Thugs in Blue Uniform: NSW Police Assault Beloved Sydney Identity
He’s beloved around the Sydney CBD for his cheeky but peaceful protests, but Danny Lim is now in a “poor state” in hospital after sustaining injuries during a horrific and violent arrest by New South Wales police officers. 78-year old...
NSW Police Assault Well-Known Protester: Officers Slam Danny Lim’s Face into Ground
Two police officers approach a well-known Sydney figure wearing a sandwich board with colourful and somewhat “cheeky” messaging on it in the Queen Victoria Building on Tuesday, and within minutes slam him face first into the tiled floor of the...
UK’s Anti-Protest Prevention Orders: A Sign of Things to Come for NSW?
The Perrottet government passed some of the most draconian protest laws on the planet in early April, with the aim of stamping out unauthorised climate protests. Two years inside and/or a $22,000 fine now apply to nonviolent direct actions that obstruct...
Queensland Police Service Rewards Officer Who Crucified Honest Cop
The Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Queensland Police Service Responses to Domestic and Family Violence, which also looked into toxic culture of ‘unchecked’ sexism, racism, misogyny and brutality which pervades the Queensland Police Service (QPS), has handed down a...
The History of Stealing Farm Animals in Australia
Apollo, the mythological ancient Greek God of almost everything, including prophecy, healing, diseases and with ‘Stopping Evil’, was a ‘Rustler’. Goats, sheep and pigs were the animals predominantly farmed in ancient Greece; however, cattle according to mythological history, were ‘Rustled’...
In What Circumstances Can I Change My Plea of Guilty to Not Guilty in NSW?
A man who unexpectedly pleaded guilty to murdering American Scott Johnson in 1988, has had his conviction quashed on appeal and will now face trial for murder in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. Scott Johnson’s naked body was...
Gunpowder to Genocide: A History of Violence by the Use of Firearms
Amnesty International estimates that more that 500 people a day die worldwide each day as a result of violence involving the use of firearms (which the organisation calls ‘guns’); a figure which excludes killings in war zones. The human rights...
Police Overreach: Officers Harass Patrons Inside Sydney Events Venue
Anti-drug dog campaign Sniff Off reported on 12 November 2022 that it had received reports from Oxford Art Factory patrons that NSW police officers were requiring them to identify themselves via the use of their mobile phones, even though venue security had...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 14 to 20 November 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police to Investigate Suspicious Death of Indigenous Man in Police Custody An internal police investigation has been launched into the unexplained death of a man...
NZ Delegation Puts Australian Deportation Abuses on UN Torture Agenda
A delegation of high-level Australian officials appeared before the UN Committee Against Torture last week to participate in the nation’s four yearly review on how its tracking in terms of adherence to the 1984 Convention Against Torture (CAT), as well...
