Criminal Defence Lawyers to Get Better Protections Against Harassment, Intimidation and Reprisals
New laws have been introduced to New South Wales Parliament which will give defence lawyers similar protections to those that prosecutors, magistrates, judges, complainants, witnesses and jurors already have in our state. Introduced to parliament on 19 October 2022, the Crimes...
Invited UN Inspectors Cut Visit Short, as Rights Violations Continue Under Albanese
The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) on Sunday cut its long-awaited visit to our nation short, due to a number of state authorities denying cooperation to the independent experts, whilst supposedly rights-forward PM Anthony Albanese has been...
Standing With Thorpe: An Uncompromising First Nations Voice in Parliament
Lidia Thorpe is not someone who made the decision to enter Australian parliament lightly, one would presume. She grew up amongst staunch First Nations rights activists, who vocally assert and continue to uphold their sovereignty over stolen lands. Australian parliament...
Land of the Gods: Nepalese Hindu Deities in Pictures
If ever a visitor in Nepal, one should be mindful that if you appear to be the first customer on entering a shop early morning, your subsequent actions have consequences for the rest of the store owner’s day. If you...
“Birds Without Wings”: Undocumented Tibetans Refugees in Nepal Await Return Home
Being a majority Buddhist people, Tibetans well understand the concept of impermanence, or the temporary nature of all things. And at Tashiling, a permanent Tibetan settlement in Nepal that grew out of a short-term refugee camp, the temporary still reigns...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 October 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: As Street Dog Care in Kathmandu Grows, Community Attitude to Strays Is Shifting The heart-warming story of a non-profit organisation that has improved the lives...
McBride to Argue Public Interest Defence Next Week, Under Flawed Laws
Former ADF lawyer David McBride is set to appear before the ACT Supreme Court on 27 October, as his public interest disclosure defence hearings commence, under legislation that federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus drafted himself, and now admits is problematic...
OPCAT Debacle Continues: NSW Refuses UN Human Rights Inspectors Enter Prisons
The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) commenced its twelve-day long awaited and belated first visit to our nation on Sunday, in order to gauge how local authorities have implemented the OPCAT: a treaty designed to prevent human...
Pauline Hanson Loses Defamation Case
One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson has built a political career on falsely identifying and demonising perceived threats for her own political gain, and encouraging those who support her to do the same – thereby causing division in the community and...
In Going Green, Australian Companies to Destroy PNG: Interview With PNG Trust’s Joseph Ka’au
The PNG government approved the Papua LNG project in 2019, which is set to be located at the Elk-Antelope gas field. Situated in the Gulf Province, the gas field is located inland from the Gulf of Papua and not far upstream...
