US and UK Continue to Torture Assange, as Morrison Complaisantly Looks On
Lawyer acting for Washington in the appeal against the decision not to extradite Julian Assange to the US James Lewis this week provided the UK High Court with a written “package of assurances” relating to the Australian journalist’s welfare if...
Vaccination Discrimination: Medically Exempted Waiter Shut Out of Hospitality Industry
Over the weekend, the published story of a Melbourne waiter shut out of the hospitality industry despite having a valid exemption for the Covid-19 vaccine has highlighted the serious issues created by mandated vaccinations. After having a meningococcal immunisation some...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 to 31 October 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Jury Trials and Defended Hearings Set to Resume in Greater Sydney Jury trials and defended hearings are set to recommence, with a number restrictions in...
Gladys Grilled Over Gun Club Grant
Telephone intercepts between former New South Wale Premier Gladys Berejiklian and her former partner, disgraced state MP Daryl Maguire have proved to be critical to the ICAC hearing over whether Ms Berejiklian engaged in misconduct by improperly intervening to approve...
Police Continue to Use Consorting Laws to Target the Most Vulnerable, Watchdog Finds
If a NSW police officer officially warns a civilian over the age of 14 to stop communicating with at least two convicted criminals, and the individual continues to interact with at least two of the cited past offenders on at...
Deputy President Will No Longer Hear Claims Regarding Vaccine Mandates
The Fair Work Commission’s Deputy President, Lyndall Dean, who expressed her views against vaccine mandates in a published judgement last month, has been banned from hearing vaccine-related cases and excluded from the Commission’s full bench until “she completes professional conduct...
Settler Colonial Justice: Constable Acquitted of Yamatji Woman JC’s Custodial Killing
Nothing protected Yamatji woman JC from a bullet fired by one of eight police officers who had surrounded the 29-year-old on a suburban street in the WA town of Geraldton on 7 September 2019, but the full force of the...
Protesting Perrottet’s Prejudice: An Interview With CARR’s April
The coming of ultraconservative Dominic Perrottet does not bode well for the progressive and diverse community of the nation’s “premier state”. Indeed, it tends towards the reactionary 1950s vision of a lost Australia that prime minister Scott Morrison conveys. Both...
NSW Police Officer Sent to Prison for Lying in Court
A New South Wales Police Officer has been sentenced to imprisonment for unlawfully arresting a woman and lying about the details of her arrest. Senior Constable Mark Follington was sentenced to a minimum jail term of 18 months. He violently...
Victoria Police Settles Brutality Case for $11.75 Million
Victoria Police has agreed to settle a case of brutality for $11.75 million - an amount which will be paid from public funds. In 2017, Chris Karadaglis was at home, alone, listening to music when police knocked on his front...
