Millions at Risk of Identity Theft Due to Optus Data Breach
Optus chief executive Kelly Bayer Rosmarin announced last week that users of the company’s services dating back to 2017 should exercise ‘heightened vigilance’ to protect their identities, after ‘sophisticated criminals’ whose motives are unknown breached the company’s security systems to...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 September 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What is the Difference Between Civil and Criminal Law? Civil law involves disputes between parties whereas criminal law is where prosecutions are brought by or...
Thailand’s Cannabis Industry Is Taking Off Under a Hazy Legal Grey Area
The burgeoning legal cannabis market operating in Thailand is a beautiful thing to witness. No longer are police officers busting individuals over the whiff of a joint, but rather locals and foreigners alike can follow that scent to a legitimate...
How Can I Find a Lawyer in New South Wales?
So, something has happened to bring you into the legal process - whether it’s being arrested or receiving a court attendance notice for a criminal offence, getting a subpoena to produce documents or attend court as a witness, or served...
Secrecy Is Lifted, But the Government Continues Its Punitive Prosecution of Richard Boyle
Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle is set to go before the Adelaide District Court to continue his public interest disclosure (PID) defence proceedings on 4 October 2022. And despite the Commonwealth, yet again, attempting to hide evidence of corruption,...
Albanese Has No Issue with the UK and US Crucifying Assange
Then federal MP and now PM Anthony Albanese was one of only 36 federal parliamentarians to sign a petition in 2019, calling on the now three-year-long extradition proceedings against Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange to be dropped and for him...
Offenders Should be Sent to Prison as Punishment, Not to be Punished
Norway has one of the lowest crime rates in the world. And researchers have long theorised that one of the reasons for this is the country has long, cold winters - weather that acts as a deterrent for crime. Others...
Is it Time for Australia to Break Legal Ties with the British Monarchy?
The dust is settling on the first weeks of the reign of King Charles III in the wake of the death of Queen Elizabeth II after her 70 years on the throne. Her reign was over a period of incredible...
Aussies Demand an End to Criminal Prosecutions of Whistleblowers
Many Australians breathed a sigh of relief when, on 7 July 2022, new Commonwealth attorney general Mark Dreyfus decided in to end the criminal prosecution of Bernard Collaery - the barrister whose client, known only as ‘Witness K’, exposed our...
Senator Faruqi to Lodge Racial Complaints Against Pauline Hanson: Hear, Hear!
Deputy leader of the Australian Greens Dr Mehreen Faruqi announced last Thursday that she’s considering raising a discrimination complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission against serial racist One Nation leader Pauline Hanson. Hailing from Pakistan, Senator Faruqi’s decision was spurred...
