The Criminal Justice System’s Failure to Deal with Mental Health
Positive mental health is important to maintain a balanced and healthy lifestyle, which can in turn lead to positive social, economic and physical health outcomes as well as reduce the likelihood of criminal offending. But sadly, mental health issues continue...
Hundreds of NSW Police Officers Strike Over Ever-Thinning Blue Line
New South Wakes police officers announced on Tuesday, 8 October 2024 that they’re striking in their hundreds over nonurgent duties, as officers consider the agency is understaffed and those who are currently working the beat are increasingly being called upon...
NSW Government Considers Banning Protests Due to Cost, While Opposition Flags User Pays System
After the Gaza genocide reached its 12-month mark, and this state’s Free Palestine rally against Israel’s yearlong mass slaughter had taken place, NSW premier Chris Minns got on 2GB radio on Tuesday to unveil his new protofascist proposal, which involves...
Reducing Domestic Violence Offences: Are Governments On the Right Track?
Domestic violence is a topic that people shy away from talking about - but it is a rampant epidemic that is sweeping the entire country. Women, children, and men are suffering at the hands of abusive partners in their households...
Securing Greater Israel Requires the Eradication of Palestinian and Lebanese Civilians
The wholesale massacre and starvation of Palestinian civilians trapped in the walled-in Gaza Strip has continued on for a year now, with the official death toll close to 42,000 people. And as this grim anniversary drew nearer, instead of any...
The 52nd Free Palestine Rally on Gadigal in Sydney Was a Testament to Social Cohesion
Despite a week of dog whistling from prime minister Anthony Albanese, NSW premier Chris Minns, and an enhanced effort by Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton, who basically bared his canine-like teeth to the press, the 52nd Free Palestine-Free Lebanon rally...
Justice Has Been Denied to Julian Assange, Who “Plead Guilty to Journalism”
“I eventually chose freedom over unrealisable justice, after being detained for years and facing a 175 year sentence with no effective remedy,” multi award-winning Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange remarked, as he was addressing the Parliamentary Assembly of the...
Court Declines to Issue Guideline Judgment for the Offence of Assaulting Police
In late 2002, the NSW attorney general Bob Debus applied to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal for a guideline judgment in relation to the offence of assault police, which is a crime contained in section 60(1) of the Crimes...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 September to 6 October 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Prohibition is Failing to Reduce the Social, Economic and Health Risks of Illicit Drugs Federal law enforcement agencies are claiming a win in the war...
Pro-Palestine Protest Triumphs Over NSW Police Attempt to Sow Social Discord
Thanks to the negotiating skills of Palestine Action Group Sydney organisers and their legals, the attempt by the NSW police commissioner to stop a rally and a candlelit vigil marking a year since the Israeli state commenced a coordinated genocidal...
