NSW Police State Moves to Silence Protest Voices
The scene was reminiscent of what one might expect to be depicted in a photo of Mussolini’s fascist Italy. However, the massive 600 police officer presence in the Sydney CBD last Friday night marked a new post-COVID lockdown show of...
Is Hate Speech a Crime in Australia?
The perceived tension between free speech and hate speech is a topic of significant controversy and heated debate. Whereas proponents of unfettered free speech argue that a tenet of a healthy, functioning democracy is the freedom to express oneself however...
What is Workplace Bullying in Australia?
Controversial Sydney radio announcer Ray Haydley is being sued over allegations of workplace bullying and harassment. The lawsuit is being brought by his former programme producer, Chris Bowen, who says he suffered years of abuse at the hands of Mr...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 June 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Law, Penalties and Defences for Sexual Intercourse Without Consent The Queen’s son is refuting claims that he sexually abused teenage girls. Click here to...
The Offence of Publicly Threatening or Inciting Violence in NSW
Sunday, 11 December 2005 was a day of national shame for Australia. By midday, around 5,000 Anglo-Australians had converged on Cronulla beach to secure their ‘revenge’ against people of “Middle Eastern descent”, after an alleged altercation on 4 December 2005...
What is the Cannabis Cautioning Scheme in New South Wales?
With Indigenous deaths in custody firmly in the spotlight across Australia, attention is also being drawn to the inherent racism present at every level of the Justice system, and now it has been revealed that New South Wales Police disproportionately...
Why the NSW Court of Appeal Declared the Protest to Be Legal
Looking out from Sydney Town Hall steps at 2.40 pm on 6 June the size of the crowd gathered for the Stop All Black Deaths in Custody-Black Lives Matter rally was staggering. But, the thousands there were all about to...
New Laws Against Police Brutality Introduced In the US
In the face of global condemnation, and the nation outraged over the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, the US Democrats have introduced sweeping legislation to hold officers accountable for their criminal conduct. Called the Justice in...
Black Lives Matter at Long Bay Prison: Justice Action’s Brett Collins on the Prison Crackdown
Just days after Black Lives Matter protests swept the nation, reigniting the Aboriginal Deaths in Custody movement in this country, reports started emerging that a similar demonstration was taking place inside Sydney’s Long Bay Gaol. Indeed, aerial footage shows inmates...
NSW Drug Driving Laws Are Unfair and Do Not Deter
This state’s unfair drug driving laws were a major reason why former Lismore magistrate David Heilpern retired. Over the last half decade or so, the judicial officer had built up a reputation across the Northern Rivers region for his just...
