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...
Kennerley’s Racist Outburst: Demonising to Distract
Kerri-Anne Kennerley’s overtly racist blowout on Studio 10 last week is an example of the classic ad hominem technique of seeking to rebut an argument by attacking the group who are making it rather than focusing on the topic itself. The...
Failed Facial Recognition Project Costs Taxpayers Millions
The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has blown $34 million in taxpayer funds, after being forced to abandon its facial recognition project in the wake of a damning review by the Australian National Audit Office. What is ACIC? On 1...
Police Accused of Brutality on Australia Day
28-year old Carl Hoppner is the first to admit his conduct on Australia Day last year was unacceptable, and he certainly paid for it. The Indigenous man was sentenced in Toronto Local Court on Friday to 10 month imprisonment after...
Ben Barba May Be Banned for Life after Being Accused of Domestic Violence
The NRL top brass have been taking an increasingly tough stance on players accused of criminal offences in recent times. Now, CEO Todd Greenberg has announced that star player Ben Barba faces a life-long ban from the game after being...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 28 January to 3 February 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Saving Aboriginal Mothers From Prison: An Interview With Free the People’s Debbie Kilroy The Free the People campaign is raising money to pay off the...
Police Can Now Issue On-the-Spot Fines for Drug Possession
Since 25th January 2019, NSW Police Officers have been empowered to issue on-the-spot fines for certain drug possession offences. Those who are issued with a fine will avoid a criminal conviction if they decide to pay, rather than contest it...
Acting in defence of another person. What does the law say?
Imagine this. Your teenage daughter is at the shopping mall with friends after school. She calls to tell you she is being beaten up. By a grown woman. As the story unfolds, you find out that she and another girl...
Ending Apartheid in Palestine: An Interview With BDS Australia’s Hilmi Dabbagh
Amnesty International has taken aim at online booking companies for “fuelling human rights violations against Palestinians” by listing hundreds of accommodation options, attractions and tours in Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestinian Territories. Released this week, the Destination: Occupation report calls on...
Getting Honest About MDMA: An Interview With NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann
This music festival season has seen more drug-related deaths and hospitalisations in NSW than ever before. And at the same time, the police presence at these events has also been the heaviest in the state’s history. So, something isn’t adding up....
