The Time Is Ripe for Drug Law Reform in New South Wales
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann hit the opening of the 58th NSW parliament running, as she moved four notices of motion on its second day indicating soon-to-be-tabled bills on key drug law reforms: pill testing, cannabis legalisation, a medical cannabis driving defence and decriminalisation....
The Roberts-Smith Atrocities Lay Bare the Lies of Australia’s Role in Afghanistan
Australians have since been aghast over the outcome of the Ben Roberts-Smith case delivered last Thursday, which saw the Federal Court’s civil division find that that the defendant media companies had discharged their legal onus of proving, on the balance of...
Kathleen Folbigg Has Been Pardoned, But Her Criminal Convictions Remain in Place
New South Wales Attorney General Michael Daley says he is open to changes within the justice system which may prevent another situation like Kathleen Folbigg’s as he announced her pardon and release from prison earlier this week after she spent...
Churches Use New Tactic to Avoid Paying Compensation to Child Sexual Abuse Victims
“This is a very disturbing case of history repeating,” declared Senator David Shoebridge, in relation to Christian institutions once again employing legal thuggery to avoid paying victims of historical sexual abuse perpetrated by their own clergy. “And it’s the worst...
The NSW Public Trustee Is Liberally Selling Off Managed Persons Assets, Says APTAGIE
“Imagine being under the control of a state-appointed guardian or public trustee and not being allowed to grab an ice coffee for a treat, buy presents for the grandkids or to replace your ill-fitting underwear?” posed Independent MP Andrew Wilkie...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 May to 4 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Truck Driver Found Not Guilty of Attempting to Possess 400kg of Unlawfully Imported Cocaine The prosecution was unable to prove he knew or was reckless...
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...
Minns Hangs Pork Barrelling Window Dressing, as Boyd Says the Public Wants Real Reform
NSW has a fine tradition of pork barrelling, which is the preferential distribution of public money to government-held electorates or marginal seats, despite the fact that most of the public considers the practice corruption. And the ministers of the previous...
UK Police Officer Stood Down for Pointing Taser at Elderly Woman
While the use of tasers by police officers comes under public scrutiny in New South Wales - with several confirmed incidents of mentally ill persons being fatally wounded as a result of being tasered, a 95-year old woman being fatally...
Albanese Has Agreed to Australia Being Designated a US Domestic Military Source in Law
Since PM Anthony Albanese graced San Diego with his presence to announce the details of the close to half a trillion dollar AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal in March, discussion over whether the federal government is eroding Australian sovereignty to the benefit of...
