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Sonia Hickey

Sonia Hickey is a freelance writer, magazine journalist, and owner of 'Woman with Words'. She has a strong interest in social justice and is a member of the Sydney Criminal Lawyers® content team. Sonia is the winner of the Mondaq Thought Leadership Awards, Spring 2022.

The Offence of Unlawful Assembly in New South Wales

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Tens of thousands of people took to Sydney streets over the weekend after Black Lives Matter protest organisers won a last minute battle in the New South Wales Court of Appeal. The NSW Police Force and NSW Government had joined...

Child Sexual Assault Network Smashed, AFP Reports

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A police investigation being led by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) claims to have uncovered a national network of alleged child sex offenders, accused of sexual assaulting and abusing children as young as four years old. Two of the men...

Public Health Orders in New South Wales

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Just when you thought COVID-19  restrictions were easing and you could go and have some fun socialising with your mates, Police in New South Wales have announced they’ll be out in force at pubs and clubs across the state to...

Expert Family Court Witness Guilty of Child Sexual Assault

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Bob Montgomery, a psychologist who spent time working as an expert witness for the family court, and was also the psychologist for the TV reality show Big Brother, has pleaded guilty to historical child sexual abuse. He faces up to...

Stop Police Brutality: NSW Police Officer Assaults Indigenous Teen

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As groups of police officers in the United States put down their weapons and stood alongside protesters railing against the death of black men in custody, video footage emerged of an Indigenous teenager being thrown to the ground by a...

Government to Refund $720 Million Extorted Through Robodebt

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The Federal Government has announced it will refund more than $720 million dollars to people who were unlawfully issued with debt notices under Robodebt, which many have labelled an extortion scheme targeting those without means to challenge it. And although...

Premier Freezes Public Sector Pay, Having Approved 15% Pay Rise to Police Commissioner

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Despite having just recently approved a massive pay rise to the New South Wales Police Chief, equivalent to about 15% of his salary, The Berejiklian government is now proposing a wage freeze for public servants, including frontline health staff. In...

RIP Press Freedom: PM Pressures ABC to Change Report About COVID-19 App

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Last year, when the Australian Federal Police raided the home of journalist Annika Smethurst over a story she wrote about government plan to spy on ordinary Australians, and, days later,  the Sydney offices of the ABC in relation to a...

Teen Fined $1,000 for Not Breaking the Law

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Public pressure is mounting over the heavy-handed actions of New South Wales police officers during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has seen them handing out tens of thousands of dollars in fines, with the latest being to a teenager who had...

Officer Who Punched Teen in the Head Cleared of Misconduct

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Questions are being as a result of Victorian Police refusing to release details that would explain why a female police officer has been cleared of any wrongdoing after punching a 15-year old girl in the head at a pro-marijuana rally....
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