The Laws Relating to Cyber Bullying and Online Abuse in Australia
The Online Safety Act 2021 (Cth) was passed by the Australian Parliament on 23 June 2021 and came into effect on 23 January 2022. The second reading speeches to the Act makes clear that its objectives include: Protecting Australian adults...
“The Time Has Come for Full Disclosure”: Former Senator Rex Patrick on the Timor-Leste Files
Former Senator Rex Patrick was standing outside Room 5.3 of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal on 28 July, while proceedings were taking place inside, as, despite his having initiated the case being heard, he wasn’t permitted to enter due to the secrecy...
Big Australian Retailers Sprung Collecting Customer’s Faceprints
In a move right out of former Liberal home affairs minister Peter Dutton’s playbook, a number of Australian retailers were recently found to be utilising biometric facial recognition technology to capture digital “faceprints” of customers that can be matched to...
Australian Imams Call Out Beijing’s Oppression of the Uyghur People
The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) released a statement last Friday, calling out the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) decades-long persecution of the Uyghur people in their homelands, which has only been intensifying over recent years. The Uyghurs are a Central Asian...
The Offence of Giving False or Misleading Information to a Public Authority in NSW
Now former New South Wales police Commander Michael Rowan has been sentenced to 8 months in prison with a non-parole period of six months after pleading guilty to two counts of knowingly giving false or misleading evidence to a public...
Australian Territories Could Be Given the Right to Introduce Euthanasia Laws
Two Federal Labor backbenchers have introduced a Bill which could end to the Commonwealth’s paternalistic ban on the Territories legalising the right to die within their borders. If passed, the will give the territories greater autonomy in the area of...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 to 31 July 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Class Action Commenced Against Police Over Illegal Strip Searches A class action has been launched against the NSW Police Force over the illegal strip searching...
Sydney Teenagers Charged with Murder
Three Sydney teenagers have been charged with murder after the fatal stabbing of a 16-year old boy which police believe may have been the result of an argument over a girl. Police and emergency services were called to a home...
As NYC Warns Residents to Be Prepared, Nuclear War Is Closer Than Ever Before
Earlier this month, the New York City Office of Emergency Management released a short public service announcement warning residents in the biggest city in the United States of what they should do in the case of a nuclear attack. The...
Attorney General to Restore Human Rights Commission, After Coalition Destroyed It
Following his decision to drop the prosecution against ACT barrister Bernard Collaery, federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus is continuing to clean up the deplorable condition nine years’ worth of Coalition chief lawmakers left the nation’s legal affairs in. On the...
