Coronavirus Sceptic Faces Fines for Allegedly Breaching Public Health Order
Coronavirus sceptic, Eve Black, (which is apparently not her real name) is facing thousands of dollars in fines for allegedly failing to comply with a public health order. Ms Black uploaded a video to social media last week of her...
Berejiklian’s Heavy-Handed Festival Laws Aren’t Reducing Serious Drug Incidents
It’s anyone’s guess as to how the 2020/21 NSW music festival season is going to pan out, as currently, due to the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s a statewide ban on such events. And with cases of the virus on the...
Latham Is Now Championing Morrison’s Religious Prejudice Crusade in NSW
“The fastest growing form of discrimination in our society is against people of religious faith, especially Christians,” said NSW One Nation MLC Mark Latham in a baffling second reading speech on his recently introduced religious freedoms legislation. The NSW leader...
Illegal Strip Searches Are Sexual Assault, But Police Watchdog Has No Power to Discipline Offenders
The civil campaign against the dramatic increase in strip search use by NSW police started gaining traction in mid-2018, as it became apparent that Mick Fuller’s troops were engaging in what’s supposed to be a tactic of last resort like...
The Fight to Protect Gomeroi Sites From Mining Continues: An Interview With Dolly Talbot
Gomeroi traditional custodians spokesperson Dolly Talbot makes certain that the fight to stop the proposed Shenhua Watermark coal mine from desecrating thousands of years old sacred sites is far from over, despite a recent court setback. Last week, the Federal...
Should Protests Be Banned During COVID-19?
It’s been a week of clashes in Victoria over new public health regulations, starting with Eve Black flouting rules at the border checkpoint last weekend, by refusing to tell Police her reason for travelling. Aside from copping a serious amount...
Mass Police Presence Serves to Intimidate the Black Lives Matter Protest
The NSW police presence at the Domain-Djarrbarrgalli late on Tuesday morning was a bit over the top to say the least. There were large numbers of officers milling about, chatting to one another, dressed in blue uniforms and yellow raincoats,...
Morrison Again Closes Parliament, as MPs Can’t Work Zoom
What’s good for the frontline Aussie worker is definitely not good for the prime minister of the nation, or so it seems, as Hawaii 5-0 Scott Morrison announced on 18 July that he’d be shutting down federal parliament for the...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Animal Cruelty Offences in NSW
The NSW Police Force says it has charged a 46-year old man from West Kempsey in the mid-north coast with multiple charges including two counts of committing an act of animal cruelty following an alleged domestic violence. According to police,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 July 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Investigate Fatal Shooting by Police Homicide detectives are investigating a fatal shooting by police officers. Click here to read the article Police Accused of...
