Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 to 31 May 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Government Forces Messaging Platforms to Surrender Information Recent laws enable Australian law enforcement agencies to access information shared on platforms such as Facebook Messenger. Click...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 18 to 24 May 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Use of ‘Ice’ and the Criminal Justice System There are circumstances where drug addiction can be taken into account when determining the appropriate sentence....
Police Commissioner Gets 15% Pay Rise Despite COVID and the Erosion of Public Confidence in the Force
As recently reported, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has received a controversial $87,000, or 15%, pay rise backed by Premier Gladys Berejiklian and Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott. Many other MPs have opposed the raise, with...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 May 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Contractor Fined $100,000 Over Fatal Gas Mix-Up A newborn was killed and a child left with permanent brain damage, prompting the judge to remark, “[i]n...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 May 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Former Border Force Boss Found to be Corrupt, But No Charges Will Be Laid The watchdog found that the former chief of the Australian Border...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 April to 3 May 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Should Tech Giants Pay Publishers for Content? The federal government wants to force tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay publishers for content that...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 April 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Drunken Shooter Avoids Prison Due to COVID-19 A man who accidentally shot his daughter in the head while trying to scare her was given a...
Peter Dutton Proposes Prison for Refusing to Provide Passwords
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has been absent from the media spotlight in recent times, ever since he contracted coronavirus. And many are asking where the man at the helm of curtailing civil liberties on a federal level has been...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 April 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: COVID-19 Highlights the Need for an Australian Bill of Rights The fact our constitution protects very few rights combined with concerns about current social control...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 April 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: COVID-19 Social Controls: ‘An Authoritarian Wet Dream In Progress’ There are fears the present ’emergency’ social control measures will ultimately be enacted into permanent legislation...
