NSW Police Officer Criticises the Use of Excessive Force Against Protesters
In a widely-distributed open letter to NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller, a senior member of the NSW Police Force Public Order and Riot Squad has drawn attention to a situation that’s seen “excessive force” being deployed by state police with...
The Offence of Murder in NSW
A man has been charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at a Newcastle petrol station The 24 year old was charged after allegedly stabbing a 54 year old man at a petrol station in Newcastle just after 8pm on...
The Rules Relating to Commencing and Discontinuing Criminal Prosecutions in NSW
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Victoria is facing a barrage of criticism after withdrawing the criminal charges against a de-frocked Catholic Priest. The complainant, now in her early 60s, has spent nearly a decade trying...
No More Drug War Demands Sydney, as Berejiklian Drags Her Feet on Solutions
The 17th of June next year marks the 50th anniversary of the day on which US president Richard Nixon declared the war on drugs. Marking an intensification of then half-a-century-old global drug prohibition, this gung-ho approach to a health issue...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 December 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Government’s Plan to Criminalise Cash Payments Has Been Defeated Scott Morrison’s proposal to create four criminal offences involving the use of cash payments has been...
Boycott Global Brands With Forced Uyghur Labour in Their Supply Chains
Since April 2017, the Chinese government has been operating a network of extrajudicial political re-education camps involving the incarceration of at least one million Uyghur people in the far western province of Xinjiang. Reports of the mass detention of Uyghurs,...
The Offence of Advocating Terrorism in Australia
A New South Wales teenager has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences. In documents handed up to Albury Local Court, police allege that 18 year old Tyler Jakovac from Albury on the NSW-Victoria border used an encrypted online messaging...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Sexual Assault in New South Wales
A man is facing 135 criminal charges, including 46 sexual assault charges against 31 women that he met via dating apps, whom he allegedly drugged and filmed as he was sexually assaulting them. Police say the 30 year old man...
Gamil Means No: An Interview With Gamilaraay Next Generation’s Ian Brown
Gamil means “no” in Gamilaraay: the language spoken by the Gomeroi people. Situated on what is today described as north western NSW, the Gomeroi Nation is currently saying gamil to the proposed Narrabri Gas project. In a statement released on...
The Dungay Family Call on the NSW Premier to See Charges Laid
When six immediate action team (IAT) officers stormed the Long Bay Prison hospital ward cell occupied by David Dungay Junior on 29 December 2015, the 26-year-old Dunghutti had served his time and was about to return home to his family...
