NSW to Expand the Prison System, Yet Again
As Sisters Inside chief executive Debbie Kilroy put it to Sydney Criminal Lawyers in early 2017, building more prisons doesn’t alleviate overcrowding in the system, rather it simply means that fresh inmates are needed to fill vacant beds, with new...
Will My Case be Dismissed if the Alleged Victim Fails to Attend Court?
A question criminal defence lawyers are often asked is, will my criminal charges be thrown out of court if the complainant (also known as the ‘alleged victim’) fails to turn up to the defended hearing? Answering this question can raise...
COVID-19: What’s the Difference Between ‘Close Contact’ and ‘Casual Contact’?
As New South Wales and Victoria battle to keep new COVID cases to a minimum and outbreaks under control, a Sydney woman has been fined $2000 over allegations she breached public health orders while on holiday in Byron Bay. The...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 28 December 2020 to 3 January 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Fatally Shoot Young Man in Sydney Police will internally investigate an incident whereby four plain clothed officers in an unmarked car approached and...
Independent OPCAT Inspections Will Improve the Plight of Youth Detainees
Situated in the northern NSW town of Grafton, the Acmena Youth Justice Centre is one of six juvenile prisons being operated by Youth Justice NSW. At capacity, it holds 45 boys between the ages of 10 to 21 years. Over...
Gladys Makes Masks Mandatory in Greater Sydney
Premier Gladys Berejiklian has just made face masks mandatory in greater Sydney, as the region records seven locally acquired cases of Covid-19. The Public Health (COVID-19 Mandatory Face Coverings) Order 2021 makes it mandatory from midnight tonight – Saturday 2nd January, to...
Why Are Australian Governments Constructing the Surveillance State?
Peter Dutton saw his ASIO Bill passed on the last parliamentary sitting day for 2020. The home affairs minister most likely had a rare smile upon his face whilst exiting the chamber, as the nation’s domestic spying agency had been...
Federal Government’s New IR Laws: Further Weakening Employee Protections
Despite all the horrors and restrictions of the COVD-19 pandemic period, there was a positive moment towards the beginning that saw the federal Coalition displaying concerns about how everyday Australians on the ground were going to cope with the accompanying...
Heartless Government’s Automated System Threatens to Stop Pension Payments
Hundreds of pensioners have been left anxious and stressed over the holiday period after receiving letters from Centrelink which threatening to take away their pension payments. A Centrelink office in Northern New South Wales has confirmed being contacted by several...
War Resumes in Occupied Western Sahara: An Interview With Polisario’s Kamal Fadel
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) president and Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali ended the 1991 ceasefire agreement between his Sahrawi independence forces and the Moroccan army, which has occupied most of Western Sahara since 1975. Ghali brought the 29-year-long truce...
