Another Data Breach Raises Concerns About the Safety of Personal Information
NSW Transport has yet to inform more than 50,000 Australian driver licence holders that their personal data was uploaded and left exposed in open cloud storage. The licences were discovered last week by a Ukranian security consultant who stumbled across...
Adani Sets Its Legal “Attack Dog” on Civilian Activist
Adani announced on 26 August that it’s planning to sue long-term environmental activist Ben Pennings for the alleged damages he’s caused due to his part in the ongoing campaign to prevent the Indian mining giant’s Carmichael coal mine from going...
Harsh COVID Rules Frustrate Victorian Residents and Businesses
It’s no wonder Victorians residents are getting twitchy. A woman has been fined for breaching Covid-19 restrictions by travelling more than 5 kilometres from her home to get coffee. Under severe stage four restrictions, Victorians in metropolitan areas are not...
NSW Police Shut Down Sydney Uni Protest Again: An Interview With the SRC’s Jack Mansell
NSW police was at it again last Friday, as it took advantage of the opportunity the COVID-19 health crisis has afforded it to continue its clampdown on public protests. The overt reasoning is to counter virus transmission, whereas the covert...
With Tripartisan Approval, Drug Decriminalisation Looks Likely for Canberra
ACT MLA Michael Pettersson is yet again championing the harm reduction approach to illicit substances. This time the Labor backbencher has initiated an investigation into the feasibility of decriminalising the use and personal possession of “drugs of dependence” in the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 to 30 August 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Law, Defences and Penalties for Murder in New South Wales A man has died and another is in critical condition after a double stabbing...
Victorian Government Backtracks on ‘Gagging’ Sexual Assault Complainants
Victims’ groups are welcoming a proposal by the Victorian government to repeal laws which currently prevent complainants in sexual assault cases from using their real names when speaking out about their experiences, even after an offender has been convicted. In...
‘Lockdown Fatigue’ Leads to Clashes Between Residents and Police
We’ve been told they are under increasing pressure to enforce stage four lockdown restrictions. But video footage of Victorian police swarming on a group of Dandenong neighbours who walk together at the same time every day looks a lot like...
Aboriginal People Twice As Likely to be Sentenced to Imprisonment, Study Finds
The global Black Lives Matter protests earlier this year, sparked by the death in America of George Floyd, highlighted an uncomfortable truth for many Australians – that our Indigenous people are often treated unfairly by police. In fact, racism in...
Billionaires Clean Up Under COVID-19, As the Rest of the Planet Suffers
Institute for Policy Studies research released last week outlines that despite an initial downturn in wealth during the early stage of COVID-19, the twelve richest US billionaires have been building up their wealth during the pandemic, whilst much of their...
