Is it Legal to Ride a Power-Assisted Bicycle in New South Wales?
On 22 January 2021, the Australian Government updated the requirements for permitted e-bikes. There are only two types of eBikes permitted on roads and road-related areas, which are power-assisted cycles whereby the motor is activated by a throttle, and power-assisted...
Is it Legal to Ride an eScooter in New South Wales?
The New South Wales government has abandoned its plan for an electric scooter trial in Sydney, despite the move across Australia towards legalising them. As a result, it continues to be illegal to ride eScooters on roads and road-related areas...
Family Court Judges to Receive Domestic Violence Training
A new initiative is being implemented into the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia, aimed at helping to address the issue of domestic and family violence across the nation. The Courts have recently engaged the Safe...
Whispering Wall Deaths Suspected to be Murder / Suicide
Media reports have emerged recently about the tragic incident at the popular tourist spot Whispering Wall in the Barossa Valley, where a man and a baby died. Witnesses, including children, watched them fall, and at first it seemed like a...
‘Good Society’ Sexual Consent Videos: Another Federal Government Flop
The Federal Government was recently forced to remove two controversial consent videos from its ‘’Good Society’ website, after wide-spread criticism, chalking up another expensive federal flop. The videos were titled ‘Moving the line basics‘ and intended to be an education...
The Offence of Sexually Touching a Child Aged 10 to 16
A 42-year old police sergeant has been charged with three counts of sexually touching a child aged 10 to 16, as well as two counts of indecent assault. The officer, who is attached to the North West Metropolitan Command, was...
NSW Police Stations to Get Specialist Domestic Violence Workers
Specialists in domestic violence offences will be onsite at a handful of New South Wales Police Stations under a new trial, recommended by the Domestic Violence Death Review Team (DVDRT). This DVDRT is an expert group set up to examine...
Victoria Gives Overseas Arrivals the Right to Appeal Hotel Quarantine
The Victorian government is in the process of recruiting a team of experienced lawyers who will act as ‘detention review officers’, assessing applications for anyone wishing to avoid hotel quarantine. Under revised legislation, the Secretary of the Health Department must...
Tony Mokbel’s Drug Importation Charge Withdrawn
The fallout from the Lawyer X scandal continues in Victoria, with the Court of Appeal ordering a retrial for underworld kingpin Tony Mokbel despite him being acquitted last year. The back story Mr Mokbel was on bail during his jury...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Aggravated Sexual Assault in Company
A jury in Downing Centre District Court has heard that a then-19 year old woman felt “dead inside” when NRL payers Jack de Belin and Callan Sinclair allegedly forced her to have sexual intercourse in the early hours of 9...
