Ministers are Increasingly Ruling by Decree, Without Parliamentary Oversight
Executive branches of government are increasingly relying upon a form of lawmaking that bypasses any input from parliament, as well as avoiding its veto powers. Known as delegated legislation, this process involves a series of instruments known as regulations, rules...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Larceny in New South Wales
Two men have appeared in the Adelaide Magistrate’s Court charged with the theft of a Big Bird costume worth $160,000. The men have been accused of stealing the costume from the Sesame Street Circus Spectacular earlier this year. The bird...
Couple Charged with Assault After Altercation Over QR Code Check-In
A couple has been charged with assault and affray after they allegedly attacked a restaurant owner and a customer when they refused to use the QR check-in code at a restaurant in Forster on the mid-New South Wales Coast. The...
A Growing Culture of Secrecy: Dr Keiran Hardy on Australia’s Terror Law Regime
The forcible arrest of Friendlyjordies producer Kristo Langker by the terrorism-related NSW Police Fixated Persons Investigations Unit at the behest of deputy premier John Barilaro over a couple of public pranks on the part of the online political satirist is...
Preventing Animal Cruelty in Law: An Interview With Animal Justice Party MLC Emma Hurst
Two weeks ago, some much overdue amendments were made to NSW animal cruelty laws that reflect the serious nature of these crimes. The new measures also reveal that our society has progressed to a point where it’s better recognising the...
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...
