Beware: Your Private Data Could Be Shared With Strangers
Just to remind us that even the world’s biggest and wealthiest tech companies are not immune to privacy breaches, Google made worldwide headlines recently after a glitch that sent thousands of users’ private videos backed up on Google Photos to...
Man Sent to Prison For Defrauding Desperate Farmers
In the midst of the crippling drought affecting many parts of the nation, scammers have been preying on the vulnerability of who are desperate to feed their livestock. And recently, a man from Parkes was sent to prison for his...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 February 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sentencing for Multiple Offences: Concurrent and Cumulative Sentences A man is facing a string of charges after a collision killed four children over the weekend....
The Racism in Australia’s Response to the Coronavirus
There’s no denying the seriousness of the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, which recently originated in the city of Wuhan in China. As of 6 February, there had been an estimated 24,557 confirmed cases worldwide, while it had taken the...
Time to Overhaul Unfair Criminal Confiscation Laws Nationally
Criminal confiscation laws allow government to seize wealth derived - or suspected to be obtained - from criminal activities. In place in all Australian jurisdictions, these types of laws are often said to be draconian in their application, with none...
Trump’s Israeli “Deal of the Century” Shafts Palestinians
Donald Trump released his administration’s Middle East “peace plan” - dubbed “the deal of the century” - on 28 January. And as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu stood beside the US president, it was apparent that no Palestinian representation was there...
Are All Body Modifications Legal in Australia?
From horn implants to split tongues and scrotal injections - extreme forms of body art, sometimes called ‘body modifications’, are becoming increasingly popular and gaining greater social acceptance. But Australian law doesn’t seem to be keeping up with changing attitudes...
Child Sexual Abuse and Trafficking are Prevalent in Australia
When you hear about child trafficking and child exploitation, you tend to think of poorer nations, particularly those in Asia that have long been well-known for both. But a new Australian report suggests that it’s more prolific here than most...
Federal ICAC Now: An Interview With Wake the F%cK Up Australia’s Alex Devantier
As thousands of climate protesters gathered out the front of Parliament House in Canberra this week, hovering above them was a 6-metre-high bespectacled effigy of a familiar Australian figure that’s been dubbed Bullshit Boy. As one gazes upon this image...
Is Possessing Pornography Permitted In Prison?
According to some estimates, around three quarters of men (76%) and over one-third of women (41%) regularly view pornographic material. However, there remains one place where consumption of porn is strictly prohibited: prison. Pornography is currently banned across Australian prisons,...
