Queensland Gets Tough on Youth Crime
Just days after the Palaszczuk government announced it would be getting tougher on youth crime, statistics released in Queensland suggest that in the space of just 12 months, well over 1,000 children were arrested on suspicion of property crimes. The...
Queensland Announces Draconian Penalties to Deal With Youth Crime
Three days before 2022’s end, the Palaszczuk government announced it’s set to enact a set of laws designed to crack down on the punishment of youth offenders, at a time when the nation’s habitual gaoling and harsh treatment of young...
The Offence of Sexual Touching of a Child Under the Age of 10 in New South Wales
A man has been charged with 21 criminal offences after multiple alleged sexual offences against children at a shopping centre in the south-west of Sydney. Police say they were called to a shopping centre on Elizabeth Drive in Liverpool at...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Affray in New South Wales
New South Wales Police are appealing for the public’s help to identify and locate a man they believe may be able to assist in their investigations into a brawl that occurred at a Western Sydney hotel last year. According to...
The Offence of Furious Driving in New South Wales
A man has been charged with a string of traffic offences after a head-on collision with a police vehicle south of Sydney. According to police, at around 1.10am on Saturday, 31 December 2022, highway patrol officers were conducting stationary random...
What is ‘Wounding’ in the New South Wales Criminal Law?
Three teenagers have been charged for allegedly assaulting another teen shortly after the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Day. It is alleged that the assailants, two of whom are aged 17 years and one 16, acted in company to...
United Nations Abandons Futile Objective of a Drug-Free World
The 55th meeting of the Third Committee at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly took place on 17 December. And those gathered deliberated upon resolution L.13/Rev.1, which is titled, Addressing and Countering the World Drug Problem Through a Comprehensive, Integrated...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Possessing an Unregistered Firearm in New South Wales
A man is facing a string of criminal charges after a road on a unit in Sydney’s west allegedly uncovered a stash of prohibited firearms, drugs and cash. According to police, detectives from the State Crime Command’s Organised Crime Squad...
Infamous Backpacker Murderer Charles Sobhraj Released from Prison
Serial killer Charles Sobhraj was deported from Nepal to France on 23 December 2022, after being released early from prison on health grounds by order of the Supreme Court. The notorious figure is believed to have killed at least 20 backpackers...
The Decades Long War on Climate Defenders in the Global South Creeps North
Global Witness published its Decade of Defiance report in September, outlining that since 2012, one land and environmental defender has been killed on average every two days somewhere around the planet. Indeed, since the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, 1,213...
