Opposition to Santos Gas in the Pilliga Is the Largest Ever Seen, Say Gomeroi Women
The Gomeroi people voted overwhelmingly against Santos’ proposed Narrabri gas project at a meeting in Tamworth on 25 March. The Australian fossil fuel company has been negotiating with the Gomeroi Nation going back a decade, and this rejection was to an...
Good Luck if Government Thinks It’s Shutting Down Climate Action, Says Father of Gaoled Activist
Blockade Australia activists Max Curmi and Tim Neville have just served three weeks in Parklea Prison, not because they’ve been convicted of a crime but as they were refused bail, despite being nonviolent climate defenders posing no real harm to...
Family Demands Inquest, After Hospital Sends Kamilaroi Dunghutti Man Home to Die
Ricky “Dougie” Hampson Junior presented to Dubbo Hospital last August, with severe stomach pain, which was accompanied by a popping and tearing sensation, while his heart was racing at a rate of 130 beats per minute. Two perforated ulcers, which...
Government’s Disaster Payments Labelled ‘An Insult’
With large parcels of Sydney, the Hunter Valley and surrounding areas under water during the past few weeks, devastated by flood for the second time in several months, the Albanese Government has responded by offering a $1,000 emergency payment for...
Man Acquitted of Police Killings After 22 Years Behind Bars
A man who was convicted of killing two police officers has been acquitted after spending 22 years behind bars. Jason Roberts was just 17 years old when Victorian police officers Gary Silk and Rodney Miller were murdered at Moorabbin, 15...
If Assange Is Sent to the US, He Will Die, Pilger Says, as Australia Continues to Collude
“I don’t think there is any doubt in my mind, as there is no doubt in the minds of his loved ones, that if Julian goes to the United States, and is effectively dropped in a penal hellhole, that will...
Government Scraps Paid Pandemic Leave
Covid-19 case numbers are still peaking across the country and it is still against the law for anyone who tests positive to the virus not to self-isolate. Despite this the Federal Government is scrapping paid pandemic leave. A $750 payment...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 July 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Minimising the Risk of Unfair Prejudice in Jury Trials Courts have a range of ways to reduce the risk of unfair prejudice arising from misleading...
Tennis Star Accused of Domestic Violence
Australian Tennis player Nick Kyrgios has been accused of domestic violence by his former girlfriend. Mr Kyrgios is due to appear in court in the ACT Magistrates’ Court next month, facing charges of assault that relate to an alleged incident...
NSW Government to Expand Power to Seize Unexplained Wealth
Acting NSW police commissioner David Hudson flagged the scenario of his officers pulling up a young person driving a luxury sports car and questioning them as to how they came to be behind the wheel of such an expensive vehicle,...
