Vaccination Mandates Must Be ‘Fair and Reasonable’
The full bench of the Fair Work Commission (FWC) has found that a decision by mining company BHP to make Covid-19 vaccinations at the Mt Arthur mine in the Hunter Valley compulsory for workers was not lawful or reasonable. About...
Drug Decriminalisation Likely for the ACT: An Interview With Labor MLA Michael Pettersson
A parliamentary committee review of a proposal to decriminalise drugs in the capital territory tabled its final report last week, and it has recommended the ACT Legislative Assembly should pass laws that would remove criminal sanctions for the personal possession...
Courts Will Bear the Brunt of Challenges to COVID-19 Fines
More than 7,000 people have sought reviews of Covid fines over the past several months, and most have failed, with only one in ten of the reviews lodged with Revenue NSW succeeding. Information obtained under a Freedom of Information request...
NSW Is Incarcerating First Nations People for Fishing in Their Own Waters
“They’ve been prosecuting our people down here for cultural fishing,” said Wally Stewart. “There is a law that gives us a right to fish, which is section 211 of the Native Title Act. And it’s been Commonwealth law that fisheries have...
Sydney Condemns Morrison’s Attempt to Enshrine Religious Bigotry in Law
Before a crowd of protesters gathered at Sydney’s Taylor Square on Sunday, well known drag queen Etcetera Etcetera recalled spending 13 years in “incredibly religious, conservative school systems”, where they were taught that the way that they are is wrong....
Victorian Premier and Health Minister Given Indefinite ‘Pandemic Powers’
Victoria’s controversial Public Health and Wellbeing (Pandemic Management) Bill 2021 has been passed after a marathon sitting in which upper house MPs negotiated a number of amendments. However, the amended laws still give both the Victorian Premier and State Heath...
Politicians Continue to Behave Badly Despite Sex Commissioner’s Report
Our male politicians have been front and centre of the issues surrounding unacceptable behaviour in parliament since the beginning of this year, but recent incident highlights the fact our female politicians need are also part of the toxic culture within...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 November to 5 December 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Sexual Intercourse with a Child Under the Age of 10 Years in NSW Another former Catholic Brother has been sentenced to imprisonment...
Thorpe Calls for a First Nations Legal Defence Fund to Battle Miners
The Coalition’s neoliberal approach to governing involves the passing of flimsy regulations - dressed up as palatable laws - that, in the case of mining and development, charge corporations with progressing the Australian colonising project via the further dispossession of...
Bans on Human Rights Abusers are Set to Become Law
Laws which ban human rights abusers and cyber criminals from entering, trading in, and holding bank accounts in Australia are set to pass federal parliament. Under these laws, known as ‘Magnitsky laws’, the government can impose strict prohibitions on criminals...
