Raise the Rate: An Interview With the Australian Unemployed Workers Union’s Jeremy Poxon
The concept of welfare has its basis in 7th century Islam. In its modern European form, welfare provisions began to emerge in the 19th century. These were systems that acknowledged a government’s responsibility to provide for all of its citizens,...
Bum-Pinching Isn’t Indecent by Today’s Standards
A Western Australian Supreme Court justice has upheld the decision of a magistrate, who ruled that a 48-year-old police officer who pinched a woman on the behind did not indecently assault her, as prevailing social attitudes don’t consider this act...
Shortage of Criminal Lawyers in Remote Courts
It has been reported that children as young as 11 are being left to face serious charges without legal representation in remote courts in the Northern Territory, due to a shortage of criminal defence lawyers. Budget cuts The Northern Territory...
NSW Police Conduct Another Illegal Roadside Strip Search
Another Facebook post relating to a dodgy strip search carried out by NSW police is currently going viral. It’s the third such piece of social media content in as many months that depicts officers who are either unsure of correct...
Can Farting in the Workplace Amount to Bullying?
Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim An employee who claims he was bullied by a flatulating fellow worker has vowed to take his former employer to the High Court of Australia. The story so far Melbourne engineer, David Hingst, claimed $1.8...
Should University Cheats Face Prison Time?
Federal education minister Dan Tehan has proposed tough new criminal laws which would see students who submit exams and assignments written by others, as well as those who receive fees to write material which they know will be submitted in...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 1 to 7 April 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Isolating Extremists Increases the Danger A study of prison culture suggests that isolating extremists tends to strengthen their resolve to commit crimes, whereas dispersing them...
NSW Magistrate Guilty of Sexual Offences
A jury in Downing Centre District Court has found the Magistrate charged with nine counts of indecent assault guilty of seven of the counts. 68-year old Graeme Curran was found guilty of indecently assaulting a boy aged between 13 and...
Study Finds that the Recollection of Eyewitnesses Can be Enhanced
Eyewitness testimony which includes an identification is a notoriously unreliable form of evidence, with a range of factors impacting upon the quality of observation and recollection of events. However, an Australian researcher suggests there may be a way to make...
From Decriminalising to Legalising Cannabis: An Interview With Ex-ACT Health Minister Michael Moore
As far as ACT Labor MLA Michael Pettersson is concerned, his territory will be legalising the use and personal possession of cannabis before the year is out. The legislation he introduced to make this happen is currently before a parliamentary...
