Police Strip-Search 19-Year Old, Find Nothing but Kick Her Out of Festival Anyway
NSW police are continuing their war on music festivals, signified by exorbitant costs for user-pays policing, illegal strop-searches and the denial of entry to patrons even where no drugs are found after a search. This time, their alleged victim is...
Wage Theft to be Made a Crime
The federal government says it intends to introduce a national registry designed to reduce the incidence of worker exploitation by labour hire firms and to enact criminal laws against the deliberate underpayment of workers, also known as wage theft. The...
All NSW Crime Categories Are in Decline, Except One
Statistics released by the Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) suggest that all major categories of crime except one are in decline in New South Wales, and have been falling for the past forty years. The Director of BOCSAR,...
Criminal Lawyer ‘Struck Off’ After Being Convicted of Drug Supply
Ugo Parente was employed by a criminal law firm in Liverpool shortly after being admitted as a New South Wales lawyer in 2006. He represented clients in a range of criminal cases and was a vocal anti-drug campaigner. He was...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 March 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Charged for Paying Bribes to NAB Executive The owner of a human resources company is alleged to have paid bribes to an NAB executive...
‘Medicine Man’ Escapes Prison Time for Serious Drug Charges
Veteran medicinal cannabis producer Tony Bower escaped prison time when he was sentenced for commercial drug cultivation, along with other serious drug offences, at Port Macquarie District Court last Monday. Known locally as the Medicine Man, Mr Bower turned himself...
Married at First Sight’s legal battle. And it’s not divorce.
Even if you haven’t watched it, it’s been hard to miss the headlines, as the dramas unfold on Married at First Sight, the reality TV show that follows the trials and tribulations of strangers who attempt to have romantic relationships...
Former NAB Executive Charged with Fraud
Former National Australia Bank executive Rosemary Rogers has been arrested and charged for her alleged role in an alleged $40 million dollar fraud against the brank. The charges Ms Rogers, the former chief of staff to ex-NAB CEO Andrew Thorburn...
The Crime of Possessing Child Pornography Outside Australia
Peter Hansen is a well-educated globetrotter with experience in a range of occupations and callings. Over the years, the 61-year old has been a priest with the Archdiocese of Melbourne, an Asian studies lecturer, a compensation lawyer, a social worker...
Aged Care Facilities Should be Subjected to Inspections
On Tuesday, at an Aged Care Royal Commission public forum, it was heard that staff at a Victorian nursing home complained that Ruth Lyall – an elderly woman suffering dementia – was taking up too much of their time and...
