Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 February 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Ben Barba May Be Banned for Life after Being Accused of Domestic Violence The NRL is taking an increasingly tough stance on players accused of...
Officer Sent to Prison for Illegally Using Police Database
Adrian Moore was a 28-year veteran of the WA police force. He was even nominated for the award of ‘Western Australian Police Officer of the Year” in 2011. But in a dramatic fall from grace, the former senior constable has...
From Crown Prosecutor to Defence Barrister: An Interview With Margaret Cunneen SC
Robert “Dolly” Dunn was one of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles. The former Marist Brother school teacher was sent to prison in 1997 for 20 years for a string of sexual assaults he carried out over a ten year period. He’d...
Ending HIV Criminalisation
On 20 December last year, the WA Court of Appeal reduced the sentence CJ Palmer is serving for her conviction of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm by transmitting of HIV. Her overall sentence was cut from six years to four, and she’s...
Revenge Porn Laws in Australia
The rise of the internet has also led to the proliferation of new forms of abuse and harassment. Revenge porn is a particularly common form of ‘image based abuse’. The following outlines what is encompassed by the term, both NSW...
Man Calls Police Over Maccas Mix-Up
53-year old Leslie McDonagh says he suffers from a “severe allergy” to onions. So the Englishman was less than impressed when the Big Mac he ordered from a McDonald’s store in Manchester one Friday night came with onions after he...
Healing the Nation: An Interview With Warringah Independent Susan Moylan-Coombs
Climate change denier, marriage equality opponent, and the man who, just a few years ago, effectively declared Australia was terra nullius before the British arrived, Tony Abbott is again set to contest the seat of Warringah in the upcoming federal election....
Police Make Confidential Payout to Victim of Brutality
After going to extraordinary lengths to hide the actions of officers who assaulted and mistreated a woman in custody, Victoria Police are also trying to keep quiet about paying her half a million dollars in compensation. Reports have emerged that...
Stop the Stolen Generations: Repeal Biased Forced Adoption Laws
On the final sitting day of the NSW parliament last year, the state government passed laws that if they continue to remain law will mean the disproportionate number of Aboriginal children being removed from their families in this state will...
Foreigner Allowed to Stay in Australia Despite Drug Supply Conviction
The Department of Home Affairs outlines on its website that since amendments were made to the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) back in November 2014, the number of noncitizens who’ve had their visas cancelled on character grounds has increased by over 1,400...
