Morrison Created the Immigration Minister’s “God-Like Powers” When He Held Office
The deportation of the world’s number one tennis player, Novak Djokovic, on the spurious ground that he had the potential to provoke antivaxx sentiment, rather than any stated mission to do so, was political theatre par excellence, as the PM,...
The Djokovic Saga: Another Example of Australian Authoritarianism at Work
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll be well aware that Novak Djokovic lost his fight to stay in Australia and compete in the Australian Open, and has now left the country. Initial application Mr Djokovic’s initial application before...
Religious Schools Retain Right to Sack LGBTQ Teachers and Expel Students, For Now
The Attorney General Department’s submission to two parliamentary reviews of the Religious Discrimination Bill 2021 (the RD Bill) confirms that the legislation does not have any effect upon religious exemptions currently contained in federal law. Section 38 of the Sex Discrimination Act...
Rapid Antigen Tests: Unavailable or Overpriced
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is investigating reports of ‘outrageous’ prices being charged for Rapid-Antigen Tests. Concerningly, the consumer watchdog says it has received as many as 150 reports a day from consumers about excessive pricing of the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 January 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Morrison’s Crusade to Re-Christianise the Nation Via Religious Liberties The PM’s push to legalise discrimination against non-believers may be seen as part of a broader...
Hillsong Church Gets Off ‘Scott’ Free
The New South Wales Police Force has spent the best part of the past two years handing out fines and even arresting and prosecuting ordinary working Australians for failing to comply with public health orders, but in the past week,...
The Coalition Attacks the Public Health by Cover of COVID Authoritarianism
When the NSW premier wants to remove COVID measures designed to preserve the public health, such as masks requirements, it’s all about “personal responsibility”. But, when it comes to reporting results from non-existent rapid antigen tests, suddenly Dominic Perrottet doesn’t...
The Djokovic Saga: A Convenient Distraction for the Government
Immigration Minister Alex Hawke has exercised his ministerial powers to revoke Novak Djokovic’s visa, meaning the world’s best tennis player could be deported and miss the Australian Open if his latest legal challenged, scheduled for hearing in the Federal Court...
New COVID Rules for the District Court of New South Wales
The District Court of New South Wales has published its latest memorandum which outlines the new rules effective from 12 January 2021, which aim to limit the transmission of COVID-19. Jury Trials While jury trials have recommenced in the District...
Djokovic Detained With Refugees and Visa Revoked to Make Tough Border Statement
The Novak Djokovic saga raises a lot of questions. The initial one being, would the Morrison government have locked up the world number one tennis champion if he’d been a citizen from a predominantly white English-speaking country? Then there’s, why,...
