Government’s Digital ID Scheme: Greater State Control and a Haven for Hackers
Digital identifications are likely to become a reality in Australia, with the Federal Senate passing the Digital ID (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Bill 2023 last week. The next step is for the Bill to pass the lower house, before it...
The Killing Won’t Stop, and Nor Will the Movement: Free Palestine Sydney 25 Weeks On
The Sydney CBD was yet again overwhelmed by the sounds of mass chanting from a procession of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters draped in watermelon colours, drumming and banging on pots and pans and calling for a ceasefire 25 weeks into...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 to 31 March 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What are My Rights at NSW Music Festivals? Our short video about rights at music festivals in our state. Click here to read the article...
Draconian Refugee Deportation Laws Carry All the Hallmarks of Albanese’s Howard Era
The Albanese government released new refugee laws last Tuesday, which seek to ensure that asylum-seeking noncitizens who haven’t obtained refugee status must assist Immigration with their “removal pathway” or otherwise, face serious charging and incarceration. This can be spruiked to...
Armed NSW Police Officers Shouldn’t Be Ordering Your Kids to Strip Off
The NSW Police Force strip searched 1,546 children, 10- to 17-year-olds, over the seven years to June 2023, the Redfern Legal Centre revealed last week. This averages out to 220 kids annually being made to strip naked in front of...
Abortion Is No Longer a Criminal Offence Anywhere in Australia
This week marked a historic milestone in Australia, with Western Australia finally passing legislation which repeals the criminal offence of having an abortion, bringing the state into line with the rest of the country. Offence of abortion repealed nationwide The...
NSW Government Panders to Murdoch on Drug Law Reform, To the Detriment of NSW
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann last year laid the blame for the breakdown in the drug law reform agenda that had been progressed by members of the current NSW cabinet, only to then fall apart, at the feet of new...
Theo Speaks: Pro-Palestinian Citizen Threatened With Bomb Pushes for Terrorism Charges
Imagine walking out to your driveway and finding a homemade bomb sitting on the bonnet of your car. The explosive device is made of a jerry can, partially filled with petrol, with a rag hanging out. Bolts are strapped to...
Another Australian Father Slated for Deportation, as Labor Continues Morrison’s Harsh Regime
Australia has always had a nasty policy of deporting people from the continent. And this has been ever-increasingly so since former prime minister Scott Morrison oversaw the passing a suite of immigration character test and deportation amendments when immigration minister...
Prison as the Last Result: Fundamental Democratic Principle in Danger
Prison as a last resort is a fundamental principle across modern Western democracies. Indeed, the idea that a person should not lose their liberty unless there is no alternative has been embodied in the common law for hundreds of years,...
