Australia Fails on OPCAT Implementation to Detriment of Those Inside
The nation of Australia has a stark prison problem. As Britain began its takeover, the premise was a penal colony on an empty island at the other end of the Earth, and whilst the pillaging of land and resources from the...
Victoria Police Accused of Crime and Corruption
A new corruption scandal has engulfed the Victorian Police force, with an officer being charged with 87 criminal offences and several others under investigation over allegations of lying obtain search warrants. The allegations are believed to affect more than a...
COVID Positive Inmates Try to Avoid Detection, as Hundreds Infected Inside
According to Justice Action coordinator Brett Collins, the system Corrective Services NSW is employing in dealing with COVID-19 cases within the state’s prison system is leading to a number of prisoners, who believe they’ve contracted the virus, to avoid the testing...
Only Fully Vaccinated Participants Can Attend Supreme Court Trials
The Supreme Court of NSW has recently put in place a number of protocols in relation to criminal proceedings. The new measures are intended to protect the health and safety of courthouse workers, as well as legal teams, witnesses, the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 to 30 January 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Another Country Makes it a Crime Not to Have a COVID-19 Vaccine Austria joins a small list of nations to make it a criminal offence...
Julian Assange Wins Right to Petition Supreme Court to Block Extradition
Julian Assange has won the right to petititon the United Kingdom Supreme Court to reconsider a recent High Court ruling which paves the way for his extradition to the United States, where he faces the rest of his life behind...
The Morrison Government’s Term Has Shown Terror Laws Target Us All
A general shift towards a more authoritarian form of governance is becoming apparent to a broader section of the populace. No longer are people blindly turning their heads away with carefree statements, such as, “I’ve got nothing to hide,” as...
The Offence of Choking in New South Wales
Former television personality Andrew O’Keefe has been charged and refused bail over an alleged assault of a woman at his home. Mr O’Keefe has been accused of grabbing the woman by her by the throat, pushing her to the ground,...
“Torturing Innocent People”: Activist Claire Gomez on Freeing the Park Refugees
After having locked up Novak Djokovic in the same immigration prison as over two dozen former offshore detainees - whilst his government drew out the media spectacle around whether to deport him - the PM decided to tell a blatant...
The Pilliga Project: The Documentary-Makers on Preventing Narrabri Gas Devastation
In the midst of a pandemic, just half a year after a climate-driven bushfire destroyed large tracts of land, and not long following a years-long drought having devastated the country’s southeast, PM Scott Morrison stood before the nation to unleash...
