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...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 March to 5 April 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Am I Guilty of a Crime if I Attempted and Failed? The Crimes Act contains a ‘catch-all’ provision relating to attempts to commit criminal offences....
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 March 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Should Australia ‘Shut Down’ for 30 Days? While our PM has announced crisis support for those in dire financial situations, New Zealand will be ‘shutting...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 March 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What Does the Law Say About Self-Quarantining in NSW? Failing to self-quarantine or to comply with a specific public health order is a criminal offence...