Can Police Track Your Location From a Phone Call? Phone Tracking and Tracing in Australia
We’ve all seen in movies that classic scene where the criminal on-the-run makes a phone call to police, taunting them, only for officers to spring into gear and try to ‘trace the call’. Whilst real-life phone tracking / tracing is...
How to Surrender Yourself to Police in New South Wales
Darko “Dougie” Desic made headlines in September 2021, when the Avalon handy man turned himself into Dee Why Police Station, after he’d escaped the since-closed Grafton Correctional Centre sometime between 7 pm on 31 July and 7 am on 1...
How to Write a Character Reference to the Court
Sydney man Matthew Laba pleaded guilty to offences relating to impersonating a lawyer in courts across the greater Sydney region on 6 November 2023. The 29-year-old defendant didn’t appear in Downing Centre Local Court to enter his plea though, rather his...
Howard’s Greenlighting of Iraq Looms Ominously, So It’s Hardly Surprising Files Are Missing
With the UK troubled at home and unable to maintain its presence in Asia, then Labor PM John Curtin announced to Australia in December 1941 that, in the midst of the Second World War, the nation was turning to the...
The New Offences and Penalties that Apply to Possessing a Knife in a Public Place in NSW
Former NSW attorney general Mark Speakman charged the NSW Sentencing Council in 2022, with inquiring into the sentencing provisions regarding offences dealing with firearms, knives and other weapons. And the focus was to be on the carrying of weapons and whether...
South Australian Criminal Offences Relating to the Death of a Cycling World Champion
The cycling community has been left in shock following the death of world champion rider Melissa Hoskins, allegedly at the hands of her husband, fellow cyclist Rohan Dennis. It has been reported that police will allege that Melissa Hoskins jumped...
Importing Any Disposable Vape Into Australia Is Now Banned
As of the 1st January 2024, a nationwide prohibition on the importation of single-use vapes came into effect, which is just the first stage in a crackdown upon this alternative to smoking, and the new year ban applies regardless of...
Criminal Offences Relating to Terrorist Organisations, Declared Areas and Foreign Fighting
Federal Attorney- General Mark Dreyfus informed the public during a press conference on 28 December 2023 that two Australian citizens were killed during an air strike in Southern Lebanon the previous night. The nation’s chief lawyer added that the listed...
Can I Check if Someone is On the Sex Offender Register?
All Australian states and territories have a ‘sex offender register’ which holds details of individuals who have been convicted of sexual offences against a child. While there have long been calls for the register to be made public, this is...
Premier Minns, All NSW Wants for Christmas Is Drug Decriminalisation
The transition from 11 years of Liberal Nationals governance in NSW to that of a Labor government, following the March state election, has all been smooth sailing, as the new administration hasn’t attempted to rock the boat in any way...
