Heartless Government’s Automated System Threatens to Stop Pension Payments
Hundreds of pensioners have been left anxious and stressed over the holiday period after receiving letters from Centrelink which threatening to take away their pension payments. A Centrelink office in Northern New South Wales has confirmed being contacted by several...
War Resumes in Occupied Western Sahara: An Interview With Polisario’s Kamal Fadel
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) president and Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali ended the 1991 ceasefire agreement between his Sahrawi independence forces and the Moroccan army, which has occupied most of Western Sahara since 1975. Ghali brought the 29-year-long truce...
Truth-Telling: Activist Stephen Langford on Facing Time Over Craft Gluing a Colonial Statue
The Black Lives Matter-Stop Black Deaths in Custody movement erupted in Sydney last June. Despite COVID lockdown restrictions only just being lifted, thousands took to the streets, as they challenged the tired and wearying official narrative around the British takeover of...
Court Reveals Identity of Lawyer Charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault
It may be common knowledge in the legal profession, but the name of a Sydney criminal defence lawyer charged with aggravated sexual assault has now been made public, after the lawyer’s appeal against the Local Court’s refusal to grant a...
The Offence of Conspiracy to Defraud the Commonwealth
It’s a trial with all the hallmarks of a great blockbuster movie. Two siblings, Adam and Lauren Cranston, whose father is the former deputy commissioner of the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), along with lawyer Dev Menon and referrer Jay Onley,...
Season’s Greetings: Australia Continues its Inhumane Treatment of Refugees
When Australian Border Force officials called the former offshore refugee detainees - who’d been locked up in Melbourne’s Mantra Hotel for over a year - to a 14 December meeting, the 60-odd men were well aware that five other Medevac...
As the Climate Crisis Accelerates, Morrison Shrugs Off a Future for Short-Term Profit
Due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, the regular UN climate conference - COP26 - was postponed. But rather than simply forget about the ever-intensifying impacts of the climate crisis, the UK, France and the United Nations teamed up to run...
NSW Police Fatally Shoot Young Man in Sydney
The family of a young apprentice tradesman from Sydney who was shot dead by police just days before Christmas is calling for a Royal Commission into his death. 20-year old Bradley Balzan was walking to the shops at St Marys...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 21 to 27 December 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What Happens if a Jury Cannot Reach a Unanimous Verdict in NSW? The jury in the trial of former Sydney swimming instructor Kyle Daniels remains...
New Year’s Eve During COVID-19: Restrictions on Gatherings and Movements
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has confirmed that New Year’s Eve fireworks will go ahead this year, but is discouraging attending them amidst concerns about the spread of COVID-19. In fact, a New Year’s Eve pass is required to enter the...
