Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 December 2021 to 2 January 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Court Dismisses Man’s Appeal to be Released After Serving His Sentence The man wrote, “To the Minister, You are in TREASON, you will be hung...
Morrison’s Divisive Leadership Is Corroding the Nation
Under three years of Scott Morrison’s leadership, Australia has fractured. The Liberal leader’s prioritisation of the needs of corporations over the people and his persistent avoidance of key issues - whether in presence or in rhetoric - has far broadened...
Sydney Festival Boycott Grows Due to Sponsorship from Apartheid Israel
The ever-growing boycott of the coming Sydney Festival over its partnering with the Israeli embassy in Canberra, is hardly surprising given the more than 70 years of oppression Palestinians have faced, which this year saw yet another escalation in unbridled...
The Light at the End of the Failed Drug War Is Growing Brighter
The 17th of June this year marked the 50th anniversary of the war on drugs. Launched by then US president Richard Nixon in 1971, the drug war led to the enhancement of law enforcement approaches to prohibition, and a heightened...
Forging Social Justice in “Dickensian” Australia: Independent Gerry Georgatos Runs for Senate
Social justice is something that the Morrison government hasn’t had time for since it tripped into power in August 2018. Indeed, for neoliberals, like the prime minister, ensuring equality for all is anathema to their creed. This can be seen...
Giving Voice to Migrants and Refugees: An Interview With IMA’s Professor Bruno Di Biase
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic saw the entire nation of Australia go into lockdown. However, when 500 Victoria police officers were deployed to enforce a hard lockdown at nine public housing towers in North Melbourne and Flemington, it was...
Six Years on, Still No Justice for David Dungay Jnr, Says Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The footage of five Long Bay prison guards holding David Dungay Jnr facedown in the prone position on a bed, as he screams out that he can’t breathe multiple times, is not only hard to watch, but it begs why it...
Doctors Implore Joyce to Back His Words and See Assange Released
The UK High Court determined on 10 December that Julian Assange could be extradited to the United States to face multiple espionage charges carrying up to 175 years imprisonment. This is even with the Australian journalist having suffered a ministroke during...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 December 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Government Backflips on Speed Camera Warning Signs Speed camera warning signs are set to be reintroduced after a public backlash against their removal. Click...
The Doctrine of Discovery: The Church Legalised the European Colonial Project
UK Captain James Cook arrived on the east coast of the continent these days referred to as Australia in August 1770, and he claimed the island in the name of King George III, on the basis that it was terra nullius: “that...
