Alleged Sexual Assault in Parliament: How Do You Rate the PM’s Handling of the Matter?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered a personal apology and announced a ‘review of workplace culture’ in the wake of allegations that a young Liberal Party staff member was sexually assaulted by a colleague in Parliament House. But the PM...
The Offence of Intimidating a Police Officer in New South Wales
It’s taken some years and several high profile scandals, but it seems the NRL has now firmly implemented its hard line policy against players who are alleged to have committed criminal offences. Latest case Brisbane Broncos player Payne Haas has...
When Does Conduct Relating to Prostitution Become a Crime?
A man and a woman have been arrested and charged for allegedly forcing females aged between 17 and 24 years to work as prostitutes. Police allege the females were systematically plied with drugs, branded with tattoos marking ownership and not...
The Offence of Fraud in NSW: Law, Defences, Penalties and Sentencing Considerations
A 58-year old former employee of a sports club in Southern New South Wales has been charged with fraud after allegedly obtaining more than $1.1 million dishonestly and by a deception between December 2020 and January 2021. It has been...
What is ‘Child Abuse Material’ in New South Wales?
A 48-year old New South Wales police sergeant was arrested on Friday 29 January 2020 and charged with accessing child abuse material online. The sergeant, who is attached to a ‘specialist command’, was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he...
What is a Contempt of Court?
A man has taken the extraordinary step of personally suing a Family Court Judge after he was sent to prison for contempt of court during family law proceedings. The story so far In 2018, Mr Stratford (his real name cannot...
NSW Premier’s Office Acted Illegally, But Won’t be Prosecuted
An investigation by the State Archives and Records Authority (the ‘SARA’) has found that the New South Wales Premier’s office broke the law when they shredded documents relating to $252 million in grants. However, there is no indication any charges...
What is the Offence of Larceny in New South Wales?
Five people will face Campbelltown Local Court over the alleged theft of salmon from Huon Aquaculture Ingleburn, a fish processing plant in Sydney’s south-west. The group, consisting of three men and two women, were all employees of the business and...
New South Wales: The Kidnapping Capital of Australia
More than 500 people were abducted across the nation in the past financial year, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Out of 534 kidnappings and abductions nationwide, 225 of them were in New South Wales....
The Offence of Unauthorised Access to Restricted Data in New South Wales
There are fresh warnings for social media users to be careful about what they post online, after information from more than 214 million Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn accounts - including 1.7 million Australian accounts - was found on an unsecured...
