Fake Covid-19 Treatments Sold for Big Bucks on the Dark Web
The fear and panic caused by Covid-19 across the globe has provided online criminals with an avenue to profit. Potential ‘cures’ and ‘vaccines’ are being sold on the dark web for thousands of dollars. A research study into activity on...
Covid 19 Tracking App: To Download, or Not To Download?
More than two million people have downloaded the Federal Government’s COVIDSafe app since its release on Sunday, and the government is hoping for about 3 million more Australians to do so. But many are concerned about the app for a...
“An Act of Negligence”: An Interview With COVID Prison Watch’s Miranda Gibson
The NSW government passed a suite of emergency laws on 24 March, just as it was about to close parliament for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic. And amongst the extraordinary measures that were set in play, were provisions that...
“A Political Injustice”: An Interview With the Housing Defence Coalition’s Adam Adelpour
The Housing Defence Coalition stepped in on 20 April to prevent a St Peters tenant by the name of Layla being evicted from her place of residence. The New Zealander recently lost her job due to the COVID-19 lockdown and...
May Day Car Convoy Rally Calls for Worker Rights and Climate Action: An Interview With Rachel Evans
The May 1 Movement held the No Worker Left Behind car cavalcade protest in Sydney’s CBD on 9 April. It was drawing attention to the federal government having just passed the JobKeeper wage subsidy package, which simply neglected to cover...
Taxpayers Will Foot the Bill for Government’s Denial of Procedural Fairness
The Federal Government has been ordered to pay Tamil family, Priya and Nades Murugappan and their two Australian-born daughters Kopika and Tharunicaa more than $200,000 in legal fees over their bid to stay in Australia. In a small win for...
Should Tech Giants Pay Publishers for Content?
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is working through a Code of Conduct for big tech companies including Google and Facebook. The Code, which was mooted last year as a result of the landmark digital platforms inquiry in December,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 April 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Drunken Shooter Avoids Prison Due to COVID-19 A man who accidentally shot his daughter in the head while trying to scare her was given a...
Calls for DV Minister Speakman To Help Temporary Visa Holders and Provide Support
There has been much discussion of the one million plus temporary visa holders that aren’t covered under the JobKeeper package, who now - at a time when returning to their home countries is near impossible - are stuck in Australia...
COVID-19: Victoria Introduces Judge-Only Trials
One of the few rights guaranteed by the Australian Constitution is the right to a trial by jury. The right is contained in section 80 of the Constitution, which provides that: “The trial on indictment of any offence against any...
