High Range Drink Driving in NSW: The Law, Penalties and Defences
Police say they have charged dozens of with drink driving offences over the weekend during a two-day traffic blitz in Sydney’s south-west. According to police, Operation Fume was established to target traffic offences on the M5 and Hume Highway between...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 May to 4 June 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Truck Driver Found Not Guilty of Attempting to Possess 400kg of Unlawfully Imported Cocaine The prosecution was unable to prove he knew or was reckless...
Former NSW Police Officer On Trial for Multiple Counts of Child Sexual Assault
A former New South Wales police officer is on trial in the Northern Rivers accused of three counts of having aggravated sexual intercourse with a child aged between 14 and 16 years, as well as producing, disseminating or possessing child...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Making Bomb Threats in Australia
New South Wales’ busiest courthouse, the Downing Centre in the Sydney CBD, was evacuated at around 10am on Friday, 2 June 2023 when a man reportedly walked through the entrance holding a package and stated “this is a bomb”. The...
Minns Hangs Pork Barrelling Window Dressing, as Boyd Says the Public Wants Real Reform
NSW has a fine tradition of pork barrelling, which is the preferential distribution of public money to government-held electorates or marginal seats, despite the fact that most of the public considers the practice corruption. And the ministers of the previous...
UK Police Officer Stood Down for Pointing Taser at Elderly Woman
While the use of tasers by police officers comes under public scrutiny in New South Wales - with several confirmed incidents of mentally ill persons being fatally wounded as a result of being tasered, a 95-year old woman being fatally...
Albanese Has Agreed to Australia Being Designated a US Domestic Military Source in Law
Since PM Anthony Albanese graced San Diego with his presence to announce the details of the close to half a trillion dollar AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine deal in March, discussion over whether the federal government is eroding Australian sovereignty to the benefit of...
Ben Roberts-Smith: Bully, Liar, War Criminal
A judge of the Federal Court of Australia has found the media was truthful in describing our nation’s most decorated living soldier as a war criminal, after hearing extensive evidence from Australian soldiers and many other witnesses during a three-month...
Airbags That Kill: Can Manufacturers Be Found Guilty of a Criminal Offence?
This article refers to a recent Australian announcement of yet another fatal airbag concern, and although the investigation is in its early stages, we shall explore the company involved and revisit the previous situation with the Japanese company Takata corporation,...
Psychic Scams Can Constitute the Criminal Offence of Fraud
ScamWatch, a division of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), has announced that ‘psychic scams’ are on the rise, with a reported $555,240 extorted from Australians in 2022. Individuals purporting to be psychics or clairvoyants will often prey on...
