Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 April 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Parliament Proposes ID Checks to Open Social Media Accounts A recent inquiry into violence and bullying recommended a 100 point ID check to open social...
Coalition Prosecutes Those Who Expose Corruption, While the Real Criminals Walk Free
As the prosecutions of prominent whistleblowers are slowly proceeding through the courts in Canberra, a growing number of citizens are questioning why this nation’s authorities persecute and penalise those who expose corruption, while the real criminals are permitted to walk...
Can I Have My Criminal Charges Dismissed Due to Mental Health? Section 14 Orders in NSW
On 27 March 2021, new laws came into effect in New South Wales to deal with situations where persons suffering from mental health issues come into contact with the criminal justice system. Among other things, the new laws cover: Applications...
‘Litany of Errors’ Enabled Man to Kill His Children, Coroner Finds
‘Systemic failures’ by the NSW Police, the Family Court System and the Firearms Registry cost two teenagers their lives in 2018 – deaths that the NSW Coroner has found were entirely ‘preventable.’ Jack Edwards aged 15, and his sister Jennifer,...
Coroner’s Refusal of Inquest Into Child’s Death Is Motivated by Cannabis, Father Claims
Steve Peek had initially been reluctant to treat his daughter, Suli, with medicinal cannabis, in relation to the unidentified drug-resistant form of epilepsy she was suffering from, which caused constant seizures. Yet, as Suli continued to have adverse reactions to...
Latham’s Religious Freedoms Laws Entrench Discrimination: An Interview Greens MP Jenny Leong
A lot of people are scratching their heads this week over how it came to be that NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham’s Religious Freedoms and Equality Bill 2020 went through the parliamentary review process and came out the other...
Manslaughter of Mhelody Bruno Exposes Institutional Bias in Criminal Justice System
The outcome of the trial of Rian Toyer - the former Royal Australian Air Force officer guilty of the manslaughter of Mhelody Bruno - has raised warranted questions around systemic bias within the Australian criminal justice system and the privilege...
The Offence of Intentionally or Recklessly Destroying or Damaging Property in NSW
A 21 year old has been handed a community correction order and ordered to pay more than $40,000 after a boozy night he says he was too drunk to remember. During sentencing proceedings in Downing Centre Local Court, the Presiding...
Strip-Searched Teen Loses Bid to Have Her Case Heard in All-Female Courtroom
An Indigenous girl who was 15 years old when strip-searched by police has lost her bid to have her case heard in an all-female courtroom. The girl’s lawyers made an application in Wagga Wagga Children’s Court for men, including the...
Domestic Violence Workers Plead for Adequate Funding
Frontline and support workers are pleading for government to provide sufficient funding for domestic violence services, after reporting the ‘worst year on record’ for family violence. Around the globe, domestic violence cases spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns last year...
