The White Australia Policy Part 2: The Legacy
With the passing of the Migration Act (Cth) in 1958, most of the laws that made up the White Australia Policy came to an end. The dictation test that was imposed upon potential migrants that the nation wanted to keep...
The White Australia Policy Part 1: Constructing Fortress Australia
“This country shall remain forever the home of the descendants of those people who came here in peace in order to establish in the South Seas an outpost of the British race,” remarked Australian PM John Curtin, following the outbreak...
NSW Government Wants “Retrograde” HIV Testing Laws: An Interview With ACON’s Brent Mackie
The Berejiklian government recently introduced a bill that requires people to undergo mandatory blood testing to see if they have a blood-borne disease - specifically HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C - if they deliberately expose a health, emergency or...
COVID Restrictions Are Legal, Australian Courts Rule
Throughout the course of this year, Covid 19 lockdowns and border closures have taken their toll on the mental health and financial security of millions of Australians. Three of these people have taken their grievances to court, challenging the legal...
Lawyer Mark Davis on the Brereton Report, McBride and Assange
Released publicly on 19 November 2020, the Brereton report exposes the “warrior culture” prevalent amongst SAS troops deployed in Afghanistan between the years 2005 and 2016, which fostered the committing of war crimes and “a code of silence” to conceal...
British Man Pleads Guilty to Nearly 100 Child Sexual Offences
A British man has admitted to almost 100 sexual offences against children in Britain, Australia and the US. In a UK court, 36 year old labourer David Wilson pleaded guilty to 96 sexual offences against 51 boys, some as young...
Australian Soldiers Unlawfully Killed Civilians and Covered it Up
Released publicly on 19 November 2020, the redacted version of the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry report - or the ‘Brereton report’ - is a 465 page document covering the findings of a four year investigation into...
Berejiklian Digs in Her Heels on Eliminating the Koala, As Greens Kill the Nats Bill
As NSW Liberal MLC Catherine Cusack told parliament on 19 November, Australia has a long history of killing off koalas, which was going on a century ago. Back in the day, it consisted of selling pelts to the UK and...
Man Acquitted of Murder Due to Evidence of Police Stitch-Up
After 13 years and two jury trials, Scott Austic has been found not guilty of murdering his pregnant lover and released from prison. Stacy Thorne was murdered in 2007, while 22 weeks pregnant. She was stabbed 21 times at her...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 November 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Government Settles Robodebt, But Ministers Remain Unaccountable The federal government will pay $1.2 billion to settle the lawsuit against its illegal Robodebt extortion scheme. Click...
