King Charles III: Why Is This Man the Australian Head of State?
Australian governor general David Hurley proclaimed Charles Philip Arthur George, or King Charles III, the nation’s head of state at Parliament House in Canberra on Sunday. Steeped in the pomp and ceremony of an empire now thoroughly decayed, the proceedings...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 September 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sentence Quashed After Lawyer Enters Guilty Pleas on Behalf of Client Without Instructions The appeal court quashed the defendant’s pleas of guilty after finding his...
What is a Queen’s Counsel, King’s Counsel and Senior Counsel in Australia?
With the passing of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of King Charles III to the throne, some of Australia’s most esteemed barristers - formerly referred to as Queen’s Counsel (QCs) - will now be called King’s Counsel (KCs). KCs...
Muay Thai: The Combat Sport Drawing Foreign Competitors to Thailand
It was standing room only at the Phetch Buncha Muay Thai Stadium in Thailand’s Samui last Wednesday night, and the theme to 1976’s Rocky and Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger rang out on constant repeat as the crowd waited for...
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...
