“We Won the Battle But the War Continues”: Opera House Cannabis Activists Zammitt and Stolk on Their Day in Court
For almost a decade now, cannabis activists Alec Zammitt and Will Stolk have been brightening the Sydney scene with their elaborate protest actions that employ guerilla theatre tactics to agitate for the legalisation and regulation of cannabis in this country....
The Finance Department’s Digital ID Explanation Still Seems to Suggest Mass Surveillance
Sydney Criminal Lawyers posted the article The Coming Biometric Digital ID Will Facilitate Nationwide Surveillance on 3 August 2023. It outlined the bipartisan proposal to establish a national digital ID system with the Albanese government set to release draft exposure legislation this...
Wage Peace Receives Global Antiwar Award for Persistent Protesting of Weapons Industry
World Beyond War is a global peace organisation that advocates for the eradication of war. And not just the conflict of the day, but “the institution itself”. And while there are those who shake their heads at such a notion,...
An ‘Absolute Dog Act’: Queensland Government Suspends State’s Human Rights Act
In a move described by the manager of opposition business, Andrew Powell, as a “disgraceful abuse of parliamentary process” and the “biggest affront to democracy in Queensland’s history”, the Queensland government has rushed through legislation to ‘suspend’ its Human Rights...
Federal Human Rights Protections Could Halt Our Descent Towards Totalitarianism
“A Human Rights Act is Australia’s absent foundational pillar, our missing link,” Civil Liberties Australia CEO Bill Rowlings makes clear. “And its absence affects every citizen, because we don’t know precisely where we stand in relation to our government.” Indeed, CLA...
Spain’s ‘MeToo Moment”: Sexual Touching or Blown Out of Proportion?
Unless you’re not into the world sport of football, or as we call in here in Australia, soccer, you’ll know Spain’s 1:0 win over England in the FIFA Women’s World Cup final was marred by controversy after the president of...
The Offence of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm By Misconduct in New South Wales
A man has been charged over a high-speed crash that killed two young boys and left a young girl with serious injuries in Sydney’s south last Friday night. Friday night along The Grand Parade in Monterey. According to police, at...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 21 to 27 August 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Your Guide to New South Wales Heroin Laws A summary of offences relating to possessing, supplying, manufacturing and importing heroin, as well as driving with...
Barristers Propose Injecting Murderers with ‘Truth Serum’ to Locate Bodies
Two high profile barristers have caused controversy this week, suggesting that convicted murderers who refuse to tell authorities the location of the remains of their victims, should be forcibly injected with what is commonly known as ‘truth serum’. Former New...
Is There a Difference Between White Collar Crime and Corporate Crime?
The terms white collar crime and corporate crime are often used interchangeably and there are situations where a single act can fall into both categories, as well as offences that can be classed as both white collar and corporate crimes....
