The ACT Government Has Greenlighted Drug Decriminalisation
The ACT is about to decriminalise the personal possession and use of illicit substances. So, while drug supply will remain a serious crime, the capital will no longer criminally charge people for using certain drugs, in a move akin to...
Albanese Won’t Lift the Unemployed Above the Line, Says Antipoverty Centre’s Jay Coonan
On rising to the top ministerial role in the country, Anthony Albanese has shone a light on the fact that he’s managed to achieve this height whilst growing up as the “son of a single mum who was a disability...
Home Affairs Minister’s ‘God-Like Powers’ are Unconstitutional, High Court Rules
The highest court in the land has found that powers drafted by then immigration minister Peter Dutton in 2015 and amended in 2020 which give the minister power to revoke a person’s Australian citizenship are unconstitutional as they breach the...
“Cautiously Optimistic”: NSW Council for Civil Liberties Josh Pallas on Albanese
NSW Council for Civil Liberties president Josh Pallas wrote last week that his organisation welcomes the end of the Morrison government, while it’s “cautiously optimistic” about the coming of Albanese and the changes it could bring. This guarded optimism seems to...
Critical Incident Investigation to be Launched into Pepper Spray Death
A critical incident investigation has been launched by the NSW Police Force after the death of a man who was pepper sprayed during his arrest on Sydney’s M5 motorway. Police were pursuing the man after reports that he...
The Law, Penalties and Defences for Possessing a Commercial Quantity of Unlawfully Imported Border Controlled Drug
A Sydney man arrested and charged with possessing a commercial quantity of unlawfully imported border controlled drugs has been released on a $1 million security for bail. Police allege that Wade Habkouk, who is the CEO and director of a...
The Offence of Subornation of Perjury in New South Wales
The defamation trial between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp may be over, but Australian authorities are still investigating Ms Heard over allegations she lied under oath during her criminal prosecution in Queensland in 2016. Illegal importation of dogs In 2015, the...
Albanese “Is Not a Prohibitionist at Heart”: PM’s Political Roots Include Drug Law Reform
“The speech made by Anthony Albanese in parliament on 22 March 1999 makes it clear that Australia’s new prime minister is not a prohibitionist at heart,” said Harm Reduction Australia ambassador Dr Alex Wodak. The doctor pointed Sydney Criminal Lawyers in the direction...
In the Final Hours of the Assange Extradition, Doctors Call on UK Home Secretary to See Reason
The final decision on whether to extradite Australian journalist Julian Assange to the United States is currently before UK secretary of state for the Home Department Priti Patel. The conservative MP is expected to make her determination in the coming...
What are the Defences to Defamation in New South Wales?
Australia has historically been described as ‘the defamation capital of the world’ due to the ease by which claims can be brought and the difficulty that defendants face in overcoming them, as well as the fact that ‘third party publishers’ such as Google,...
