Berejiklian At It Again. This Time Using Desperately Needed Bushfire Relief Funds
Pork barrelling extraordinaire Gladys Berejikilian has been caught at it again. This time the NSW premier’s government was found to have been distributing bushfire relief funds in a politically advantageous manner in allegiance with big boss the Morrison government. The...
Government vs Google: Will The Tech Giant Really Leave Australia?
The battle lines have been drawn. Google Search has threatened to leave Australia if the new media bargaining code is introduced. So what does the future hold for the search engine that controls 95% of the market? The proposed law...
Teflon Gladys: Inquiry Hears Fresh Evidence of Corruption
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has attracted media headlines yet again as the New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into the allocation of government grants heard fresh reports of corruption. Summary approval The inquiry into the Integrity, Efficacy and Value for Money of...
Australians Demand a Real Political Alternative
Preselections for the next federal election are underway. And as the Herald has reported, despite PM Scott Morrison suggesting the nation won’t be voting until 2022, Liberal Party officials have been telling their electorates to get ready for a potential...
What is ‘Child Abuse Material’ in New South Wales?
A 48-year old New South Wales police sergeant was arrested on Friday 29 January 2020 and charged with accessing child abuse material online. The sergeant, who is attached to a ‘specialist command’, was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 to 31 January 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Premier’s Office Acted Illegally, But Won’t be Prosecuted The investigation found the premier’s office illegally shredded documents relating to $252 million in grants, but...
Former School Principal Faces 74 Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Alleged child sex offender Malka Leifer was extradited from Israel last week, just hours before the Israeli airports were closed due to coronavirus restrictions. Her arrival back in Australia ends several years of negotiations between government officials at the highest...
COVID-19 and the Global Shift Towards Authoritarian Governance
Despite recurring lockdowns globally, COVID-19 continues to plague the planet. The pandemic toll on 29 January 2021 stands at 101 million cases worldwide, 56 million recoveries, and 2.19 million deaths as a result of the virus. On 31 December 2019,...
Camera Phones Are the “Single Best” Tool for Police Accountability
A few weeks back, the brutality involved in the western Sydney arrest of David Ridgeway on 29 December 2020 was being called out, and questions were raised as to why the Aboriginal man is now being remanded for assaulting police,...
The Invasion Day Rally Was About Much More Than Changing the Date
“Australia was founded on terra nullius. Terra nullius means that this country was uninhabited. Our people were declassified. Our humanity refused,” said FISTT spokesperson Lynda-June Coe, as she addressed the demonstrators gathered on Gadigal land at Djarrbarrgalli-the Sydney Domain. “We...
