Drug Supply Charges: Pleading Guilty, Remorse and Rehabilitation Can Significantly Reduce Sentence
A former AFL player has been sentenced to a full term of five years and four months in prison, with a non-parole period of three years, after being sentenced over multiple counts of supplying a prohibited drug as well as...
Bail Applications in NSW: Showing Cause and the Unacceptable Risk Test
Much has been made recently by the mainstream media about the supposed ease by which those facing allegations of domestic violence offences are granted bail and released into the community. But the fact of the matter is that New South...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 May 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Systemic Criminal Justice Bias Sees Only Muslim Crime Designated as Terrorism Police are quick to charge Muslim teens with terrorism, but not a pro-Israeli man...
Crunch Time for Assange, Global Press Freedom and the Rule of Law
A final press briefing in regard to the extradition trial of Australian publisher and journalist Julian Assange was held at the Foreign Press Association in London on Wednesday, ahead of Monday’s determination of the British High Court, which will seal...
The Slow Drip Death of the NSW Festival Industry: A Targeted State Approach
The Australian festival industry is still struggling post-pandemic shutdown. Main stayer Groovin the Moo had to cancel its annual regional tour last February, while Victoria’s three-decade-old Falls Festival had to cancel its last New Year’s Eve event, with dozens more...
Zionist Who Planted Bomb on Pro-Palestinian’s Vehicle Could Soon be Released
A man who left a homemade bomb on a ute in the driveway of a Botany home in January, with a note attached threatening reprisal if the resident did not remove a Palestinian flag hanging out the front of his...
‘Student Camps Are Anti-Genocide, Not Anti-Semitic’, Says UniMelb for Palestine’s Dana Alshaer
Right now, it would be difficult not to be aware that students at numerous Australian universities have set up campsites on campuses, with the aim of opposing the Israeli government perpetrated genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza. Another aspect to...
“Don’t Blow the Whistle”, Australia Warns, as It Imprisons Lawyer for Exposing War Crimes
Australians are raised on ideas of freedom, justice and equality: principles that the nation is said to embody, and its defence forces uphold. And it’s implicitly understood that serving military officers take no pleasure in committing acts that are usually...
Higher Bail Threshold and Monitoring Devices Proposed for Alleged Domestic Violence Offending
The New South Wales government’s latest response to the epidemic of domestic violence across the state is to make it harder for those charged with domestic violence offences to achieve bail and to require monitoring devices to be worn by...
New South Wales Offences for Selling, Advertising and Promoting Tobacco and E-Cigarettes
The prices for tobacco products in Australia have skyrocketed in recent years, making our nation one of the most expensive in the world for cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco and other items containing the plant. And while this has contributed to...
