The Law, Defences and Penalties for Attempted Murder in New South Wales
A man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly holding a New South Wales police sergeant’s head under water in a creek. It is further alleged that the man, 33-year old Ronald Charles Canning from Queensland, only stopped holding...
NSW Police Escalate Pre-Protest Visits to Activists’ Homes to Intimidate and Silence Dissent
When three NSW police officers turned up unannounced at rights activist Seth Dias’ home on 26 October to drill him about whether he’d be attending a protest this week, they made “explicitly clear” that they’d switched on their body cams before asking...
‘Covid Dictator’s’ Days in Politics are Done
New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard is set to retire from politics after three decades in Parliament. While Mr Hazzard was instrumental in facilitating the decriminalisation of abortion in New South Wales in 2019, it is perhaps the years...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 to 30 October 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Land of the Gods: Nepalese Hindu Deities in Pictures As Western nations move away from faith-based beliefs, religion and spirituality are alive and well in...
The Offence of Sexual Intercourse Without Consent in New South Wales
A Sydney pharmacist convicted of sexually assaulting a teenager who was seeking the ‘morning-after pill’ has had his pharmaceutical licence revoked. Mr Hany Ibrahim pleaded guilty to one count of sexual intercourse without consent in the NSW District Court last...
The Unholy Alliance Between the Perrottet Government and 2GB Shock Jocks
NSW roads minister Natalie Ward called into the 2GB Ben Fordham show on 14 March this year, to complain about climate protesters having blocked traffic on the Spit Bridge, stating “she was sick of it”, as she’d been stuck with...
“A Case of Cultural Genocide”: Kathmandu Tibetan Refugee Welfare Office’s Karma Gyaltsen
These days, there are around 20,000 Tibetan refugees living in Nepal. This is a nation that shares a common border with the country Tibet, which is now referred to as the Tibetan Autonomous Region: a province of China. Although, the use...
Nationwide Vigils After White Man Bludgeons First Nations Youth to Death
A group of white men in a ute pulled up beside some teens walking home from school in the Perth suburb of Middle Swan on 13 October, and 21-year-old Jack Brearley jumped out and bashed 15-year-old Noongar boy Cassius Turvey to...
The Offence of Juror Misconduct in NSW: Section 68C Jury Act 1977
The long-awaited sexual assault trial of a federal Coalition staff member has been aborted after a juror was found to have used material which had not been admitted as evidence. Bruce Lehrmann, the man accused of sexually assaulting Britanny Higgins...
ACT Decriminalises Drug Possession: Labor MP Michael Pettersson on Forging Reform
That the century-old system of drug prohibition is a failure is well-established in legal circles, amongst medical experts, those who partake in illicit substances, families who’ve lost loved ones to the use of them, and a growing cross section of...
