New South Wales Parliament Passes Greatly Diluted LGBTIQA+ Equality Laws
Transgender people in NSW will no longer have to “undergo surgery before they can change their sex on their birth certificate” as of 1 July next year. And this long-sought reform brings this state’s laws into line with other Australian...
Drug Seizures May Suggest a Drug War Victory – But the Reality is Very Different
The mainstream media has for many years acted as a vehicle for law enforcement agencies across our nation to market drug raids as a positive step in the decades-long war against drugs. But the fact of the matter is the...
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...
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...
Bestiality Investigation Leads to Child Sexual Abuse Charges
In September 2024, the New South Wales State Crime Command’s Sex Crimes Squad’s Child Exploitation Internet Unit began an investigation into the production and distribution of bestiality material in Sydney. Police allege that an online group was uncovered during the...
Police Warn of ‘Blessing Scam’ Targeting Elderly Chinese Women
New South Wales police and Scamwatch are warning of a fraud scheme which primarily targets elderly Chinese women, claiming they and their families are at risk from evil spirits before offering to ‘bless’ them in exchange for money or luxury...
The Offence of Persistently Contravening an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order in NSW
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...
The Offence of Knowingly Contravening an Apprehended Domestic Violence Order in NSW
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...
Prohibition is Failing to Reduce the Social, Economic and Health Risks of Illicit Drugs
Federal law enforcement agencies are boasting of two “major drug seizures” during a 48 hour “blitz” at Sydney Airport from 21 to 23 September 2024. But drug reform experts assert that such “victories” are merely a pin prick to the...
