Desperate and Hungry: Struggling to Survive on Newstart
In a raw series produced by the Guardian Newspaper earlier this year called “On the Breadline,” a group of Australians opened up, telling their own personal stories of what it’s like to be struggling to make ends meet. What most...
The Defence of Mental Illness in New South Wales
Being found not guilty by reason of mental illness isn’t just the stuff of good fiction crime novels, as a recent case in the Supreme Court of New South Wales demonstrates. In that case, a 38-year old father who stabbed...
The Offence of Graffiti in New South Wales
A mural depicting a satanic figure hovering over a kneeling, handcuffed George Pell in a prison tracksuit has been removed from privately-owned premises. The mural, created by Australian artist Scott Marsh, was painted on property of owned by Wilson Parking...
The Crime of Inciting Hatred in Australia
A leader of the far-right in Australia, Blair Cottrell, has failed in his appeal against a conviction for inciting hatred, contempt or ridicule against people of the Islamic faith. The offence In September 2017, Mr Cottrell, along with two other...
Justified or a Step Too Far? Sydney Council Bans Smoking in Public
In 2014, we wrote about the additional rules placed on the sale and consumption of tobacco across the nation, and asked the question: Will smoking ever be banned in Australia? Now in 2019, it seems this could occur in the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 22 to 28 July 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Unlawfully Possessing or Using Identification Information in New South Wales A woman charged with using the identities of real people to facilitate a multi-million dollar...
The Offence of Obtaining a Benefit by Deception
A former senior executive of Seven West Media, the owners of television Channel 7, was granted conditional bail on 25 July 2019 after being charged with multiple offences arising from his alleged misappropriation of $8 million in company funds. 57-year...
Australia’s Future Is Nationwide Facial Recognition Surveillance
Around one million Uyghur people are being detained right now in political re-education camps in China. This mass incarceration program of the majority Muslim people is being carried out in their homeland, which is currently referred to as the Chinese...
Tax Office Attacks Client Legal Privilege
During his speech at the Law Society’s 2016 Opening of Term Dinner, NSW Chief Justice Tom Bathurst made clear he had identified 397 state laws that encroach upon three fundamental legal protections alone – the presumption of innocence, the right...
Sydney Teacher Accused of Sexual Offences Against a Student
A Sydney teacher will face Downing Centre Court next month over allegations of having sexual intercourse with a student. The teacher is currently on conditional bail and has been stood down by his employer, Raddam House; an exclusive private school...
