Perrottet Has Passed a Swag of Police State Laws, Just Prior to Likely Election Loss
“The Coalition’s reckless arbitrary intervention and law and order agenda is burning bright” commented Greens MLC Sue Higginson, as the NSW Liberal Nationals rammed through what must have been a record number of police empowering bills in just two sitting...
Dr Alison Broinowski on the War Powers Inquiry Succeeding Despite Marles’ Intervention
For people born over recent decades, global wars and the use of nuclear weapons are aspects of a fading black and white past, despite their having become very real prospects for the near future. Right now, world leaders have been...
Pollies’ Reputation Excuse for Closed Door NACC Proceedings Is Bollocks
The major gripe when ex-attorney general Christian Porter released his national integrity commission legislation in November 2020, almost two years after Scott Morrison promised it, was that when it came to politicians, the proceedings were going to be closed door. The...
Australia: Easy Pickings for Cyber-Criminals
The latest national cyber attack, which has affected the data of more than 2 million Woolworths customers proves what cyber experts have been warning for years: Australia is easy pickings for cyber criminals. A shortage of specialist technical experts, who...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for the Offence of Sexual Act in New South Wales
A New South Wales man is facing court over allegations he performed a sexual act in front of a mother and her young daughter inside Kmart store in St Marys on 23 September 2022. The mother immediately reported the matter...
As Street Dog Care in Kathmandu Grows, Community Attitude to Strays Is Shifting
If you ever find yourself in the forecourt of the Boudhanath Stupa, a revered Buddhist monument located on the northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu city at about noon on a Saturday, you’re likely to come across a rainbow-coloured beach umbrella, with...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 October 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Thailand Uses Efficient Transport Options, While Control and Revenue-Raising Prevail in Australia’ While Thailand takes advantage of efficient transport options, our governments and councils seem...
Ruby Princess Class Action Commences in Federal Court
The class action against Carnival and Princess Cruise Lines over the Ruby Princess disaster has begun in the Federal Court of Australia, with the court hearing that cruise line’s conduct was ‘not some accident’ but ‘amounted to negligent’, resulting in...
International Far-Right Monitor Identifies Australian Hate Groups
The US-based Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) last week released its report into Australia, in which the thinktank rips our nation - with its “history of far-right and white supremacist activism, often rooted in its colonial experience” - a...
Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva Calls on Wider NSW to Protest Record Custody Deaths
The NSW criminal justice system is killing more First Nations people than ever before. A total of 16 Indigenous people of various ethnicities died in the custody of either NSW police or Corrective Services NSW in 2021, which is the...
