Are All Body Modifications Legal in Australia?
From horn implants to split tongues and scrotal injections - extreme forms of body art, sometimes called ‘body modifications’, are becoming increasingly popular and gaining greater social acceptance. But Australian law doesn’t seem to be keeping up with changing attitudes...
Child Sexual Abuse and Trafficking are Prevalent in Australia
When you hear about child trafficking and child exploitation, you tend to think of poorer nations, particularly those in Asia that have long been well-known for both. But a new Australian report suggests that it’s more prolific here than most...
Federal ICAC Now: An Interview With Wake the F%cK Up Australia’s Alex Devantier
As thousands of climate protesters gathered out the front of Parliament House in Canberra this week, hovering above them was a 6-metre-high bespectacled effigy of a familiar Australian figure that’s been dubbed Bullshit Boy. As one gazes upon this image...
Is Possessing Pornography Permitted In Prison?
According to some estimates, around three quarters of men (76%) and over one-third of women (41%) regularly view pornographic material. However, there remains one place where consumption of porn is strictly prohibited: prison. Pornography is currently banned across Australian prisons,...
Tell the Truth: An Interview With the People’s Climate Assembly’s John Wurcker
The People’s Climate Assembly (PCA) is an alliance of action groups that have joined forces to stand against the continued climate denialism that the Liberal Nationals government has been propagating over the last decade. And to coincide with the first...
The Australian Constitution Does Not Protect Our Rights
The AFP raids last year brought the issue of press freedoms front and centre. The bushfires led to heated debate over the potential for a class action against the government’s climate inaction. And concerns over the right to privacy have...
“They Lie All the Time”: An Interview With the News Corp Lie-In’s Brad Pedersen
As unprecedented bushfires raged across NSW in early January, and the furore over the climate denial stance of government and its mainstream media backers was rising, a photo of Sydneysider Brad Pedersen lying down out the front of the Sydney...
Australian Privacy Laws Must Be Strengthened
The Department of Human Services fields thousands of requests for Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) data from state and federal policing agencies each year, complying with the vast majority of them. The information released can, if...
What Are State of Emergency Powers In New South Wales?
As of last Friday, there were still over 50 bushfires raging in NSW and Victoria. Properties were lost to the Clear Range bushfire on the south coast of NSW over the weekend. And the ACT declared a state of emergency...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 January to 2 February 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What Are the Rules For Accessing and Selling ‘Poppers’ in Australia? New laws relating to alkyl nitrites – also known as ‘poppers’ – come into...
