The Laws Relating to Joint Criminal Enterprise in Australia
The doctrine of ‘joint criminal enterprise’ – also known as complicity or acting with a common purpose – provides that a person may be found guilty of a criminal offence in certain circumstances, even if they did not physically participate...
Is Doxxing a Criminal Offence In Australia?
The Albanese government is proposing a new criminal offences for ‘doxxing’, after chat logs of a pro-Israeli WhatsApp group in Australia were released online last week. The details were leaked by pro-Palestinian activists who were documenting the involvement of prominent...
AFP Radicalise Troubled Autistic Child Then Charge Him With Terrorism Offences
The Victorian Children’s Court heard last October that, after his parents attended a Victoria police station in April 2021 seeking assistance, a 13-year-old autistic boy, who’d developed an obsession with the Islamic State, was radicalised by law enforcement and entrapped into...
Coroner Refers Jai Wright Death in Custody to the DPP for Potential Criminal Charges
Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright died in hospital on the night following “a head-on collision”, involving an unmarked police car hitting the trail bike he was on at an intersection in the Sydney inner city suburb of Eveleigh in early...
Selling Nicotine Vapes Without Prescription is a Crime in NSW
Raids on around 60 retail stores in Sydney have led to the seizure of approximately 30,000 suspected nicotine-containing e-cigarettes, also known as nicotine vapes, as well as tobacco products suspected of being sold without paying tax, with an estimated value...
What Happens if I Breach an Apprehended Violence Order in New South Wales?
A Tasmanian Supreme Court judge is facing criminal charges over allegations he contravened an apprehended violence order on three separate occasions while he was in New South Wales. The back story 62-year old Justice Gregory Geason pleaded not guilty in...
Producing Child Abuse Material Using AI Can Amount to a Criminal Offence
The Australian media made international headlines this week, with Channel Nine being front and centre of the debate about AI generated images. The story goes like this: Channel Nine sourced an image of Animal Justice Party MP Georgie Purcell and...
Is Entrapment a Defence to Criminal Charges in Australia?
The Guardian Australia recently reported a shocking case whereby counter-terrorism police encouraged an autistic 13-year-old boy in Victoria to engage in terrorism offences he would unlikely have otherwise committed. The revelations came to light in the wake of a Victorian...
Melbourne Nazis Reveal Tougher Police Powers in Sydney as Officers Issue Them a Public Safety Order
A group of black-clad white men were searched by NSW police officers at North Sydney station on 26 January, a day when thousands marched on Sydney for First Nations rights, as it was clear to all and sundry that these...
Calls For Greater Scrutiny Of ‘Mr Big’ Police Operations in Australia
Imagine this scenario: You’re approached by a man claiming to be part of an organised criminal gang, who offers you a notable sum of money to do some dodgy deliveries. Strapped for cash, you do a couple of jobs for...
