“Reclaiming and Changing Laws”: An Interview With Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group’s Sandy Greenwood
The anti-logging campaign the Gumbaynggirr Conservation Group has recently launched in northern NSW is doing exceedingly well. And the word is that the model it’s using to gain all the traction may soon be mirrored across the continent. Back in...
Australia Has a Black History: An Interview With Gadigal Elder Rhonda Dixon-Grovenor
The Gadigal people are the traditional custodians of the area now known as the Sydney CBD. Prior to any event, demonstration or address taking place on that land, it’s protocol to pay respects to Gadigal elders past, present and emerging....
The Offence of Dishonestly Obtaining a Benefit By Deception in NSW
Australian singer Guy Sebastian’s former manager has been charged with fraud, after allegedly dishonestly obtaining $1.15 million that should have been paid to the singer. Titus Day was recently arrested and charged with 61 counts of dishonestly obtaining financial advantage...
COVID-19 Rules: Unfairness is Leading to Business Closures
As the nation reopens now that the immediate threat presented by COVID-19 has passed, most Australian businesses are finding themselves faced with a list of new rules and regulations they must comply with in order to minimise public transmission of...
New South Wales Opens the Nation’s Largest Prison
The largest prison in Australia was opened last week. Set amongst rural plains in the Lavadia region - 12.5 kilometres southeast of the northern NSW town of Grafton - the Clarence Correctional Centre will eventually allow the state to incarcerate...
Organisers Declare Sunday’s Black Deaths in Custody Rally Will Go Ahead
This Sunday’s Stop Black Deaths in Custody-Black Lives Matter rally will go ahead, organisers announced on Tuesday afternoon. The Warrang-Sydney event will have an emphasis on being COVID-19 compliant, as well as keeping it peaceful. Hosted by Justice for David...
NSW Police Officers Are Required to Meet Quotas
New South Wales Police Chief Mick Fuller has wasted no time in justifying his new annual salary, setting a goal for his force of officers to ‘detect’ almost 300,000 crimes across the state this year. The targets, obtained under freedom...
What is the Meaning of Consent in Sexual Assault Cases?
A former NSW Police officer has been charged with sexually assaulting a colleague while he was in uniform. A District Court jury has heard that 44-year old Kristian Dieter Glaser was either on duty or had just finished work when...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 22 to 28 June 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Law, Defences and Penalties For High Range Drink Driving In New South Wales A man is accused of driving his four-year old son while...
Lawyer Secretly Prosecuted for Exposing Crimes of Australian Government
A decision in the ACT Supreme Court today (which was also a closed hearing) means that part of the trial of Former ACT Attorney-General Bernard Collaery will take place in secret. Mr Collaery and his former client, Witness K, a...
