The Importance of Appearance Inside the Courtroom
It’s your day in court and you’re dressed in your best, looking “sharp as a tack”. Your new slick hairdo and designer suit make for a “social-media-worthy” ensemble – but you’d be forgiven for not wanting to capture the day...
The Lack of Ethnic Diversity in the NSW Magistracy
NSW attorney general Mark Speakman last week announced the appointment of eight new magistrates to the bench of the NSW Local Court. And with six of the new appointees being women, this has now boosted the number of female magistrates...
Class Action Brought Over Robodebt
It may well turn out to be the lawsuit of the year: A class action brought against the Federal Government over Centrelink robodebt. The class action, which will be launched in the High Court of Australia, was announced today by...
Man Awarded $400k for Police Brutality
Eathan Cruse has been awarded $400,000 after police entered his parents’ home, tied his hands behind his back with cable ties and bashed him repeatedly before slamming him into a fridge. As usual, taxpayers will ultimately foot the bill -...
NSW Police Apologise for Strip Searches: An Interview With Socialist Alliance’s Evans and Price
In early November 2017, refugees and asylum seekers being detained on Manus Island were refusing to leave the offshore detention centre the Turnbull government was in the midst of shutting down, as they feared for their safety on transfer to...
Dozens Charged with Participating in a Criminal Group
Dozens of people have been arrested and charged by police for participating in a criminal group, many of whom are parents with young children with no prior criminal record. Almost 40 people have been arrested in the Western and South...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 September 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Deepfake Porn: The Dark Side of the Web Deepfake porn is where a person’s image or video is altered to falsely make it appear she...
In Defence of Country: An Interview With Wangan and Jagalingou Council’s Adrian Burragubba
The Queensland government on 29 August quietly extinguished native title over 1,385 hectares of Wangan and Jagalingou (W&J) land and granted Adani freehold title over it, enabling the Indian mining giant to proceed with construction on its proposed Carmichael coalmine....
“Beyond Obscene”: An Interview With Julian Assange’s Father John Shipton
Australian journalist Julian Assange is currently being held in isolation in London’s notorious Belmarsh prison on a breach of bail conviction. And the Wikileaks founder is facing an extradition hearing in February, over 18 espionage charges in the US that...
Striking for Their Future: An Interview With School Strike for Climate’s Evan Meneses
Bushfire season has kicked in this year earlier than ever before. Fires have been raging across northern NSW and Queensland. And while climatologists have said the fires aren’t directly attributable to the climate emergency, it’s quite easy to do the...
