Rental Bidding Will Soon Be Banned in NSW, But Will it Make a Difference?
The New South Government announced yesterday that the practice of allowing bids on rental properties will become an offence from 17 December 2022. Currently, there is no prohibition against landlords or their agents inviting bids on properties listed for rent,...
Albanese Says He’s Working to Free Assange, But Many Are Sceptical
“It is time that this matter be brought to a close,” PM Anthony Albanese said regarding Julian Assange, who continues to be remanded in London’s Belmarsh Prison on behalf of Washington, as the globe awaits to see whether the Australian...
The Crime of Murder in New South Wales
A man is facing Maitland Local Court this morning accused of a fatally assaulting a man at a railway station in the Hunter region yesterday afternoon. According to police, officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called to Beresfield Train Station,...
NSW Government Under Pressure to Withdraw All Remaining COVID Fines
Earlier this year, three plaintiffs, Rohan Pank, Brenden Beame and and Teal Els, filed challenges in the Supreme Court of New South Wales against fines issued to them for allegedly failing to comply with a public health order. The challenges...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 December 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Finally, Positive Movement on the Extralegal Political Prosecution of Assange Our PM and the media outlets that published WikiLeaks documents have called on the US...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Large Commercial Drug Supply in NSW
A former ABC news presenter was refused bail in Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, 8 December 2022 after being charged with a string of drug offences arising from raids on two Sydney Hotels. 52-year old Ashley Hall from Burwood...
Perrottet’s Crusade to Demonise and Incarcerate Climate Defenders to Save Fossil Fuels
When Donald Trump was elected US president in November 2016, current NSW premier Dominic Perrottet proclaimed, it was “time for a conservative spring”, and following from that, one can only imagine that right now the Liberal leader feels he’s basking in...
A History of Extreme Right-Wing Nationalism in The Lucky Country
Let’s look at the basics; the general tenets of left and right wing politics, which in their more extreme forms are sometimes referred to respectively as socialism or communism on the one hand, and fascism or Nazism on the other....
The Legalise Cannabis Victoria Election Result Bodes Well for Genuine Law Reform
Right now, the prediction is that Legalise Cannabis Victoria may well take out three upper house seats in the Victorian state election. Having secured two already, the party is waiting for the final count, but at present, it has garnered...
“Two Walking Sticks to Get Around”: NSW Police Has Done a Serious Job on Danny Lim
Danny Lim continues to suffer injury two weeks after a couple of NSW police officers approached the 78-year-old iconic Sydney rights activist and threw him face first onto the titled floor in the QVB Building in front of morning shoppers...
