Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 January 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Offences Relating to Human Trafficking in Australia Opinions are divided as to whether controversial internet personality Andrew Tate’s arrest for alleged human trafficking is justified....
What is a Wrongful Death Lawsuit?
In January 2020, Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson was found dead in her cell at Dame Phyllis Frost Detention Centre in Victoria. Last year, a Coronial Inquest heard evidence Coronial Inquest heard evidence that Veronica made more than a dozen calls...
What’s Contained in the Australian Constitution, Anyway?
The Australian Constitution is the founding document of the nation, which provides the basic rules of how government is formed and the processes by which it should govern. The fundamental law within it, however, differs starkly to the reality of how...
Right Wing Coalition Senators Introduce Anti-Abortion Propaganda Bill
Coalition Senators Alex Antic and Matt Canavan have found it an opportune time to stir up a scare campaign about babies being born alive due to abortion procedures. These ultraconservative politicians are insisting that this results in babies then being...
The Offence of Being Armed with Intent to Commit an Indictable Offence in NSW
A passenger has been charged with a string of criminal offences after allegedly shooting two drivers with a nail gun in separate incidents on the New South Wales Central Coast. According to police, they responded to reports at around 4.10pm...
What is Extradition?
A man suspected of killing a young woman on a secluded Queensland beach before fleeing abroad just hours later has agreed to return to potentially face charges of murder. 38-year old nurse Rajwinder Singh is suspected of murdering Toya Cordingley...
Australia Deports Long-Term Residents Over Nonviolent Crimes, Destroying Families
Born in the United Kingdom in 1973, Robert Taylor immigrated to Australia with his parents at them age of 10-months-old. In fact, having arrived in Western Australia back in 1974, Taylor hasn’t ever set foot outside of that jurisdiction again....
Take a Stand Against Injustice This Invasion Day, Says Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The 26 January this year marks 235 years since British ships arrived at Kamay-Botany Bay. The pretext for the invasion was that English gaols were bursting with inmates, so the nation thought it wise to spend 252 days sailing 700-odd inmates to...
Medevaced from Nauru to Brisbane Hotel Detention: An Interview With Refugee Nur Mohammed
Right now, Home Affairs has five long-term offshore detainees confined in their rooms at Brisbane’s Meriton Hotel, following having transferred them to Australia to undergo medical treatment that isn’t available on the island of Nauru, where they’ve been held for almost...
Unproven Sexual Assault Allegations: Creating Celebrities While Destroying Lives
The accusations of sexual assault levelled against Bruce Lehrmann by complainant Brittany Higgins over many years led to one of the most high-profile prosecutions in Australian history, resulting in the annihilation of the former’s reputation and destruction of his life....
