Labor to Reintroduce Alcohol Bans in Remote Indigenous Communities
It seems that in recent times, our prime minister has taken a leaf out of his predecessor’s book in terms of social justice issues, sadly adopting similar positions in terms of human rights abuses as well as populist, knee-jerk reactions...
The Belmarsh Tribunal: “In Short, Free Julian Assange, Without Further Unconscionable Delay.”
The Belmarsh Tribunal sat for the fourth time last Friday, 20 January, in Washington DC to discuss the global crackdown by state actors against journalists, sources and their publishers, with a focus on the extralegal attempt to extradite Julian Assange to...
The Offence of Taking or Being Carried in a Conveyance Without the Owner’s Consent
Four men suspected of being part of a criminal group have been charged with a string of offences over an alleged police on the Northern Beaches of Sydney involving a utility taken without the owner’s consent. Police say they were...
The Offence of Contravening a Court Suppression or Non-Publication Order in NSW
The very real impact and influence of media reporting and social media commentary upon high profile criminal trials in the past couple of years has led Victorian criminal defence lawyers to apply to have evidence withheld from the public ahead...
Australia Again Misses Deadline on OPCAT, the UN Rights Treaty to Protect Detainees
Australia has again missed its deadline for implementing an international anti-torture protocol that the nation agreed to comply with in December 2017. The deadline, last Friday, 20 January 2023, was actually the third such deadline the country has missed in...
A ‘Pandemic Treaty’ May be On its Way
Just as ‘State of Emergency Powers’ enacted by Governments in Australia during the Covid-19 pandemic ease, there’s a push for emergency control occurring on a global scale, led by the World Health Organisation (WHO). Currently the WHO is seeking to...
The History of Murder: The Most Serious Offence in Criminal Law
Since the beginning of recorded law, the offence of murder has been seen as the most serious of crimes, with the intentional taking of another’s life considered at least as heinous than any other human act. Despite how seriously it...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 January 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Terrorism-Related Offences: Entering or Remaining in a Declared Area A woman is facing court for allegedly entering and remaining in parts of Syria that were...
Father of Two Shot Dead by NSW Police Officer
An internal investigation is underway into the actions of police officers stationed at the small town of Tenterfield in Northern New South Wales, after a man was shot dead there earlier this week. The State Crime Command (SCC) will conduct...
US Escalates Its Militarisation of Australia, Under Albanese
Foreign minister Penny Wong’s end of year trip to Beijing to meet with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi was hailed as an indication that the recently fraught relationship between the two nations was stabilising, especially in terms of the potential...
