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...
Stop the Waste-to-Energy Incinerators, Demands Western Sydney Direct Action’s Melinda Wilson
Right now, Next Generation and Cleanaway are proposing to build waste-to-energy incinerators in Western Sydney, despite a long-term public campaign against their establishment, which, last year, led the NSW Liberal Nationals government to rule them out. Waste-to-energy (WTE) incineration involves the...
Suicide- Related Criminal Offences in Australia
It has been many years since laws which criminalised attempted suicide were repealed in states and territories across Australia. But over the past couple of decades, a sinister trend has emerged which can contribute to people making the tragic decision...
Calls to Ban Greyhound Racing Continue: An Interview With CPG’s Fiona Chisholm
In a move described as “the mother of all backflips”, former NSW premier Mike Baird reversed a ban on greyhound racing in October 2016, despite his government only having passed the prohibition, set to come into effect in July 2017, three...
What is ‘Corrupt Conduct’ in New South Wales?
During last year’s ICAC hearings into the business affairs of former Liberal MP Daryl Maguire, the corruption watchdog quietly announced it would investigate another state politician- and no, not former premier Gladys Berejiklian, but the former NSW Minister for Sport...
Voice to Parliament May Threaten First Nations Sovereignty, Warns Thorpe
“How does your proposed constitutionally enshrined Indigenous voice to parliament affect First Nations peoples’ sovereignty in this country?” Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe asked Senator Penny Wong in parliament on 1 August. This question asserts the chief concern that First Nations rights...
