What is the Suitors’ Fund in New South Wales?
Being accused of a criminal offence can be a life-changing experience, one that can lead to reputational and career loss, great stress and anxiety, and in cases where the defence team is privately funded, enormous financial loss. On top of...
The Death of Protest in NSW: An Interview With Greens MLC Abigail Boyd
The June 2020 Sydney Black Lives Matter protest rocked the city to its foundations. As it had a focus on NSW police brutality towards First Nations peoples, then police commissioner Mick Fuller tried to have it prohibited citing COVID grounds. And the...
Auditor-General Slams NSW Police Force Over Domestic Violence Failures
The New South Wales Police Force has a significant job ahead of it to manage increasing rates of domestic violence offences. Two reports released in recent days show point to a number of specific failings that need to be addressed....
Thorpe Delivers Bill to Establish Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Law
Adopted on 13 September 2007, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) is a comprehensive document that sets out the universal rights of First Peoples globally, including their rights to self-determination and to free, prior and informed...
The Prime Minister is Not Fit for Purpose, According to Liberal Senator
Just days after a scathing address to the senate in which outgoing Liberal Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells labelled Scott Morrison, a ‘ruthless… autocrat’ with ‘no moral compass’, NSW upper house member Catherine Cusack has asserted that The Prime Minister excluded Ballina,...
Is Anyone Really Surprised That Morrison Used Racism for Political Gain?
Accounts emerged in the press over the weekend that current PM Scott Morrison used the ethnicity of his opponent in the 2007 Cook preselection, as well as citing the rumour that he was a Muslim, as fuel to tip the...
Will the Death of Hannah Clarke and Her Children Bring Real Change?
Last week, the Coronial Inquest into the death of Hannah Clarke and her three children - who burned to death after her estranged husband set the family car alight before killing himself was finalised after 9 days of hearings in...
Married At First Sight Nude Photo Sharing Scandal: Was a Crime Committed?
For some, nothing makes for better reality TV than a bitter dispute between contestants. But in the current series of Married At First Sight, a long-standing argument between two participants could potentially land them on the wrong side of the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 28 March to 3 April 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The New South Wales Laws Which Regulate and Criminalise Protests Successive governments have systematically passed laws making it increasingly difficult for citizens to protest without...
NSW Government Effectively Bans Climate Protests, Under Threat of Imprisonment
Despite Matt Keen saying the odd environmentally friendly statement, the NSW Liberal Nationals government is a well-oiled machine designed to facilitate the wants of the fossil fuel industry and shield it from a rising number of constituents who oppose its...
