Promises Made, Unkept: Lanz Priestley on Martin Place Tent City Three Years On
Three years ago, Tuesday, the organisers of the Martin Place Tent City dismantled the setup, which had provided rough sleepers, and those in need in Sydney’s CBD, with free meals and a safe space to sleep between mid-December 2016 until...
Berejikilian’s Bogus Eviction Ban Has Left Clusters of Indebted Renters Unidentified
There were 26,500 vacant rental properties in NSW last month, according to SQM Research figures released on Tuesday. This translates to 3.6 percent of state rental properties, which is only a 0.1 percent rise on July last year. This would...
Police Officer Chokes and Trips Woman Who is Not Wearing a Mask
Shocking footage has emerged of a police officer using a chokehold and trip to arrest a woman in Victoria. The woman was approached by officers earlier this week in Collingwood, Victoria. Video footage shows a male officer grabbing the woman...
“The New Paternalism”: Professor Chelsea Bond on the Reworked Closing the Gap
The Morrison government released the reworked Closing the Gap on 30 July. Rebranded The National Agreement, the strategy has been broadened to encompass sixteen targets - rather the previous seven - and it also includes four new priority reform areas....
CovidSafe: Useful or Another Federal Government Bungle?
There has been a litany of problems with the Government’s app, leading many to question whether the millions of taxpayer dollars spent has been worth it. A litany of problems There were initially concerns about the collection and use of...
Exposing the Cost of NSW Police Misconduct: An Interview With David Shoebridge
NSW Greens MLC David Shoebridge moved a motion in state parliament on 5 August, calling on the Department of Communities and Justice to release the figures relating to civil actions brought against the NSW Police Force over incidents of misconduct....
Maccas Sues Former CEO Over Alleged Sexual Relationships with Employees
Eyebrows were raised late last year when Maccas fired it’s United States CEO Steve Easterbrook for having a consensual sexual relationship with an employee, despite the fact it was in breach of the company’s policy. Now, the fast-food chain has...
COVID-19: The Inadvertent Champion of the Police State
The first wave of COVID-19 brought enhanced powers for the NSW Police Force. And with the provisions of the Public Health Act 2010 (NSW) that came into play, along with their accompanying public health orders, officers responsible for keeping people...
Three Charged Over Alleged COVID-19 Superannuation Scam
Three women from Queensland have been charged after allegedly attempting to access other people’s superannuation. Police allege the women submitted false claims to gain early access to other people’s superannuation, and charged them with a range of offences including: Conspiring...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 August 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Officer Who Endangered Domestic Violence Victim Appeals Sentence The officer who received a suspended sentence after illegally accessing a police database and leaking the...
