Proposed Federal Cyber Security Act: A Necessity or an Unjustified Intrusion?
The federal government is proposing standalone legislation which it claims is an essential part of its Cyber Security Legislation Package, the stated objective of which is to combat cyber security threats to Australia. The Cyber Security Bill 2024 (Cth) was...
Making “Australia a Global Nuclear Waste Dump”: Senator Shoebridge on Labor’s Latest Betrayal
In passing the Australian Naval Nuclear Power Safety Bill 2024 on Thursday last week, the Albanese government quietly got a proposition over the line in this country that had been resisted for decades and that was in the passing of...
NSW Bar Association Reports Dramatic Spike in Complaints Against Barristers
The New South Wales Bar Association’s annual report for the 2023 – 2024 year was released last week, revealing that the number of complaints against barristers referred by the Office of the Legal Services Commissioner (OLSC) to the Association had...
Serious Domestic Abuse Prevention Orders in New South Wales
On 24 September 2024, the Crimes (Domestic ad Personal Violence) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 was passed by both Houses of the New South Wales Parliament, amending the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 (‘the Act’) to, among other...
“Killed, and for What End?”: Tasnim Sammak on Marking October 7th for Palestine
The October 7th vigils marked a year since the Israeli military launched its offensive against the 2.3 million Palestinians of the Gaza Strip. And in taking place on Gadigal in Sydney and in Naarm-Melbourne, they were the solemn, peaceful events,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 October 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Dangerous Navigation Occasioning Death Causing a death by dangerously navigating a vessel is an offence which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison....
The Correlation Between Hot Weather and Increased Crime: A Concerning Trend
Hurricane Milton has officially touched down in Florida in the United States, leaving more than 3 million residents without power - and thousands lost, injured, and even presumed dead. Along with the real-time effects of the intense weather event that...
Whistleblowers Are Still the Enemy: McBride to Appeal as Boyle Continues to Stew
Former Australian Defence Force lawyer David McBride was granted permission to appeal the severity of the sentence he’s been serving since May, which was handed down in regard to his having blown the whistle to the press in respect of...
The “Commissioner’s Gin”: The Blue Labelled Drop That Webb Prefers on the Taxpayer Dollar
Independent NSW MLC Rod Roberts raised a 6 August 2024 motion, under Standing Order 52 in the NSW parliament, calling for the production of documents regarding a variety of matters that all relate to “maladministration and potential corruption at the...
Cuts to Legal Aid NT Adult Services Will Disproportionately Impact First Peoples
Legal Aid Northern Territory last week announced that it would be cutting new applications for services to adults charged with criminal offences from 21 October, while all other services specifically geared to adults, which include referrals for grants for aid...
