Police Accused of Revenue Raising Over Mobile Phone Fines
In a year when we all need compassion more than anything else, police around Australia have shown very little of it. No one is suggesting they haven’t had a challenging time enforcing ever-changing pandemic-related health regulations, but New South Wales...
The NSW Offence of Carrying a Knife or Blade in a Public Place or School
Police have reported having arrested 140 people on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 December 2020 and charged them with various criminal offences, as part of a police blitz on Sydney streets labelled ‘Operation Saber IV’. It’s the fourth time a...
Morrison and the Prosperity Gospel: License to Torture Refugees and Damn the Poor
During his 2008 maiden speech in parliament, our PM Scott Morrison repeatedly referenced his Christian faith, even going as far as to invoke Jeremiah chapter 9:24: “I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on Earth for I...
Police Seek to Justify Their Latest Fatal Shooting
The Ethical Standards Command and the Crime and Corruption Commission is investigating the shooting of a young man by Queensland Police. Twenty-two-year old Raghe Mohamed Abdi was walking along the Logan motorway, last Thursday morning. Police had been called to...
The Increasing Militarisation of the NSW Police Force
Most of us have noticed it, the ever-increasing beefing up of NSW police. There’s the fortified appearance, the enhanced weaponry and the broadening of powers to the point that those on the beat look more like members of an occupying...
What Happens if a Jury Cannot Reach a Unanimous Verdict in NSW?
A jury of 11 will recommence deliberations in Downing Centre District Court today, after returning not guilty verdicts for five out of 26 criminal charges during deliberations after the trial of former Sydney swimming coach Kyle Daniels. Mr Daniels pleaded...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 14 to 20 December 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: No More Drug War Demands Sydney, as Berejiklian Drags Her Feet on Solutions Yesterday’s rally demanded that the NSW state government discontinue its futile and...
Identify and Disrupt: Dutton to Further Extend Surveillance State Reach
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton and department secretary Mike Pezzullo have again been tinkering away at the legislative framework governing the nation’s internal security apparatus to produce yet more legislation containing laws designed to further empower police and intelligence. Introduced...
Just Another Day in the Colony: State Violence Towards First Nations Continues
Just released by the ABC, March 2018 CCTV footage showing NT police assaulting and abusing young First Nations boys in the Alice Springs lockup is not only sickening, but it’s yet more proof that while many consider the colonial project...
So, This Is Xmas: Refugee Rights Rally at the PM’s Horizon Church
The Biloela family - Nades, Priya, and their daughters: 5-year-old Kopika and 3-year-old Tharunicaa - are about to spend their third Christmas locked up in immigration detention. And this is despite them having lived amongst the community in central Queensland...
