Police Ordered to Pay for Endangering Domestic Violence Victim
In a win for domestic violence victims and others who have had their private information illegally accessed by police officers, the Queensland Police Service (QPS) has been ordered to pay compensation to Julie (not her real name), after an officer...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 2 to 8 December 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Pregnant Mum Pleads Guilty to Multiple Fraud Offences The 32-year old mother-of-two kept a ‘to do list’ of the frauds she planned to commit each...
Iraqi Protesters Risk All for a Unified, Diverse and Secular State
Young Iraqi protesters have been taking to the streets in Baghdad since October. They’ve been demanding employment opportunities, an end to widespread economic disparity, adequate services and infrastructure, but further, a general overhaul of a corrupt governing system. The brutal...
The Repeal of Medevac Laws Mean More Power to Peter Dutton
In the past few years, what goes on behind the closed doors of Parliament has become a source of consternation for many Australians who are witnessing a slow undermining of democracy. This week Parliament reached a new low when a...
The Violence of the Frontier Wars Has Never Really Ended
Two police officers entered the home of a First Nations family in the remote NT community of Yuendumu in early November. One of them allegedly shot an unarmed 19-year-old Warlpiri man. This incident is now classed as one of the...
Suspicious Circumstances: Detained Eddie Murray Was Not in a State to Hang Himself
Eddie Murray was found dead, hanging in a cell at Wee Waa police station at around 3.00 pm on 12 June 1981. The 21-year-old Gamilaraay man had been detained by officers about an hour earlier for public drunkenness, under now...
NT Sex Workers Finally Have Decriminalisation: An Interview With SWOP NT’s Coordinator Leanne Melling
Date of publication: 5 December 2019 Sex workers across the NT let out a collective cheer last week, as that territory’s Legislative Assembly passed the Sex Industry Bill 2019. After long-term campaigning from within the industry, sex work in the Northern...
The Focus Should Be on Reducing Deaths: An Interview With Jennie Ross-King
Last summer’s music festival season was unnecessarily devastating. Five young Australians died in drug-related circumstances either trying to avoid police detection or from taking drugs that they had no way of ascertaining the contents of. Harm reduction experts have been...
It’s Time to Get Your Priorities Right, Scott Morrison
Imagine, it’s 1912, and you’re a passenger on the cruise liner the Titanic, heading towards New York. It’s evident something’s amiss, as the ship seems to be going down. People are freaking out, but then the captain appears before them,...
George Pell’s High Court Appeal: Last Throw of the Dice
The High Court of Australia will hear George Pell’s application for ‘special leave’ (permission) to appeal, which if granted will provide him with the last throw of the dice to have his convictions for historical child sexual offences overturned. High...
