White Australia Continues to Hijack Television News, Report Finds
Flipping through Australian free-to-air television channels on a weeknight during the 6 to 7.30 pm timeslot, a viewer is confronted by news and current affairs programming that involves an overwhelming majority of white talking heads. Australia is a nation that’s...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Murder in New South Wales
It has been reported that a man is dead and other is in a critical condition after a double stabbing in Sydney’s western suburbs overnight. Police say that at around 12.20am this morning, emergency services received a report that a...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 August 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Shoot Through Car Window of Man Who Allegedly Ignored Curfew According to police, the man was at a service station after curfew hours and...
Abducting Your Own Child Can Amount to a Crime in Australia
In recent years, police have charged nine people in relation to a ‘parental child abduction ring’ – a sophisticated operation which enabled parents to abduct their own children, in order to stop the other parent from having access or visitation....
Call Minister Tudge to Save Refugees’ Phones: An Interview With Mostafa Azimitabar
Refugees and their advocates are organising a calling party for 1 September that will involve members of the public phoning the office of acting immigration minister Alan Tudge to let him know that proposed laws allowing for the confiscation of...
ACT Will Raise the Age of Criminal Responsibility
The Australian Capital Territory has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 years of age to 14. The move brings the age in line with international standards recommended by the United Nations....
Latham Targets Trans Children for Political Gain, Regardless of the Harm
It seems Mark Latham has been standing too close to the solvents yet again. This time the NSW One Nation MLC has introduced a bill that would erase trans children from the education system. And while it has next to...
Sexual Harassment Can Amount to Common Assault
We constantly hear that sexual harassment is rife in many Australian workplaces – the police force for example, and the legal profession too are just two professions that have hit media headlines in recent weeks because of allegations of harassment...
Enhanced COVID Policing Is Fast Becoming the New Norm
“What we have seen in the last six months, in particular, is a ramping up of police hostility towards peaceful assemblies that goes far beyond anything I’ve seen in the last ten years,” Brisbane City councillor for the Gabba Ward...
COVID Vaccine Will Be ‘As Mandatory As Possible’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison sent the chills through millions of Australians this week when he declared that ‘when’ the Covid-19 Vaccine arrives, it will be ‘as ‘mandatory as possible’; although he seems to have since backed down in the face...
