling process undertaken by the...
