Doctors Face Deregistration for Expressing Concerns About COVID Vaccines
Healthcare professionals have been warned they could be stripped of their ability to practise if they disseminate information about Covid-19 vaccines which regulators consider to be false or misleading. The Medical Board of Australia and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulatory...
Attorney-General Sues for Defamation
Attorney-General Christian Porter has been at the centre of a media storm over allegations he sexually assaulted a debating teammate during a trip to Sydney in 1988, as well as had inappropriate relations with a female staffer at a Canberra...
“Until We Win”: Assange’s Father John Shipton on the Home Run Tour for Julian
For the past fortnight the Home Run for Julian tour has been weaving its way through regional and suburban Victoria and NSW, towards the nation’s capital. And along its route, it’s met with supporters to spread the word that Australians...
Sydney Man Charged with Slavery Offences
A Sydney man has faced court over charges of possessing a slave, reducing a person to slavery and causing a person to enter into or remain in servitude. The offences are alleged to have occurred between June 2013 and July...
The Home Run for Julian Tour Hits Sydney With Calls for Freedom
Australian journalist Julian Assange continues to be detained within London’s COVID-infested Belmarsh prison in conditions that amount to prolonged solitary confinement under the agreement of the Biden administration and the Johnson government, with the complicity of PM Scott Morrison. The...
Peter Dutton Accused of Misallocating Public Funds
The Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) says it will consider undertaking an audit of the Safer Communities Fund scheme as part of its upcoming programme of audits. Information obtained pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) has led...
Dungay’s Nephew Paul Silva Continues Fight as Custody Death Toll Rises
Despite the pandemic, tens of thousands of people hit the streets across this continent last year, calling out the systemic racism that leads to the ever-increasing number of First Nations deaths in custody, and demanded substantial reform to the prejudicial...
NSW Police Commissioner Grilled Over Handling of Christian Porter Investigation
Mick Fuller has been grilled in Parliament about the force’s handling of the historical sexual assault allegation against Attorney General Christian Porter, with many concerned about the fact that the case was closed before police received all of the relevant...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 March 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Abortion Is No Longer a Crime in Australia South Australia has become the final jurisdiction to formally repeal the crime of abortion. Click here to...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Manslaughter in New South Wales
Jessica Camilleri was found not guilty of murder by a jury last year, but found guilty instead of the lesser charge of manslaughter, after her lawyers argued she was impaired by a mix of mental disorders including autism spectrum disorder,...
