Disparities in Berejiklian’s COVID Response Are Leaving Vulnerable Communities Unprotected
As the state of NSW focuses upon being released from the shackles of lockdown - with those sacred 70 and 80 percent adult vaccination rates as a means of doing so - significant parts of the community are being left...
Police Brutally Assault Anti-Lockdown Protester
In amongst all the footage of this week’s Melbourne protests, a horrific video has emerged of a police officer approaching a man from behind and violently throwing him head first to the ground at Flinders Station in the CBD –...
“We Should Be Outraged”: AWPR’s Dr Alison Broinowski on the AUKUS Pact
“G’day,” said the prime minister as he addressed the nation on 16 September. Scott Morrison then went on to reveal that he’s been busy committing us to a tripartite defence alliance - known as AUKUS - which includes the US...
Tradies Fight to Protect Their Livelihoods
For the third day in a row, construction workers in Melbourne have taken to the streets, resulting in violent clashes with police. The Tradies are protesting vaccination mandates and the temporary shutdown of their industry, as well as the loss...
Ditch Latham’s Anti-Trans Laws: An Interview With Equality’s Ghassan Kassisieh
Mark Latham seems to be having a very public and paranoid personal crisis about “the family unit”, as the leader of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party in NSW is concerned that “family life is under challenge” and the chief culprits...
The Far-Right Has Infiltrated the Anti-Lockdown Movement
Hundreds of protesters assembled at the Melbourne CBD headquarters of the CFMEU (the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy Union) on Tuesday morning, following violent clashes between protesters and riot police at the same location the day prior. Those gathered...
NSW Paramedic Launches Legal Challenge to COVID Vaccination Directive
A New South Wales paramedic suspended for refusing to have a COVID-19 vaccination has launched a legal challenge in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. John Larter has been outspoken about his stance against the NSW Government directive that...
Religious Discrimination Laws to be Passed in New South Wales
NSW attorney general Mark Speakman announced earlier this month that the Berejiklian government will be introducing legislation to amend the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW), so that religion will be an attribute protected against discriminatory behaviour. “NSW is a proudly multicultural...
Christian Porter Resigns, But Questions Remain
Under pressure to reveal the names of those who paid his legal fees, the nation’s former chief law officer Christian Porter has chosen to resign from Federal Cabinet, effective yesterday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison ordered an investigation into the ‘blind...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 September 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Can I Be Refused Entry to a Premises if I am Unvaccinated? The NSW government says unvaccinated people will be prohibited from entering certain shops,...
