Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 September 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Criminal Offences Relating to the Use of False Information to Take a Flight A range of offences can apply to dishonest activity related to flying...
Material Facts: Why Do Criminal Lawyers Use Some Facts But Not Others?
Criminal offences require proof by the prosecution that a set of essential elements (or ingredients) exist. There are also several legal defences that may be available to those accused of crimes. Understanding the requirements of proof and identifying relevant defences...
The Rules Relating to Visual Identification Evidence in NSW
It was him! I’m 100% certain! An identification by a person at the scene of an alleged crime can be powerful evidence before a jury. After all, why would anyone identify a person they weren’t certain was responsible for a...
The Bipartisan National Security Club Is Circling Independent Oversight Like a Vulture
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) is an old major party politicians’ club that’s charged with scrutinising any national security legislation and rubber stamping it prior to handing it back to parliament to be enacted. These are...
Macquarie Bank to ‘Phase Out’ Cash, Cheques and Phone Payments
Just as Qantas stopped momentarily making headlines for being “out of touch” with its staff and customers, enter Macquarie Bank which is currently dominating news pages over its plans to make banking almost impossible for thousands of people. Phasing out...
The NSW Drug Summit: Where Other Labor Leaders Triumphed, Minns Fears to Tread
A key objective of the 2023 NSW Labor policy platform stated that “a top priority” for the party on election would be to hold a state drug summit, so the experts can “advise on a wide variety of policy challenges”. This would...
Bipartisan Punishment of the Jobless Coexists with Necessary Unemployment Economics
Social services minister Amanda Rishworth was congratulating her government in July, after it budgeted for an unemployment benefit rise, which means that as of 20 September, those on base level JobSeeker will receive a $40 rise a fortnight and with indexation,...
Police Powers to Deal With Intoxicated Persons in New South Wales
Victoria says it will formally decriminalise public drunkenness on the 7th of November 2023, which would leave Queensland as the only jurisdiction in Australia where public intoxication remains a criminal offence. New South Wales formally decriminalised public drunkenness way back...
Offences Relating to Trains and Railways in New South Wales
Commuter statistics in New South Wales suggest Sydneysiders make a combined total of an estimated 1.2 million trips every day on our trains. And while the vast majority of them take place without a hitch – except, perhaps, for the...
A History of Sexual Consent Laws in Australia
Throughout history, sexual consent laws have historically been intrinsically linked with child sexual abuse laws. In recent years, following the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse and the high profile sexual assault trial of Saxon Mullins, both sexual consent and child...
