The Law on Making False Complaints to Police in New South Wales
It is criminal offence in New South Wales to make false accusations with the intention of having them investigated by police. The offences against false reports are contained in the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). Section 547B of the Act is...
Woman Charged for Paying Bribes to NAB Executive
Police are working their way through materials which, they suspect, may implicate former NAB Chief Executive Andrew Thorburn’s Chief of Staff, Rosemary Rogers, in a scheme involving millions of dollars in fraudulent payments to the owner of a service company....
Lack of Ministerial Accountability Stifles Prosecution
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) advised federal prosecutors last month that there was sufficient evidence to bring criminal charges as a result of leaks from Senator Michaelia Cash’s office to the media regarding raids upon the offices of the Australian...
Homophobia Within the NSW Police Force
Today marks the 41st anniversary of Sydney’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade, an annual celebration of LGBTI pride signified by colourful costumes and elaborate floats. However, Many are unaware the event started as a protest march for human rights...
There’s a Deafening Silence on the Current ‘Debt and Deficit Crisis’
When Coalition leader Tony Abbott took on the Rudd government in the September 2013 federal election, he whipped up a storm about what he saw as the atrocious state of the economy under Labor, signified by astronomical government debt –...
Police Officer Avoids Prison Despite Sharing Arrested Woman’s Private Photos
A former NSW police officer has avoided prison time despite using his position of power to access and download photos of an arrested woman’s genitals, before uploading the images to a closed Facebook group comprising four other serving police officers....
Driver Fined for Leaving Car Unlocked at Sydney Service Station
Ben Judd was on his way to work last Friday morning when he pulled into the BP service station at Woollahra to grab a meat pie. The Sydney driver returned to his vehicle to find a penalty notice in the...
George Pell Found Guilty of Sexual Assault
Cardinal George Pell faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of sexually assaulting two choirboys. The highest ranking Australian Catholic cleric was found guilty after a five-week trial in Melbourne late last year, but the verdict was suppressed until...
NSW Police Officer Blackmailed Women into Having Sex
Even before he became a New South Wales police officer in 2011, Vaughan Mark Hildebrand had developed a scheme to blackmail women into having sexual intercourse with him. His employment as an officer of the law merely gave him the...
The Offence of Fraud in New South Wales
A 43-year old tour operator from Illawarra has been sentenced in Downing Centre Local Court after pleading guilty to five counts of fraud under section 192E of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). Tony Petrovski admitted making 82 unauthorised transactions totalling...
