Alleged Sexual Assault in Parliament: How Do You Rate the PM’s Handling of the Matter?
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered a personal apology and announced a ‘review of workplace culture’ in the wake of allegations that a young Liberal Party staff member was sexually assaulted by a colleague in Parliament House. But the PM...
What is ‘Child Abuse Material’ in New South Wales?
A 48-year old New South Wales police sergeant was arrested on Friday 29 January 2020 and charged with accessing child abuse material online. The sergeant, who is attached to a ‘specialist command’, was taken to Fairfield Police Station where he...
Former School Principal Faces 74 Child Sexual Abuse Charges
Alleged child sex offender Malka Leifer was extradited from Israel last week, just hours before the Israeli airports were closed due to coronavirus restrictions. Her arrival back in Australia ends several years of negotiations between government officials at the highest...
Court Reveals Identity of Lawyer Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault
It may be common knowledge in the legal profession, but the name of a Sydney criminal defence lawyer charged with aggravated sexual assault has now been made public, after the lawyer’s appeal against the Local Court’s refusal to grant a...
The Rules Relating to Commencing and Discontinuing Criminal Prosecutions in NSW
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Victoria is facing a barrage of criticism after withdrawing the criminal charges against a de-frocked Catholic Priest. The complainant, now in her early 60s, has spent nearly a decade trying...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A man is facing 135 criminal charges, including 46 sexual assault charges against 31 women that he met via dating apps, whom he allegedly drugged and filmed as he was sexually assaulting them. Police say the 30 year old man...
British Man Pleads Guilty to Nearly 100 Child Sexual Offences
A British man has admitted to almost 100 sexual offences against children in Britain, Australia and the US. In a UK court, 36 year old labourer David Wilson pleaded guilty to 96 sexual offences against 51 boys, some as young...
The Offence of Child Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A 65 year old man has been arrested and charged with the sexual assault of a boy in Sydney more than 30 years ago. NSW Police allege the man sexually assaulted a boy, then aged between 10 and 14 years...
When Can a Jury Be Discharged in New South Wales?
The trial of a 22 year old Sydney swimming instructor will now be forced to restart, after the jury was discharged by NSW District Court Judge Kara Shead, on the second day of trial. The jury had been assembled this...
The Offence of Disseminating, Possessing or Producing Child Abuse Material
Australian Federal police have arrested 44 men across the country, including eight from NSW who are alleged to belong to an international ring sharing child abuse material. The AFP’s special unit, called the Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation (ACCCE),...
