Indigenous Deaths In Custody – Will We Ever See Real Change?
As another inquest into the death of an Aboriginal woman in custody concludes that a series of failures by police caused her death, the question on many lips is: will we ever see real change? Wiradjuri woman Rebecca Maher died...
Sydney Criminal Lawyer Charged With Assisting Extreme-Risk Inmate Run Drugs
Sydney solicitor Martin Churchill is being held on remand for his alleged involvement in a drug supply syndicate that his client former Brothers 4 Life leader Bassam Hamzy was running out of his cell at Goulburn Supermax prison. Police raided...
Google in Hot Water for Failing to Remove Defamatory Reviews
On Thursday, 4th July 2019, the Supreme Court of New South Wales granted an urgent injunction to a Sydney business owner who sought the removal of defamatory reviews posted on his Google business page. The application followed the man’s repeated...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 1 to 7 July 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Police Pursuit in New South Wales A man is facing court after allegedly ramming a police car and injuring officers during a...
Taking to the Streets in Protest? Know Your Rights Beforehand
The mid-April climate emergency protests in London shut down parts of the city for over a week. Instigated by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) movement, these acts of nonviolent civil disobedience led to the arrests of over 1,000 protesters. And local...
Section 32 Mental Health Applications in New South Wales
A former partner of accounting firm KPMG has faced Manly Local Court after admitting using a corkscrew to threaten a Liberal party campaigner, punching him in the stomach while holding the object, calling him a “paedophile supporter” and tearing down...
Morrison Moves to Silence Trade Unions
The Liberal Nationals government delivered on prime minister Scott Morrison’s post-election promise to crack down on trade unions, when it reintroduced the Ensuring Integrity Bill into the lower house of parliament on Thursday. Having stalled last year with a lack...
The Offence of Sexual Intercourse With Young Person Under Special Care
A Western Australian volleyball coach who engaged in sexual relations with a 16-year old he was coaching has been given a suspended prison sentence, despite the judge accepting that he was unaware it was a criminal offence. The 39-year old...
A Voice for Progressive Reform: An Interview With Labor MLC Rose Jackson
During her June maiden speech in NSW parliament, newly-incumbent Labor MLC Rose Jackson reminded those gathered that this state was once a world leader in harm reduction, which was exemplified by the establishment of the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre...
Stop the City to Stop Adani: An Interview With NUS’ Lily Campbell
The Queensland Department of Environment and Science signed off on the final government approval that Adani needed prior to beginning work on its Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. And the week following, the Indian mining giant started construction...
