Weak Integrity Laws Ensure Albanese, Just Like Morrison, Prioritises Corporate Want
On election, Albanese promised to end the “climate wars”, which much of the constituency took to mean commence the winding back of fossil fuel extraction, exportation and use, so as to limit the causes of global heating, which would have served...
Morrison Government Engaged in Pork Barrelling on Monumental Scale, Audit Office Finds
You could almost hear a collective audible sigh when a report by the Australian National Audit Office was released recently, detailing its findings on the Morrison Government’s misuse of $2 billion for the Community Health and Hospital Program. The ANAO...
NSW Police Officers Under Investigation for Assaulting NRL Player
The three New South Wales Police Officers who punched NRL player Tom Starling multiple times in the face during a violent arrest on 5 December 2020 are now under investigation and could face criminal charges over the assault. The incident occurred...
Medicare Denial Sees Correctives Systems Destroy Prisoner Health to the Detriment of All
Australians are proud of Medicare: the 1984-established scheme that provides free or heavily subsidised universal healthcare to citizens and residents. This is especially so, when compared with the health system in the US, which, without such a scheme, only cares...
NSW Police Force is Brutalising Citizens Without Sufficient Records, Let Alone Accountability
The recent lethal tasering of 95-year-old great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who was holding a steak knife and suffering dementia, has again brought into stark relief the use of excessive force by NSW police: an issue that despite its prevalence, tends to gradually subside...
What Is a ‘Concerns Notice’ Under Defamation Laws in New South Wales?
Former Federal Defence Minister, Linda Reynolds, has sent a letter of concern - a pre-emptive signal of potentially launching a defamation suit - against Environment Minister, Tanya Plibersek in the latest spin-off lawsuit from the high profile criminal prosecution of...
What Will a Court Consider When Determining Bail in NSW?
The man accused of causing the deaths of several passengers after the bus he was driving overturned in the Hunter Valley last Sunday night has been granted strict conditional bail. 58-year old Brett Button from Maitland in the Hunter Region...
What Conduct Amounts to ‘Dangerous Driving’ in New South Wales?
Police will allege speeding was a factor in the weekend’s horror bus crash in the Hunter Valley, which resulted in the deaths of 10 passengers and more than 20 being admitted to hospital. The bus was carrying 36 passengers when...
UK Rejects Assange’s Appeal Against Extradition, Despite Global Campaign for Freedom
UK High Court Justice Jonathan Swift last Thursday denied Julian Assange’s July 2022-lodged final appeal against US extradition, which then UK home secretary Priti Patel had greenlighted the month prior. This has meant the WikiLeaks founder has spent another year in...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: High Range Drink Driving in NSW: The Law, Penalties and Defences Police charged 79 people with drink driving during a two-day blitz in south-west Sydney....
