Facebook Group Encourages Dads to ‘Abduct Their Kids’
Thousands of Australian Dads affected by separation and divorce have been encouraged to participate in a mass abduction of their children on the 1st of December. The abduction, being promoted by Australian online group Domestic Violence Against Men, has urged...
Canberra Has Legalised the Possession of Cannabis
As of 31 January next year, it will be legal to smoke cannabis for recreational purposes in the ACT. The territory Legislative Assembly passed laws on 25 September that make using cannabis, possessing up to 50 grams of it and...
Representing the Community: An Interview With Former Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi AM QC
Once described as Australia’s highest flying prosecutor, former NSW Senior Crown Prosecutor Mark Tedeschi QC had a reputation for determinedly bringing justice. In 1974, Mr Tedeschi’s name was entered into the NSW Supreme Court roll. Three years later, he was...
Roadside Drug Testing Devices Are Unreliable, Study Reveals
Over the last five years, as the NSW Liberal Nationals government has been ramping up roadside drug testing - doubling the number of tests to 200,000 by next year - so too has the chorus of criticism about the testing...
Watchdog to Investigate Strip Search of Teen
The New South Wales Law Enforcement Conduct Commission (LECC) is set to investigate the strip search of a sixteen year old girl at last year’s Splendour in the Grass music festival, as part of a public hearing into strip searches....
The Colonisation of First Nations Land Is Far From Over
“It wasn’t me. That happened 200 years ago,” is a refrain everyone who lives in this country has heard an Anglo Australian remark at one time or another, when the subject of the dispossession of this continent’s First Nations people...
Should Aussies Avoid Bali?
The Indonesian President has backtracked on introducing controversial new laws that would make sex outside marriage a criminal offence for both locals and tourists. The proposed laws have gained a lot of attention online, and have triggered debate in many...
Changes to the 40KM/H “Slow Down, Move Over” Road Rule
As of this Thursday, the year-old New South Wales rule requiring vehicles to slow down to 40 km/h when passing emergency vehicles on the side of the road will be changed. Since 1 September 2018, the “slow down, move over”...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 September 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Dozens Charged with Participating in a Criminal Group Up to 40 people have been charged over an alleged day-care fraud ring, which has been described...
Poisoning Offences in New South Wales
A judge in Downing Centre District Court has sentenced a 22-year old woman to a full term of 6 years in prison with a minimum of 3 years for endangering her baby’s life by administering a harmful medication. The woman...
