Bail and Remand Are Being Weaponised to Stamp Out Climate Activism
“Police are weaponising the legal system to disable climate activists” is the charge Blockade Australia levelled against NSW law enforcement in an online post last month, following a recent blitz on its activities. “Peaceful protesters are receiving bail conditions more punitive than those...
Consumer Watchdog to Investigate Claims of Anti-Competitive Conduct by Energy Companies
Australian residences are falling below the World Health Organisation’s safe temperature guidelines with a new survey suggesting that many homes aren’t reaching the recommended 18C degrees in winter, for about 70 percent of the time. The survey results have been...
Chomsky Issues Dire Warning that Time is Running Out
“We are at a unique moment in human history,” Professor Noam Chomsky told the American Solar Energy Society 2022 conference on 21 June. “Decisions that must be made right now will determine the course of future history, if there is to...
NSW Supreme Court Challenge Could Invalidate Thousands of COVID Fines
A Supreme Court challenge to the validity of penalty notices issued for alleged contraventions of COVID-19 rules has the potential to invalidate thousands of fines. 30-year old Rohan Pank and two other plaintiffs commenced civil proceedings in the Supreme Court...
What is an Extended Supervision Order in New South Wales?
The Supreme Court of New South Wales ruled last week that a ‘high-risk’ convicted child sex offender can return to the region where he broke into a home and sexually assaulted a four-year old girl. Residents of Grafton in Northern...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 July 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Government Scraps Paid Pandemic Leave Despite Covid cases peaking across the country, the federal government has done away with paid leave for those who self-isolate....
The Trans-Tasman PM Meeting Resulted in No 501 Deportation Regime Reforms
An 8th July joint communique by Australian PM Anthony Albanese and NZ counterpart Jacinda Ardern released following the Australia New Zealand Leaders’ meeting in Sydney makes no mention of the key gripe between nations, which is Australia’s deporting people to...
The Historical Offence of Carnal Knowledge in New South Wales
Former rugby player Chris Dawson who is currently facing a judge alone trial for the murder of his ex-wife Lynette Dawson, has had his trial for carnal knowledge delayed by a further nine months. Mr Dawson was charged in 2019...
Albanese Goads Greens on Climate, Yet the Party Is Offering the People’s Targets
Prime minister Anthony Albanese claimed on Tuesday that the actions of the Greens “led to a decade of inaction and delay and denial” on climate, while that party, now holding balance of power in the Senate, is prioritising the targets needed...
The Crackdown on Climate Defenders Will Result in an Escalation in Tactics
The Perrottet government jamming through the most draconian protests laws in the nation over a 48 hour period in March, reveals that the “climate wars” that the new prime minister promised to end on taking office two months later, have only...
