Parramatta Justice Precinct: The New Heart of the Sydney’s Legal System
According to European history books, Parramatta is the second-oldest city in Australia, founded by Governor Phillip in 1788. First People had been in the area for some 30,000 years before that, referring to Parramatta as ‘Burramatta’, which means head of...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 November 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Officer Who Endangered Victim Refuses to Testify An officer who leaked a domestic violence victim’s address to his ‘mate’ - the woman’s abusive ex-partner...
Despite Rising Rights Awareness, Programs of Cultural Genocide Continue Globally
Around 750,000 Rohingya’s fled across the border from their homelands in Myanmar into neighbouring Bangladesh in the last months of 2017 due to a series of attacks on their communities by government forces. Known locally as the Tatmadaw, the Myanmar...
Political Prejudice Shapes Perceptions of Crime
The political period in which you ‘came of age’ drastically influences your perception of crime decades later, according to a new study in the British Journal of Criminology. While many people alter their perception of crime over time, they are...
Break the Silence: Acknowledge the Frontier Wars
On the first of this month, prime minister Scott Morrison announced the government would be funding a $498 million redevelopment of the Australian War Memorial (AWM), which would include new exhibits acknowledging recent conflicts, such as Afghanistan and the Solomon...
Parking Rules to be Relaxed in NSW
The New South Wales government has announced that a “saving grace period” will be introduced for parking bays which issue physical tickets. The new rules are scheduled to apply from 31 January 2019, and enable motorists parked in a paid...
NSW Police Association Demands Thousands More Officers
Earlier this year, the Police Association of NSW demanded 2,500 extra officers which it claimed was necessary to avoid an “epidemic” of violence. The Association says its members are at a “breaking point”, warning that a failure to dramatically increase...
Test Pills & Save Lives: An Interview With Australian Greens Leader Richard Di Natale
This year’s music festival season began with an avoidable tragedy, as two young Australians died after taking drugs at Sydney’s Defqon.1 festival in September. The saturation policing and drug detection dogs at the event failed to save their lives. A pill...
Man Stabbed While Allegedly Saving 7-Year Old Girl from Sexual Assault
It has been reported that a 46-year old man was stabbed in the abdomen and neck during an altercation which ensued when he allegedly confronted a 54-year old man who was attempting to sexually assault a 7-year old girl in a...
Sydney Police Officer Pleads Guilty to “Vile, Cowardly and Intolerable” Threats
Senior Constable Sean Daniel Murphy, a 57-year-old officer with 30 years in the NSW Police Force and two awards for bravery to his name, has pleaded guilty to ‘using a carriage service to menace, harass or offend’ after calling federal...
