Albanese’s “Enough is Enough” Stance on Assange Is Pitiful. The People Demand More
Greens Senator David Shoebridge told a crowd of Assange supporters over the weekend that “it is not enough” for the Albanese government to just “endlessly repeat the mantra that it has gone on too long” in regard to Washington’s attempt...
NSW Police Commissioner Seeks to Influence Composition of Coroners Court
An interesting and somewhat concerning stoush is has been unfolding which involves the New South Wales Police Force and the State Coroner’s office. The situation relates to Police Commissioner Karen Webb ‘quietly’ accusing Deputy Coroner Harriet Grahame of ‘perceptual bias’...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 December 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Drink Driving in New South Wales: Laws, Defences and Penalties It’s important to be aware alcohol can remain in the system for many hours and...
Child Pornography and Child Abuse Material Offences Across Australia
The possession, production or distribution of sexually explicit images and videos of children is criminalised in all jurisdictions across Australia, some of which refer to these images as child pornography and others as child abuse material. These offences apply in...
High Court Rules Against Indefinite Detention, So the Majors Pass Laws to Reinstate It
Successive Australian governments have been undermining the rule of law when it comes to the practice of indefinitely detaining unlawful noncitizens that they won’t settle here and can’t return to their country origin due to international obligations set out in...
NSW Police Under Fire for Manhandling Woman with Baby
New South Wales Police have again come under scrutiny for heavy handed policing after manhandling a woman with a baby at an event in Sydney where Prime minister Anthony Albanese was speaking. According to bystanders, the pro-Palestine protester had a...
Despite Pill Testing Bill, Minns Condemns Festivalgoers to a Summer of Drugtaking Blind
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann introduced pill testing legislation into state parliament last week, in an effort to save the lives of people who die regularly in drug-related circumstances, because while drugs like MDMA are illegal, they’re available on the black...
Your Rights at Music Festivals in New South Wales
Music festival season is upon us, and with it, you can rest assured there’ll be plenty of police officers and sniffer dogs targeting patrons who are in possession of prohibited drugs. So it’s perhaps timely to know about your legal rights...
Assaults, Extortion and Murder are Common Across Australian Prisons
Two men have been charged with the offences of murder and extortion over the death of Benn Schinkel at Queensland’s Capricornia Correctional Centre in Rockhampton last year. The three men were inmates at the time Benn Schrinkel was found unresponsive,...
The Criminal Offence of Threatening Serious Harm Over the Internet
A United Staes man has been arrested in conjunction with the Wieambilla shootings last year, during which two police officers and four Queenslanders died. Donald Day Jr was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Intelligence in Arizona on 1 December...
