“A Crime Against Humanity”: Independent MP Andrew Wilkie on Ending Mandatory Detention
The staggered release of the Medevac refugees from long-term detention in hotels scattered across the nation, which began in December 2020 and came to a close right before this year’s election, brought a lengthy campaign to see them out and living in...
Australia Has a Nasty Habit of Incarcerating Children It Doesn’t Want to Kick
The Queensland Labor government, along with the opposition Liberal National Party, One Nation MPs and those from Katter’s Australian Party, all voted against preventing children aged 10 to 13 from being imprisoned, as well as releasing those already inside. Voted...
Court Orders Sydney Casino to Pay Disabled Man’s Jackpot
The District Court of New South Wales has ordered The Star to pay a disabled man’s $285,000 poker machine jackpot plus interest and legal costs after the controversial casino refused to do so in 2019 on the basis that an...
Wikipedia Is Influencing Judicial Decisions, Study Finds
Individuals awaiting trial after being charged with a serious indictable offence are usually under a lot of stress, which would only be compounded if they thought the judge presiding over their case was regularly consulting Wikipedia as a source of authority....
Morrison’s Secret Concentration of Power Highlights Flaw in Our Democracy
Although it may not be strictly against the law, it is unsettling to many that former Prime Minister Scott Morrison instructed Governor-General David Hurley (pictured to the right) to appoint him to five ministries, including the powerful positions of Treasury...
NSW Police Claim Ignorance of the Law, As They Continue to Illegally Strip-Search Kids
More than 4,000 strip searches were carried out in New South Wales between July 2020 and May 2022 - 100 of them on children and young people. The alarming figures include more than 100 days of lockdown during the Covid...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 15 to 21 August 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Displaying a Nazi Symbol by a Public Act Without Reasonable Excuse The NSW government has criminalised the public display of Nazi symbols,...
NSW Premier Vows to End Bullying and Harassment in State Parliament
New South Wales Premiser Dominic Perrottet has vowed to put an end to the vitriol and toxicity in State Parliament, issuing a directive to ministers this week to cease inappropriate behaviours towards their colleagues, or face severe consequences including the...
Morrison’s Ministerial Deceits Exemplify a Democracy in Crisis
The revelations that Scott Morrison was moonlighting as a shadow minister holding five extra portfolios other than his own, have not only laid bare the extent to which authoritarian tendencies have crept into government, but they also indicate that recent...
Calls for PM to Keep Promise Regarding War Powers Reform
With a bill calling for change on how our nation enters an overseas conflict back on the Senate agenda for debate, Australians for War Powers Reform (AWPR) are calling on the Albanese government to follow through on its preelection promise to...
