UK Extends Extradition Appeal, So US Can Challenge Assange’s Suicide Risk
Two Royal Court judges in London agreed last Wednesday to extend the grounds upon which the US government can appeal the decision of the Westminster Magistrates’ Court not to permit the US to extradite Australian journalist Julian Assange to face...
What is a Recognizance Release Order?
A former teacher at one of Sydney’s most elite private schools has been sentenced in court for sending sexual messages to a person he believed was a 13-year old girl. While 40-year Alexander Simpson didn’t know it at the time,...
Victoria’s Ongoing Heavy-Handed Cannabis Policing Is Harmful
The Victorian state government has created a “ring of steel” enforced and protected by police. Protection from COVID-19, you’re thinking? Well, yes, but there is another ring of steel operating in this state, which is preventing drug policy reform. Already...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 August 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Hillsong Pastor Brian Houston Charged With Concealing a Child Sexual Offence The leader of the worldwide megachurch has been charged with covering up a child...
COVID-19: NSW Premier Announces Harsher Rules and State-Wide Lockdown
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian has announced a snap lockdown of the entire state effective at 5pm today, and even tougher public health orders to enforce the restrictions. Despite the number of COVID cases continuing to rise, with 466...
In Defence of the Fifth Estate: Just Who Is Propagating Disinformation?
The term fake news was popularised by now defunct US president Donald Trump in the days after he took office in early 2017. The notorious billionaire used it to describe the way in which the press reported on him, while...
Federal Government and Fair Work Ombudsman Place the Vaccination Burden Onto Business
Thousands of tradies returned to work this week, under new rules that require them to be vaccinated for COVID-19. The reaction to the direction has been mixed, with some seeing it is a sensible move to stop the spread of...
In Response to the IPCC Report, Morrison Damns Us to Climate Hell
Released last Monday, the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is the most comprehensive study of its kind, and it’s also the most damning. Gone is the 2015 Paris Agreement target of keeping rising temperatures to below 1.5°C...
Last Chance to Halt Coalition’s Muzzling of Charities and Not-for-Profits
Drafted in February by the executive branch of the government, amendments to the laws governing charities were tabled before by houses of federal parliament on 3 August, and if a disallowance motion doesn’t strike them down, the changes will serve...
COVID-19: NSW Government Further Tightens the Noose
With the Delta variant of Covid-19 continuing its spread across Greater Sydney, the NSW State Government has decided to further tighten restrictions and increase the presence of police and the military on our streets. As if the current lockdown was...
