Busting the Duopoly: Both Majors Shaking in Their Boots at Prospect of 2025 Election
“We can’t keep voting for the same two parties and expecting a different result,” said Australian Greens leader Adam Bandt at the National Press Club a fortnight ago. “Labor has lost themselves. People tell us that it is harder and...
The Legal Defence of Mental Health or Cognitive Impairment in NSW
The tragic deaths of two young boys in the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales has raised more questions than answers, as their mother remains under police guard in hospital suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds. Those questions include: is...
Attorney General Waxes Lyrical About His Whistleblower Protections that Fail All
“Improved whistleblower protection has long been an interest of mine,” federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus told The Sydney Institute, during a 5 September speech he gave to the privately-funded policy forum, which was titled, Transparency and Accountability in Politics and...
Should the Age for Creating a Social Media Account be Lowered?
Australia plans to establish a minimum age limit for children to use social media, citing mental health and physical inactivity concerns. Personal rights advocates and those who favour the use of legal technology in today’s society are up in arms...
Unimpaired Drivers Continue to Face Drug Driving Charges in New South Wales
The NSW Police Force conducted the four-day-long driving safety offence blitz, Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers), last week, which resulted in the detection of 6,653 driving offences in total, as officers targeted three specific impediments to safe driving: alcohol,...
A Paramilitary Victoria Police Greets Disrupt Land Forces with Its Entire Arsenal
Politicians have proven once again that police are their attack dogs, and not their to protect justice let alone the public. The streets of Naarm-Melbourne were on fire early Wednesday morning as Victoria police greeted the planned Disrupt Land Forces...
The Encryption Wars Continue as ASIO Demands Big Tech Unlock Private Messaging
The ABC’s 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson was last week invited into an ASIO 75th anniversary exhibition that’s usually only open to former ASIO officers, not just to give us a glimpse of how taxpayers are funding private shows for spooks but...
Victoria Police to Unleash Excessive Policing Powers on Disrupt Land Forces
Although Disrupt Land Forces officially kicked off on Sunday, Naarm-Melbourne’s notorious Lizard Car made an appearance on the city’s West Gate Freeway on the day prior, as it came to a halt in the middle of an offramp with a...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 2 to 8 September 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Sexual Intercourse with a Child Aged Between 10 and 14 Years in NSW A member of NSW parliament has resigned after being...
Albanese’s Singling Out Trans People from the Census is a Move from the Morrison Playbook
“When populations are invisible in the Census, they are at increased risk of marginalisation and disadvantage,” reads a 5 August joint statement by the UNSW Kirby Institute and other key health organisations, regarding Albanese’s decision to rescind on a pledge...
