Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 31 August to 6 September 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Victorian Government Backtracks on ‘Gagging’ Sexual Assault Complainants The state’s government intends to repeal recently enacted laws which prohibit complainants in sexual assault cases from...
Quit the Bullshit and Tell the Truth News Corp, Demands Extinction Rebellion
“We are here as Extinction Rebellion asking and demanding that News Corp quits the bullshit and tells the truth,” said XR Sydney spokesperson Larissa Payne out the front of the News Corp offices in Surry Hills at around 8.30 am...
“Free People Into the Community”: Debbie Kilroy on the Queensland COVID Prison Crisis
Right now, Queensland correctional facilities from Bundaberg down to the NSW border are in hard lockdown following prison officers having tested positive to COVID-19 for a second time in recent weeks. And somewhat unsurprisingly, inmates have been rioting at a...
Failure to Press Criminal Charges over Tanya Day’s Custody Death Reflects Wider Injustice for First Nations
The decision not to charge two Victoria police officers that the state coroner suggested could potentially be found criminally negligent in relation to the ultimately fatal treatment that Tanya Day received whilst being held in police custody has left a...
Police Arrest Pregnant Woman Over Social Media Post
Welcome to the state of Victoria, September 2020, where police officers walk into a 28-year old, pregnant woman’s home, handcuff and arrest her in front of her child while she is wearing pyjamas and seize her computers and mobile phones...
Challenging WA’s Solitary Confinement Regime: An Interview With Dr Hannah McGlade
On 29 July, a WA Supreme Court challenge was lodged against that state’s practice of subjecting inmates to prolonged solitary confinement, which the main UN standards on prisoner treatment considers to be torture. The challenge was on behalf of three...
Police Officer Who Endangered Domestic Violence Victim Wins Appeal
A Queensland Court has set aside the conviction of a Police Officer who hacked into the State’s confidential database, and then gave the address of a domestic violence victim to his ‘mate’, the woman’s abusive former partner. Senior Constable Neil...
Another Data Breach Raises Concerns About the Safety of Personal Information
NSW Transport has yet to inform more than 50,000 Australian driver licence holders that their personal data was uploaded and left exposed in open cloud storage. The licences were discovered last week by a Ukranian security consultant who stumbled across...
Adani Sets Its Legal “Attack Dog” on Civilian Activist
Adani announced on 26 August that it’s planning to sue long-term environmental activist Ben Pennings for the alleged damages he’s caused due to his part in the ongoing campaign to prevent the Indian mining giant’s Carmichael coal mine from going...
Harsh COVID Rules Frustrate Victorian Residents and Businesses
It’s no wonder Victorians residents are getting twitchy. A woman has been fined for breaching Covid-19 restrictions by travelling more than 5 kilometres from her home to get coffee. Under severe stage four restrictions, Victorians in metropolitan areas are not...
