Should it Be a Crime to Exert ‘Coercive Control’ Over a Domestic Partner?
In a move met with a mixed response from family violence experts, a law has been introduced into New South Wales parliament which aims to make it a criminal offence to isolate and control a domestic partner through coercive means....
Should Gladys Resign?
‘I stuffed up’. These are the words of Premier Gladys Berejiklian to the people of New South Wales, after evidence given to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) revealed she has been in a “close personal relationship” with former Liberal...
Sydney University Caught Colluding With NSW Police Over Protests: The SRC’s Jack Mansell Speaks Out
Since late July, reports on the overpolicing of COVID safe student and staff demonstrations at Sydney University have been doing the rounds of both social and mainstream media. Riot squad, mounted and general duties officers have all been deployed in...
Trans Rights Activists Triumph Over Protest Ban, Police Respond With Force
At a couple of minutes to 1pm on Saturday, there was a heavy police presence at Sydney’s Taylor Square, which was disproportionate to the number of civilians in the area. It led one shop owner to approach a group of...
Sydney Doctor Sent to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Patients
A Sydney doctor has been sentenced to six years behind bars for sexually assaulting patients while working at a sleep research clinic. Ali Khorami pleaded not guilty to committing sexual offences against five females aged between 16 and 29 whom...
Victorian Police Flex Their COVID Muscles
Attendees at a gathering at a home been fined a total of $21,000 over the weekend, for allegedly contravening Victoria’s strict Covid-19 restrictions. Victoria Police fined 13 people $1652 each over allegations they failed to wear masks or social distance...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 October 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Can I Obtain a Visa into Australia If I Have a Criminal Record? An Irish national was granted a student visa into Australia despite serving...
The Morrison Government Is Not Fit for Purpose
The nation can’t lay the blame for the financial blowout it’s facing solely at the feet of Morrison, Frydenberg and Cormann, as this year, the whole planet is suffering through the COVID-19 pandemic, which has blown the cogs off of...
‘Lawyer X’ Likely to be Struck Off for Professional Misconduct
Disgraced criminal defence barrister Nicola Gobbo is likely to be struck of Victoria’s roll of legal practitioners for gross violations of her professional obligations to clients, including breaching client legal privilege, providing legal services in circumstances where there is a...
Ensuring Aboriginal Affordable Housing in Redfern-Waterloo: An Interview With Warren Roberts
As Professor Gary Foley recalls in his history of the Black Power movement in Redfern, the inner city suburb is of particular significance to First Nations people in Warrang-Sydney. It was the centre for the rising Aboriginal rights movement back...
