State-Captured Albanese Ends the Climate Wars With Gas Expansion
The Albanese government successfully saw its Climate Change Bill 2022, the fabled piece of legislation to “end the climate wars”, passed through the upper house on Thursday, meaning the nation has legislated for a 43 percent emissions reduction on 2005 levels...
F#*k the Greenslide: Albanese Gets into Bed with Dutton on National Security
The twilights years of the Abbott/Turnbull/Morrison government were marked by the realisation that the framework of national security and terrorism laws passed over the last decades had become so broad that the much-warned-of implications for regular civilians were starting to...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Dangerous Driving Occasioning Death in NSW
A teenager has been charged with five counts of dangerous driving occasioning death after five young people died in a horrific one car accident in Buxton in Sydney’s south-west on 6th September 2022.. All of the deceased were close friends...
Australian Police Continue to Raid Cannabis Farmers… Meanwhile in Thailand
Strike Force Mactier raided a Peats Ridge property on 26 August, seizing 50 kilograms worth of cannabis head and 2,137 plants from four greenhouses. NSW police officers arrested three men in relation to the setup, charging them with large commercial cultivation and...
Five Years in Indonesian Immigration Limbo: An Interview With Hazara Refugee Karima Hakimi
Hazara woman Karima Hakimi, her husband, her four children and her elderly mother have all been stuck in the Indonesia immigration detention system on the island of Java since August 2017, with the succeeding years being lived in a state of...
Surveillance State Subsumes Sydney School
A Sydney high school has embraced the ever-expanding surveillance state, requiring students to scan their fingerprints if they wish to use the toilet. Moorebank High School in south-west Sydney has seen fit to install touch pads at the entrance to...
What Are the Penalties for Choking Another Person Without Consent?
A British man who violently assaulted a woman after meeting her on the popular dating app, Tinder, has been sent to prison. An English court heard that 32-year old Benjamin Flatters attended his female victim’s home on 23 June 2022,...
An Australian Republic: Morrison Scandal Marks Death Knell of British Crown
Governor general David Hurley stood by as then prime minister Scott Morrison made a powerplay to obtain the keys to five additional government departments. Holding ultimate power, Hurley, the Queen’s representative down under, either did this with the understanding that...
Adani v Dad: Mining Giant Continues Supreme Court Case Against Brisbane Father
Galilee Blockade activist Ben Pennings is currently being dragged through the Queensland Supreme Court by the world’s fourth richest individual, Gautam Adani, as the Indian mining magnate seeks $17 million in damages over campaigning against his Carmichael coal mine. As part...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 August to 4 September 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Law, Defences and Penalties for Dealing in the Proceeds of Crime The AFP seized $5m in classic cars, gold bullion and cash which they...
