Medevac Refugees Hunger Strike Over Slow Torture of Indefinite Detention
Fourteen Medevac refugees currently detained in the Melbourne Immigration Detention Accommodation (MITA) facility commenced a hunger strike on 17 June. Eleven are currently refusing to eat in the centre, while three are hospitalised. Over the eleven days of the action,...
Dutton Asserts China Is Now the Enemy, Not Islamic Terrorism
“It is the urgency that gets me,” Sky News journalist Andrew Bolt said to Peter Dutton, in relation to the way the defence minister has handled the portfolio since it was handed to him in late March. “There is no...
Passenger Charged with Murder After Police Officer Struck and Killed
The tragic death of a police officer who was struck by a car last weekend has triggered debate about whether a passenger in a car should be considered legally responsible for the conduct of the driver, and well as raised...
What Will Happen to My NSW Local Court Case During Lockdown?
The Chief Magistrate of New South Wales, Judge Graeme Henson AM, has issued Memorandum No. 19 COVID-19 which applies to the following Local Courts in Greater Sydney and regional NSW until at least 9 July 2021: Albion Park Bankstown Blacktown...
COVID Update: The Latest Public Health Order in New South Wales
Here we go again. Greater Sydney is in lockdown, there are new rules for regional areas, and plenty of New South Wales residents are prepared to inform on their neighbours as Covid-19 case numbers rise. It’s a situation that’s constantly...
What is ‘Reckless Indifference to Human Life’?
A Queensland mother who left her two babies sleeping in a car on a hot summer’s day has been committed to stand trial for murder. It is alleged Kerri-Ann Conley left her two young daughters, Darcey, aged two, and Chloe-Ann,...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 21 to 27 June 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Fear Gang War in Sydney Police are concerned the recent killing of Bilal Hamze will result in ‘tit for tat’ reprisals reminiscent of the...
High Court Finds that Indefinite Detention Is Lawful, to Government’s Delight
The majority of the High Court ruled on Wednesday that the indefinite detention of refugees, asylum seekers and long-term residents who are regarded as ‘unlawful non-citizens’ can lawfully be held in immigration detention for an indefinite period of time under...
George Floyd’s Killer Sentenced
45-year old Derek Chauvin was found guilty by a 12-member jury in April 2021 of second-and third-degree murder, as well as second-degree manslaughter, after kneeling on 46-year old George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. Mr Floyd repeatedly...
SA Liberals Conduct Purge of Pentecostals After the Infiltration of Party Ranks
The South Australian Liberal Party terminated the membership of 150 Pentecostal Christians a fortnight ago, while it has further asked 400 more recently signed up members to show cause as to why they shouldn’t be turfed out as well. The...
