Progressive Change for Kooyong: An Interview With Australian Greens’ Julian Burnside QC
After vowing never to enter politics, renowned human rights barrister Julian Burnside QC, has decided the political climate in this country has made it necessary to renege on that promise and he’s now entering the fray in the coming federal...
NSW Greens Push to Legalise Recreational Cannabis
The NSW Greens are set to introduce a private member’s bill within 100 days post-state election that could see recreational cannabis legalised for adult use in NSW during the next parliamentary term, which is a move that an increasingly large...
Justice Delayed is Justice Denied: Calls for Speedier Outcomes to Criminal Cases
A Sydney mother is calling for reform after spending four years seeking justice for her daughter, who was repeatedly sexually abused by her stepfather. The ‘hell’ of getting justice The nightmare began in January 2014, when ‘Rachel’ (not her real...
‘Brazen, Forcible and Breathtakingly Arrogant’: Pell Sent to Prison
Tonight, Cardinal George Pell starts his sentence behind bars. Australia’s highest ranking Catholic Church official has been sentenced to 6 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 3 years and 8 months. Pell was found guilty in December last...
Police Strip-Search 19-Year Old, Find Nothing but Kick Her Out of Festival Anyway
NSW police are continuing their war on music festivals, signified by exorbitant costs for user-pays policing, illegal strop-searches and the denial of entry to patrons even where no drugs are found after a search. This time, their alleged victim is...
Wage Theft to be Made a Crime
The federal government says it intends to introduce a national registry designed to reduce the incidence of worker exploitation by labour hire firms and to enact criminal laws against the deliberate underpayment of workers, also known as wage theft. The...
All NSW Crime Categories Are in Decline, Except One
Statistics released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) suggest that all major categories of crime except one are in decline in New South Wales, and have been falling for the past forty years. The Director of BOCSAR,...
Criminal Lawyer ‘Struck Off’ After Being Convicted of Drug Supply
Ugo Parente was employed by a criminal law firm in Liverpool shortly after being admitted as a New South Wales lawyer in 2006. He represented clients in a range of criminal cases and was a vocal anti-drug campaigner. He was...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 March 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Charged for Paying Bribes to NAB Executive The owner of a human resources company is alleged to have paid bribes to an NAB executive...
‘Medicine Man’ Escapes Prison Time for Serious Drug Charges
Veteran medicinal cannabis producer Tony Bower escaped prison time when he was sentenced for commercial drug cultivation, along with other serious drug offences, at Port Macquarie District Court last Monday. Known locally as the Medicine Man, Mr Bower turned himself...
