The Law, Penalties and Defences Relating to Child Prostitution in NSW
New South Wales has decriminalised prostitution (‘sex work’) involving consenting adults but, and perhaps needless to say, child sexual offences including conduct relating to child prostitution are treated very seriously by the law and the courts. Here is an outline...
Does Australia’s “Significant” Deployment to the Middle East Anticipate Joining a Regional War?
The death toll in what is euphemistically being called the Israel-Hamas war, which basically involves the all-out slaughter of Palestinians living in Gaza on the part of Israeli forces, was at more than 8,300 Palestinians, according to UNICEF on Monday, which...
Another Teen Death in Custody, Despite 30-Year-Old First Nations Advice to Parliament
The recent death in custody of 16-year-old First Nations boy Cleveland Dodd has yet again highlighted the barbarity the Australian prison system metes out towards Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander detainees, especially Indigenous youths. For his part, Dodd was on...
We Don’t Sell Tickets! Qantas Files its Legal Defence
The media has had a field day this week with claims by Qantas that it doesn’t sell customers tickets to any particular flights, but rather a “bundle of rights” that includes alternative options in the event of cancellations. The case...
The ABC’s Decision to Disclose its Sources Marks a Dark Day for Democracy
Airing on 9 October 2023, the Four Corners documentary Escalation involved ABC journalists engaging with several Perth-based climate defence groups in regard to the rising pushback by WA police against nonviolent protests aimed at defending the climate against human-caused global heating. ...
Israel’s Right to Self Defence Does Not Extend to Genocide
Standing next to Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese in the White House Rose Garden on 25 October, US president Joe Biden reiterated that “Israel has the right, and I would add responsibility” to “defend itself against these terrorists”. By “terrorists”...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 October 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What is the Knowledge Requirement for Drug Importation in Australia? A Canberra man is accused of commercial drug importation after anomalies were detected in his...
Man Refused Compensation Despite Nearly Dying Due to COVID-19 Vaccine
A Queensland man who suffered a heart injury almost died three times after a single dose of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 injection is not only barred from seeking compensation from the company due to protections for pharmaceutical companies put into place...
The Flaccid Diplomacy of Vassal State PM Anthony Albanese in the US
PM Anthony Albanese has again been in the United States standing side-by-side his local counterpart Joe Biden on podiums just like he did in March, when he and the American president laid out the details of the AUKUS pact, which...
NSW Premier Won’t Introduce Pill Testing, Despite Continuing Deaths and Calls From His Own Party
“Politics often presents the choice between the unpalatable and the disastrous,” said former NSW Labor premier Bob Carr, during a speech he gave to a 2022 Sydney drug law reform conference last year. Indeed, Carr’s alternates sum up exactly the...
