NSW Bail Applications: Supreme Court Decisions on Section 22B of the Bail Act 2013
On Tuesday, 21 June 2022, the Bail Amendment Act No 27 was introduced into the New South Wales Parliament and passed by both Houses just two days later - with virtually no community consultation. The Act introduced a new section...
Prison Guard Charged with Murder of Aboriginal Detainee
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) NSW announced on 10 August that it was applying to the NSW Supreme Court to have a charge laid against a Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) officer, who shot a Wiradjuri man in...
Senate Probe Reveals that Albanese is Not Taking Action on Assange
Award-winning Australian journalist and truth-teller Julian Assange has been remanded in custody on behalf of the United States in London’s notorious Belmarsh Prison for three years now. The UK’s treatment of the Wikileaks founder inside has been deemed torture by the...
Google Fined for Unlawfully Collecting Australian Consumer Data
Google and the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission’s (ACCC’s) long running battle over the unlawful collection of data has been settled with the tech giant agreeing to pay $60 million. In April 2021, the Federal Court found that Google had...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 August 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Defendant’s Perception Is Crucial When Assessing Manslaughter Based on Excessive Self-Defence The appeal court reduced the defendant’s sentence because the initial judge failed to sufficiently...
Mounting Corruption Likely the End for the NSW Coalition Government
Former NSW deputy premier John Barilaro called in sick on Friday, prior to his scheduled appearance before the NSW Legislative Council Public Accountability Committee. The ex-NSW Nationals leader cited mental health as the reason why he couldn’t front up to...
First Nations Prison Rate Climbs, Despite Pandemic Drop in Overall Inmate Numbers
The NSW Bureau of Crimes Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) just released its state custody figures for June 2022, which indicate that inmate numbers have continued on with their downward spiral that commenced at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mid-year, there...
Corrective Services Officers Strike Over Upgrading of Charges Against Colleague
More than 5,000 New South Wales Corrective Services officers are on a 24-hour strike in protest over the upgrading of a colleague’s charges from manslaughter to murder following a review by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) into...
Former US President Could Face Criminal Charges
Legal commentators in the United States suggest that former President Donald Trump could face criminal charges for anything from failing to send classified documents to the National Archive to the offence of tax fraud, and potentially be disqualified from running...
Government Will Keep its Crimes a Secret, While Continuing to Prosecute Whistleblowers
Attorney general Mark Dreyfus’ decision to drop the Bernard Collaery prosecution on 7 July was praised, as the ACT barrister was facing multiple charges over allegedly exposing our nation having bugged the Timor-Leste cabinet offices in 2004 to gain unfair advantage...
