The Offence of Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A Sydney doctor has been sentenced to a minimum term of 11 years in prison after being found guilty of sexual offences against 10 patients over a six-month period between September 2016 and March 2017. 62- year old Sharif Fattah...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 July to 4 August 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Justified or a Step Too Far? Sydney Council Bans Smoking in Public North Sydney Council has banned smoking in public places. Click here to read...
NSW Police Partially Strip Search 13-Year-Old Boy in Public
Sniff Off posted an image on its Facebook page last Tuesday that shows a NSW police officer partially strip searching a 13-year-old boy on the side of the road in broad daylight. The officer appears to be lifting up the...
Encroachments Upon the Right to Protest: An Interview With RAC’s Dr Nicholas Riemer
There was a large turnout at Sydney’s Town Hall on 20 July to protest the fact that the Australian government has now detained asylum seekers and refugees on Manus and Nauru for six years. Indeed, Morrison and his cronies continue...
Calls to End Laws that Discriminate Against LGBTIQ Teachers
A few years back, high school teacher Craig Campbell received an email from the WA Teacher Registration Board stating that after having worked for two years as a relief teacher at a Baptist college located south of Perth, he’d been...
Government Is Likely Tracking Young Activists: An Interview With Dr Stanley Shanapinda
Alarm bells rang for digital rights advocates in August 2014, when at a joint press conference, then prime minister Tony Abbott and attorney general George Brandis announced that the government was introducing a metadata retention regime to counter the threat...
What are the Consequences of Having a Criminal Record in Australia?
Over the past 30 years, Australia’s anti-discrimination laws have expanded to provide more protection for many marginalised groups. However, a notable exception is employment discrimination for those who have found themselves on the wrong side of the law, meaning the...
“It Is Now Time for Civil Disobedience”: How the Rebellion Plans to Bring About Change
The human race has until the end of next year to initiate changes that will allow for a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, so that global temperatures don’t exceed a 1.5 degree rise by the end of the...
Preaching “Just Say No” Endangers Lives: Informed Decision-Making Protects Them
We live in a state where the head of government continues to spout rhetoric about drug use in line with former US first lady Nancy Reagan. The “just say no” to drugs approach remains as simple and ineffective as it...
NSW May Finally Repeal the Crime of Abortion
A bill before parliament will overturn laws that were set down in 1900 which make abortion a criminal offence. New South Wales is the only jurisdiction in Australia that has not yet repealed criminal laws against abortion. But that may...
