The Increasing Militarisation of the NSW Police Force
Most of us have noticed it, the ever-increasing beefing up of NSW police. There’s the fortified appearance, the enhanced weaponry and the broadening of powers to the point that those on the beat look more like members of an occupying...
What Happens if a Jury Cannot Reach a Unanimous Verdict in NSW?
A jury of 11 will recommence deliberations in Downing Centre District Court today, after returning not guilty verdicts for five out of 26 criminal charges during deliberations after the trial of former Sydney swimming coach Kyle Daniels. Mr Daniels pleaded...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 14 to 20 December 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: No More Drug War Demands Sydney, as Berejiklian Drags Her Feet on Solutions Yesterday’s rally demanded that the NSW state government discontinue its futile and...
Identify and Disrupt: Dutton to Further Extend Surveillance State Reach
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton and department secretary Mike Pezzullo have again been tinkering away at the legislative framework governing the nation’s internal security apparatus to produce yet more legislation containing laws designed to further empower police and intelligence. Introduced...
Just Another Day in the Colony: State Violence Towards First Nations Continues
Just released by the ABC, March 2018 CCTV footage showing NT police assaulting and abusing young First Nations boys in the Alice Springs lockup is not only sickening, but it’s yet more proof that while many consider the colonial project...
So, This Is Xmas: Refugee Rights Rally at the PM’s Horizon Church
The Biloela family - Nades, Priya, and their daughters: 5-year-old Kopika and 3-year-old Tharunicaa - are about to spend their third Christmas locked up in immigration detention. And this is despite them having lived amongst the community in central Queensland...
No Longer a Taboo: Psychologist Carly Schrever on Judicial Stress and Wellbeing
In a 1995 speech delivered in Hawaii, former High Court of Australia Justice Michael Kirby set out that “the general deference formerly paid to judges has been eroded” and “attacks on judges have now become commonplace”. He added that much...
Drug Law Reform Is Desperately Needed, Yet Berejiklian Refuses to See Reason
The Australian response to the COVID-19 pandemic for the most part has been successful and a very welcome change as science and public health advice is given its due prominence in such health policy decisions. The need for greater investment...
War Powers Should Rest With Parliament: An Interview With Senator Jordon Steele-John
Then PM Tony Abbott withdrew Australia’s last combat troops from Afghanistan in late 2013. It marked the end of our nation’s longest engagement in a specific conflict. However, Australian troops were still deployed to the country in a training capacity...
Toxic Culture Persists Within the NSW Police Force
The New South Wales Police Force has dismissed two police officers after it was discovered that at least nine officers from Botany Bay Local Area Command started a closed WhatsApp group in 2017, in which they exchanged numerous sexualised, inappropriate...
