Driver Who Filmed Dying Police Officer Sentenced in Court
The man who filmed a police officer while she lay dying on the road after being hit by a truck could walk free from prison in the coming days, after receiving a backdated sentence of 10 months in prison. The...
“The Beginning of the End of Drug Prohibition”: An Interview With Drug Policy Australia’s Greg Chipp
Pill testing has been implemented in certain European nations since the early 1990s. This harm reduction strategy developed out of the burgeoning rave culture alongside the emergence of new forms of electronic music and a taste for party drugs. Thirty...
Family Court Judges to be Trained About the Malicious Use of False Accusations
New training for Family Court and Federal Circuit Court judges will include information about victims of domestic and family violence whose stories are often not heard: partners who have been falsely accused. Domestic violence is a serious issue in Australia...
Is it Legal to Ride a Power-Assisted Bicycle in New South Wales?
On 22 January 2021, the Australian Government updated the requirements for permitted e-bikes. There are only two types of eBikes permitted on roads and road-related areas, which are power-assisted cycles whereby the motor is activated by a throttle, and power-assisted...
Is it Legal to Ride an eScooter in New South Wales?
The New South Wales government has abandoned its plan for an electric scooter trial in Sydney, despite the move across Australia towards legalising them. As a result, it continues to be illegal to ride eScooters on roads and road-related areas...
Protesting Latham’s Trans Prejudice in Parliament: An Interview With CARR’s April
“How dare you sit there and try to see the rolling back of our rights… trying to attack the most vulnerable people in our society, transgender young people, who have already got it tough enough,” April called out to NSW...
Family Court Judges to Receive Domestic Violence Training
A new initiative is being implemented into the Family Court of Australia and Federal Circuit Court of Australia, aimed at helping to address the issue of domestic and family violence across the nation. The Courts have recently engaged the Safe...
Morrison Distinguishes Himself as the Globe’s Chief Climate Outcast
MIT Professor Noam Chomsky suggested to Sydney Criminal Lawyers in March last year that Scott Morrison was, at that stage, one of the globe’s top three climate criminals. Just last week, however, the Hawaii 5-0 prime minister skyrocketed himself to this...
The Offence of Contravening a Human Biosecurity Emergency Requirement or Direction
Since COVID-19 landed on our shores in early 2020, a range of orders and determinations have been issued by state, territory and federal governments which regulate Australian residents, ostensibly to limit the spread of the virus. In New South Wales,...
Whispering Wall Deaths Suspected to be Murder / Suicide
Media reports have emerged recently about the tragic incident at the popular tourist spot Whispering Wall in the Barossa Valley, where a man and a baby died. Witnesses, including children, watched them fall, and at first it seemed like a...
