What Does ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’ Mean in the Criminal Law?
When you are charged with an offence by the police, they are required to be able to prove that charge “beyond reasonable doubt”. Under the common law tradition, it is not the responsibility of the accused person to prove his...
Victorian Government Charged Over Hotel Quarantine Safety Breaches
Victoria’s workplace safety watchdog has charged the State Government with 58 breaches over its hotel quarantine fiasco last year, and the Department of Health now faces fines of up to $1.64 million dollars. The charges relate to the state government’s...
“Jesus Used It Back in the Day”: An Interview With Legalise Cannabis/HEMP’s Michael Balderstone
The HEMP Party has decided to change its name to Legalise Cannabis Australia for the upcoming federal election. Established back in 1993, HEMP or Help End Marijuana Prohibition has been keeping the issue of cannabis legalisation on the political agenda...
Women Under Reimposed Taliban Rule: An Interview With DANA’s Barat Ali Batoor
Two hundred and twenty women judges in Afghanistan have gone into hiding, the BBC reports. After being charged with maintaining the rule of law in their country, these judicial officers fear for their lives, with those they may have sent...
COVID Prisoners Defence Class Action: An Interview With Justice Action’s Brett Collins
As the state of NSW focuses on opening up from the COVID lockdown and living with the virus, prisoners in this state’s correctional facilities are already having to do that, but a stark difference from the outside is most remain...
Queensland Premier Referred to Human Rights Commissioner
Queensland Premier Anna Palaszczuk has come under plenty of fire from Australians over the past 18 months or so, as a result of her snap border closures as well as the ‘double-standard’ applied to granting exemptions for entering Queensland, with...
Australian Government Establishes “Enduring Form” of Offshore Detention on Nauru
Home affairs minister Karen Andrews and Nauruan president Lionel Rouwen Aingimea released a joint statement last Friday, outlining that Australia and the South Pacific island nation have signed a memorandum of understanding “to establish an enduring regional processing capability in...
The Quad, AUKUS, and Australia as the US Deputy Patrolling the Indo-Pacific
Exercising the powers to go to war - and all the regalia that comes with it - is something heads of state dream of. And that being the case, our head of state, prime minister Scott Morrison, must be in...
Unvaccinated People Will Face Prison for Entering Venues, NSW Government Warns
The New South Wales Government has threatened ‘gaol time’ for unvaccinated people who attempt to enter venues in breach of forthcoming public health orders, which will limit entry to vaccinated persons only. The warning comes somewhat ironically on the back...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 September 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Christian Porter Resigns, But Questions Remain The former chief law officer’s decision to resign follows pressure to reveal who paid his legal fees. Click here...
