What Will a Court Consider When Determining Bail in NSW?
The man accused of causing the deaths of several passengers after the bus he was driving overturned in the Hunter Valley last Sunday night has been granted strict conditional bail. 58-year old Brett Button from Maitland in the Hunter Region...
What Conduct Amounts to ‘Dangerous Driving’ in New South Wales?
Police will allege speeding was a factor in the weekend’s horror bus crash in the Hunter Valley, which resulted in the deaths of 10 passengers and more than 20 being admitted to hospital. The bus was carrying 36 passengers when...
Former NSW Police Officer On Trial for Multiple Counts of Child Sexual Assault
A former New South Wales police officer is on trial in the Northern Rivers accused of three counts of having aggravated sexual intercourse with a child aged between 14 and 16 years, as well as producing, disseminating or possessing child...
Ben Roberts-Smith: Bully, Liar, War Criminal
A judge of the Federal Court of Australia has found the media was truthful in describing our nation’s most decorated living soldier as a war criminal, after hearing extensive evidence from Australian soldiers and many other witnesses during a three-month...
What Amounts to a ‘Large Commercial Quantity’ of Prohibited Drugs in New South Wales?
Police have charged a 19-year old man with a serious drug offences after 120 kilograms of cocaine with an estimated street value of $60 million was allegedly discovered in a shipping container at Port Botany in Sydney. Manner of detection...
Truck Driver Found Not Guilty of Attempting to Possess 400kg of Unlawfully Imported Cocaine
A truck driver accused of driving from Melbourne to Far North Queensland to collect 400 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of $140 million has been found not guilty of attempting to possess a commercial quantity of unlawfully imported...
NSW Police Officer Charged with Assault Over Fatal Tasering of Great-Grandmother
The New South Wales police officer who tasered a 95-year old woman at an aged care facility has been charged with recklessly causing grievous bodily harm, after the great-grandmother who suffered from dementia died in hospital as a result of...
Terrorism Offences: History, Motivations and Current Laws
American Philosopher Michael Walzer opined in 2002 that, “Terrorism is the deliberate killing of innocent people, at random, to spread fear through a whole population and force the hand of its political leaders.” And while his opinion is not consistent...
The Offence of Unlawfully Importing a Firearm into Australia
A woman from the United States was arrested by Australian Border Force (ABF) earlier this week over allegations she attempted to import a firearm into Australia. But the pistol was not just any old firearm - but a 24 carat...
Students from Prestigious Sydney School Suspected of Animal Cruelty
Students at the prestigious Kings School in Sydney are being investigated by police over allegations they tortured and killed a goanna during a school camp at the end of last term. The school has admitted that students killed the native...
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