What is the Offence of Sextortion in New South Wales?
Sextortion often occurs when victims are approached on social media or dating apps, then asked to switch to more private online platforms such as instant-messaging apps like Kik or Skype, where a video call can be recorded. Predators often then...
NSW Police Are Fining Teens for Visiting Their Friends
The controversial COVID-19 infringement notices that NSW police has been issuing since 26 March are some of the steepest on-the-spot fines available to it. With over a thousand now imposed statewide, the fines differ to many others as they can...
Former Mining Boss Heads Australia’s Economic Response to COVID-19
When Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared the closure of Federal Parliament in March 2020, he made a last minute announcement to the Australian public that a new National COVID-19 Coordination Commission (NCCC) would be created. The Commission’s job is to...
Former Border Force Boss Found to be Corrupt, But No Charges Will Be Laid
Roman Quaedvlieg says he is considering his legal options in the wake of a finding by the Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) that he acted corruptly while in his position as the Commissioner of the Australian Border Force...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 April to 3 May 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Should Tech Giants Pay Publishers for Content? The federal government wants to force tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay publishers for content that...
A Sensible Public Is Stopping the Spread of COVID-19, Not Heavy-Handed Policing
“Currently, Australia does not have widespread community transmission of COVID-19,” read the Department of Health website at 11 am on 1 May. At that time, there were 6,762 confirmed cases of COVID-19 nationwide, and 92 people had died as a...
Google is a ‘Publisher’ and Can be Sued for Defamation
Tech giant Google has been ordered to pay $40,000 in damages to an Australian lawyer after the Supreme Court of Victoria found the internet giant had enabled its search engine to publish defamatory content about him. The case centred around...
Impossible to Distance in Detention: An Interview With Manus Detainee Farhad Bandesh
The subject of the ABC’s 20 April Q&A was COVID-19: Where to Next? And about 20 minutes into the program, long-term asylum-seeking detainee Farhad Bandesh appeared via video link to ask the panellists a question. The 38-year-old Kurdish man from...
Fossil Fuel Expansion Under the Cover of COVID-19
For those concerned that COVID-19 has somehow brought the Australian fossil fuel industry to a halt, you can rest assured it hasn’t. Indeed, the expansion of mining has simply continued in a “business as usual” manner. Construction at Adani’s Carmichael...
The Offence of Unauthorised Use or Possession of a Firearm in NSW
A weekend away has been a costly one for twelve NRL Players who allegedly attended a camping trip in Taree during lockdown, with police handing out more than 19 penalties, and the NRL issuing hefty fines to some of the...
