Major Parties are In Cahoots in Terms of the Surveillance State and Warmongering
The Albanese government has passed new laws to reduce the level of independent oversight that covers this nation’s intelligence agencies, which, thanks to the earlier work of then home affairs minister Peter Dutton, sees some international agents gifted with the ability...
The Sinister Side of AI: Scams, Sabotage and Sexualisation
We’ve been hearing the ‘astounding’ benefits of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) over the past couple of years and how it has the potential to ‘revolutionise” the world in which we live. In the race to embrace the technology, little attention...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Making Bestiality Pornography in NSW
A Queensland couple has been charged with engaging in a series of sexual acts involving dogs and capturing it on video. 37-year old Crystal May Hoare and 28-year old Jay Wade Veenstra, 28 are each charged with five counts of...
The Commonwealth Offence of Dishonestly Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception
A member of a motorcycle club in Sydney has been charged with a string of Commonwealth criminal offences in relation to a social media scam that has allegedly cost the Australian taxpayers $1.6 billion. According to investigators, the fraud came...
The Criminal Offence of Breaking and Entering in New South Wales
A man is accused of breaking into a property in rural New South Wales and stealing farm equipment. According to police, the 38-year old entered the property near Muswellbrook – a town in the Upper Hunter Region of New South...
Australia’s Callous Deportation System Must End, as Danger Awaits Yet Another Deportee
Then immigration minister Scott Morrison oversaw the passing of legislation in late 2014, which strengthened the character test in section 501 of the Migration Act (Cth) 1958, so that residents of Australia have since been deported en masse, after being sentenced to...
Sexual Offences Against Young Persons Under ‘Special Care’ in New South Wales
The story of Chris Dawson, a high school teacher who married one of his former student’s after his wife Lynette’s disappearance in 1982 is a case that has gripped the nation. And justice for Lynette’s family has been a long...
Thin-Skinned, Heavy-Handed Policing: A Worldwide Trend
Seven police officers rushed the home of a 16-year old autistic girl on Monday 7 August 2023 and performed a heavy-handed arrest on the teen for making an “offensive homophobic comment” towards one of the officers, before dragging the girl...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 August 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What is the Early Appropriate Guilty Plea (EAGP) Scheme in New South Wales? The scheme prescribes steps in certain serious cases and percentages of guilty...
What Happens If a Domestic Violence Complainant Fails to Attend Court?
Criminal defence lawyers are often asked what will happen if the complainant - also known as the alleged victim - in a case involving accusations of domestic violence fails to attend the Local Court on the ‘hearing date’, which is...
