Canberra Has Turned Its Back on Medicinal Cannabis Patients
In May 2014, Barnaby Joyce spoke out in support of legalising cannabis medicine: a campaign fronted by a young patient named Dan Haslam. And two years later, the Nationals MP helped open the nation’s first medicinal cannabis farm in memory...
A Small Device May Help Combat Sexual Touching on Trains
Despite the fact Japan has a relatively low crime rate, the nation’s women have long faced the problem of sexual harassment and groping in crowded peak hour trains. Around the year 2000, Japan introduced women-only carriages on trains, and while...
Man Sues NSW Police Force for Reputational Damage
Bill Spedding was earning a quiet living as a washing machine repairman based in Bonny Hills on the mid-New South Wales Coast, when his life suddenly changed in 2014. After responding to a work call out, he became a key...
Welfare Drug Testing: Morrison Intensifies the War on the Unemployed
There’s currently a meme doing the rounds of the internet that depicts Jesus feeding the multitude. At the front of the crowd stands prime minister Scott Morrison with outstretched arms, beseeching Jesus as to what he should do. And Jesus...
Law Firms Can Sack Lawyers who Criticise Clients
A Federal Court has ruled that a law firm was entitled to sack an employee who criticised government clients, by advocating for the rights of veterans who had suffered sexual and physical abuse. The lawyer, Gary Rumble, was dismissed in...
Newcastle Man Arrested Over Terrorist Threats
New South Wales counter-terrorism police have arrested an alleged right-wing extremist from Newcastle for threatening to cause a “mass casualty event” at a mosque. 43-year old Cormac Rothsey was arrested following an investigation by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team,...
Deepfake Porn: The Dark Side of the Web
The internet has changed the world, facilitating instant access to vast amounts of information through a few clicks of the keyboard, enabling the creation of public personas, making it easier to find and connect with others, voice views, shop, and...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 2 to 8 September 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Local Court In Crisis A significant rise in the number of cases being heard in our local courts has stretched resources beyond the brink....
Lawyers Call for Drug Decriminalisation: An Interview With ALHR’s Kerry Weste
Uniting launched the Fair Treatment campaign last October, which calls for the decriminalisation of the use and personal possession of illicit drugs, along with increased investment in harm reduction and treatment. The NSW campaign has the support of over 60...
Morrison’s Religious Privilege Bill Promotes Prejudice Over Equality
The federal government has just released the exposure draft of the Religious Discrimination Bill, not because there’s any evidence of widespread discrimination against people of faith, but, in reality, it’s a reaction to LGBTIQ people having had the same rights...
