Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 July 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Government Scraps Paid Pandemic Leave Despite Covid cases peaking across the country, the federal government has done away with paid leave for those who self-isolate....
The Trans-Tasman PM Meeting Resulted in No 501 Deportation Regime Reforms
An 8th July joint communique by Australian PM Anthony Albanese and NZ counterpart Jacinda Ardern released following the Australia New Zealand Leaders’ meeting in Sydney makes no mention of the key gripe between nations, which is Australia’s deporting people to...
The Historical Offence of Carnal Knowledge in New South Wales
Former rugby player Chris Dawson who is currently facing a judge alone trial for the murder of his ex-wife Lynette Dawson, has had his trial for carnal knowledge delayed by a further nine months. Mr Dawson was charged in 2019...
Albanese Goads Greens on Climate, Yet the Party Is Offering the People’s Targets
Prime minister Anthony Albanese claimed on Tuesday that the actions of the Greens “led to a decade of inaction and delay and denial” on climate, while that party, now holding balance of power in the Senate, is prioritising the targets needed...
The Crackdown on Climate Defenders Will Result in an Escalation in Tactics
The Perrottet government jamming through the most draconian protests laws in the nation over a 48 hour period in March, reveals that the “climate wars” that the new prime minister promised to end on taking office two months later, have only...
Opposition to Santos Gas in the Pilliga Is the Largest Ever Seen, Say Gomeroi Women
The Gomeroi people voted overwhelmingly against Santos’ proposed Narrabri gas project at a meeting in Tamworth on 25 March. The Australian fossil fuel company has been negotiating with the Gomeroi Nation going back a decade, and this rejection was to an...
Good Luck if Government Thinks It’s Shutting Down Climate Action, Says Father of Gaoled Activist
Blockade Australia activists Max Curmi and Tim Neville have just served three weeks in Parklea Prison, not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but as they were refused bail, despite being nonviolent climate defenders posing no real harm to...
Family Demands Inquest, After Hospital Sends Kamilaroi Dunghutti Man Home to Die
Ricky “Dougie” Hampson Junior presented to Dubbo Hospital last August, with severe stomach pain, which was accompanied by a popping and tearing sensation, while his heart was racing at a rate of 130 beats per minute. Two perforated ulcers, which...
Government’s Disaster Payments Labelled ‘An Insult’
With large parcels of Sydney, the Hunter Valley and surrounding areas under water during the past few weeks, devastated by flood for the second time in several months, the Albanese Government has responded by offering a $1,000 emergency payment for...
Man Acquitted of Police Killings After 22 Years Behind Bars
A man who was convicted of killing two police officers has been acquitted after spending 22 years behind bars. Jason Roberts was just 17 years old when Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller were murdered at Moorabbin, 15...
