Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 to 30 July 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: UK Proposes Legal Defence for Domestic Violence Victims Who Harm or Kill Their Partners The defence would reduce the criminal culpability of domestic violence victims...
Are Bongs Legal In New South Wales?
Whilst most people are aware the possession of cannabis is a criminal offence in New South Wales, it is perhaps less known that possessing equipment for the administration of a prohibited drug (which can include a bong), as well as selling,...
Criminal Offences Relating to Female Genital Mutilation in NSW
On 16 October 2019, the highest court in Australia upheld the convictions of three people who had been found guilty of mutilating the genitals of two girls aged six and seven in New South Wales, in a barbaric practice that...
Community Correction Orders: Diverting Offenders Away from the Criminal Justice System
Tim Mathieson, who is perhaps best known as the “first bloke” for being the partner of Julia Gillard when she was prime minister, has pleaded guilty to a sexual offence in Victoria. The 66-year old appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court...
Fraud Enabled by MyGov ‘Security Gap’ Costs Australian Taxpayers $500 Million
The Federal Government’s PR department has gone into overdrive this week, boasting about how it is drafting National Digital Identification legislation which it claims will safely and securely use the personal data of millions of Australians to streamline access to...
I’m Going to Court for a Criminal Offence. Will I Go to Prison?
“I’ve been accused of a criminal offence, am I looking at a prison sentence?” This question, or a variant of it, is regularly asked by clients who are charged with criminal offences, particularly by those who have been accused for...
The Law Enforcement Problem for First Nation’s People in NSW Escalated When Organised Policing Started
When the British colonised what is now referred to as the state of NSW, the First Peoples of the land, whether that be Gadigal, Dharug or Gumbaynggirr, to name a few, didn’t have police forces and nor did they have...
For the First Time, an Indigenous Woman Has Been Appointed as an Australian Supreme Court Judge
Louise Taylor has been appointed as a judge to the Supreme Court in the Australian Capital Territory, making her the first Indigenous woman to be appointed to a Supreme Court in Australia. Ms Taylor’s appointment is an historic moment for...
Mounting Political Prosecutions Indicate Authoritarian Creep Continues Under Albanese
The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor last week held public hearings regarding the National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 (Cth), as it’s inquiring into the impact it’s had on recent cases, especially the prosecutions of Witness K and...
The Criminal Offence of Sexual Touching Without Consent
It has been reported that Tim Mathieson, who is the ex-partner of former Australia prime minister Julia Gillard, will plead guilty in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court to intentionally sexually touching a woman without her consent in Melbourne’s CBD on 13 March...
