NSW Top Cop Angry About Criticism of Strip Searches
The reaction of NSW police commissioner Mick Fuller to questions put to him during a budget estimates hearing on 29 August, reveals that despite its best efforts to show otherwise, the NSW Police Force is feeling the backlash against its...
Uprising in West Papua, as Calls for Independence Grow
The widespread unrest in occupied West Papua continues. The mass demonstrations across the region have moved into their third week, as protesters send a clear message to Indonesia that locals want their right to self-determination upheld. The uprising began on...
Convicted Child Killer and Child Sexual Offender to be Released
Having served his time and with all legal avenues to keep him in prison exhausted, a convicted child sex offender and child killer will soon be released. New South Wales Attorney General Mark Speakman has been in the midst of...
Home Affairs Hypocrisy: Department Praises AFP Raids While Claiming to Support Press Freedom
It has been reported that Home Affairs Secretary, Mike Pezzullo, was privately praising the Australian Federal Police (AFP) for raiding the home of News Corporation journalist, Annika Smethurst, while publicly claiming to support press freedom. The raid Last year, Ms...
Cartel Offences in Australia: The Crime of Anti-Competitive Conduct
Japanese shipping company Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd - also known as K-Line - was fined $34.5 million over cartel conduct in the Federal Court last month. K-Line admitted to engaging in anti-competitive conduct with other shipping companies between July 2009...
NSW Police Officer Charged with Sexual Assault
A 22-year old Sydney Police officer has been accused of raping one woman and groping another in separate incidents that are alleged to have occurred last year. The probationary constable was arrested at Granville Police Station following an investigation by...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 August to 1 September 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Victoria to Decriminalise Public Drunkenness The government announced the move just days before the inquest into the death of Tanya Day, who died as a...
“A Step Too Far”: Morrison Moves to Criminalise Cash Payments
Right now, the Morrison government is finalising legislation that will criminalise large cash transactions made to or accepted by individuals and businesses for goods and services transactions. The cash payment limit that will soon warrant prison time if breached is...
Premier Placates Conservatives by Delaying Vote on Abortion Bill
Self-proclaimed “fiery” pro-lifer NSW finance minister Damien Tudehop claims the abortion decriminalisation bill “in its current form is not in step with the views of the community”, when in truth, it’s he and other conservative MPs opposed to the bill,...
The Ongoing Colonisation of the Kimberley
In March 2015, 18,000 people across Australia turned out at protests against the forced closure of up to 150 remote Aboriginal communities in Western Australia, as the Barnett state government of the time had announced they were no longer economically...
