Ever-Expanding COVID Rules are Making Criminals Out of Law-Abiding Citizens
Just so we’re all clear, a virus is an infectious agent that only replicates itself within the cells of living organisms. A virus is too small to be seen under a microscope. And it can’t be chased down, arrested, placed...
‘Health Authoritarianism’: NSW Health Confiscates Parcels Sent to Social Housing Residents
Residents in Mission Australia’s Common Ground Facility in Camperdown are having care parcels that they’ve been sent from families and friends opened, searched, and items confiscated. The residential tower was placed into lockdown earlier this month after four residents tested...
“A Stain on Our National Record Forever”: McBride on the Withdrawal from Afghanistan
The United States withdrew its remaining troops from its two decade-long war in Afghanistan on 30 August. This came just weeks before the twenty year anniversary of the 9/11 attack in New York, which was the pretext for western allies...
Social Housing Building in Hard Lockdown: An Interview With Common Ground Resident Action Group
At 8am on 2 September 2021, residents living at Camperdown’s Common Ground social housing estate woke to find themselves in hard lockdown. So, from that moment on, they were no longer permitted to leave their units due to COVID-19 concerns....
Police Officer Challenges Government’s Vaccination Policy
A New South Wales Police officer is taking legal action against the state Health Minister Brad Hazzard over the COVID-19 injection, which for many is for all intents and purposes mandatory if they wish to work and lead semi-normal lives....
Morrison’s Father’s Day Flight: Are We Really All In This Together?
‘We’re all in this together” - it’s a phrase often used by politicians to suggest that everyone is equally affected by the current restrictions on movement and travel, and that each of us has to make sacrifices for the greater...
Banksia Hill Class Action Seeks Justice for Harmed Youth Detainees
Despite having the second highest youth incarceration rate in the country, Western Australia only has one child correctional facility, which is the Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre located in the south Perth suburb of Canning Vale. So, some of the...
Jarryd Hayne Faces Civil Proceedings for Sexual Assault
Former NRL golden boy Jarryd Hayne was found guilty earlier this year of two counts of sexual intercourse without consent, also known as ‘sexual assault’ under the law, during a retrial which occurred after an initial jury was unable to...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 August to 5 September 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Intentionally or Recklessly Destroying or Damaging Property by Fire in NSW Police say the person who burnt down a COVID testing clinic...
The Offence of Possessing a Commercial Quantity of Unlawfully Imported Border Controlled Drug
Police arrested a 29-year old man on Thursday, 2 September 2021 at his home in Mt Colah in Sydney’s north, after raiding several properties including a storage facility in Hornsby. It has been alleged that the raids led to the...
