For the Rights of the Marginalised: An Interview With Greens Candidate Kym Chapple
Whilst she’s been doorknocking in the lead up to the NSW state election that’s set to take place in a fortnight, NSW Greens candidate for Heffron Kym Chapple has found that concerns around drug law reform have been front and...
60 Years of Resisting Occupation: The Australia Tibet Council’s Kyinzom Dhongdue
Currently, Chinese authorities have placed restrictions on foreigners entering occupied Tibet. Commencing on 30 January, the ban on foreigners, which will continue for sixty days, was put in place as a politically sensitive date that holds significance for the locals...
Journalists Threatened with Criminal Charges Over Reporting of Pell Conviction
It has been reported that Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has threatened to press charges against up to one hundred journalists over allegations they breached a Supreme Court suppression order by publishing information in or shortly after December 2018 which...
Sydney’s Homeless Send Drinking Water to Drought-Stricken NSW Towns
Right now, those living along the Barwon-Darling river system in western NSW are doing it tough, as they’ve been suffering acute water shortages in the drought-stricken region for months. There’s a lack of water fit to drink, to shower in...
Inquest Into Death of David Dungay Resumes
The coronial inquest into the death of 26-year old mentally ill Indigenous man David Dungay Jr has finally resumed at Sydney’s Downing Centre Courthouse, following a lengthy delay. The first part of the inquest was held back in July 2018,...
CCC Clears Police of Misconduct for Waiving Top Cop’s Wife’s Traffic Ticket
Please write By Sonia Hickey and Ugur Nedim The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) has been quick to clear the actions of police who waived a traffic infringement notice issued to the Police Commissioner’s wife. The CCC has found...
Integrity of Criminal Justice System in Tatters: The ‘Lawyer X’ Scandal
At 4.15 pm last Friday afternoon, the Australian High Court and the Victorian Court of Appeal lifted suppression orders, which lead to the disclosure of the identity of Lawyer X: a police informant, who whispered her clients’ confidential details to...
The Law on Making False Complaints to Police in New South Wales
It is criminal offence in New South Wales to make false accusations with the intention of having them investigated by police. The offences against false reports are contained in the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW). Section 547B of the Act is...
Woman Charged for Paying Bribes to NAB Executive
Police are working their way through materials which, they suspect, may implicate former NAB Chief Executive Andrew Thorburn’s Chief of Staff, Rosemary Rogers, in a scheme involving millions of dollars in fraudulent payments to the owner of a service company....
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 February to 3 March 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: When is a Person Eligible for a Judge-Alone Trial in NSW? The judge found one of the nation’s most violent offenders guilty of another murder....
