Sports Rorts Scandal: A Coalition ‘Slush Fund’
Calls of ‘corruption’ and ‘misuse of public funds’ have come from far and wide, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison continues to reject evidence which suggests that the government’s sports funding program was improperly used to enhance its prospects of winning...
Police Accused of Lying About Use of ‘Ineffective’ Facial Recognition Software
An online tech news source recently ran a story detailing a data breach at controversial facial recognition company Clearview AI, which exposed its entire client list. According to the report, the list includes four Australian police organisations, comprising the Queensland...
Dutton Plans to Set Our International Spy Agency Upon Citizens
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton quietly announced to the ABC a fortnight ago that the Morrison government’s - often denied - push to turn the nation’s international spying agency on its own citizens is close to finalisation. The minister rolled...
Intercepting the Liberals’ Mardi Gras Float: An Interview With the Department of Homo Affairs
At this year’s Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade, a group of twenty activists from the Department of Homo Affairs (DOHA) located an unauthorised float - that of the Liberal Party - and moved in to turn it back. Not...
Police Prosecutors’ Duty of Disclosure in NSW Local Courts
On 28 April 2018, Harley Bradley bit the finger of Katie O’Connor to the extent that it cut to the bone. And on the advice of a community caseworker she subsequently reported the incident, which had led to the need...
Does Your Boss Remind You of Hitler?
It seems there was a time when pretty much anyone and anything could be a punchline. But in this day and age of political correctness, it can seem as though the pendulum has swung in the other direction, and that...
NSW Still Forces Trans People to Undergo Surgery for Legal Recognition
A January 2019 ruling of the Japanese Supreme Court in the case of a 43-year-old transgender man who challenged having to undergo sterilisation in order to gain legal recognition of his gender sparked international condemnation, as it was found the...
What is a Royal Commission in Australia?
The Governor-General of Australia is empowered under the Royal Commissions Act of 1902 (Cth) to establish commissions of inquiry on behalf of the Crown, when there is a particularly important issue of public concern. Typically, Royal Commissions fit two categories:...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 February to 1 March 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Officer Remains on Force Despite Being Guilty of Sexual Touching The sergeant has been suspended on full pay despite being found guilty of...
Should We Stop Deporting Kiwis Who Call Australia Home?
Since the early 1970s, when Australia and New Zealand put the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement (TTTA) in place, citizens of both countries have enjoyed the freedom to travel and even settle, marry, work and live for any length of time in...
