Royal Commission Denounces Top NAB Executives
Right before the Conclusion of Volume 1 of his recently released final report, sole banking royal commissioner Kenneth Hayne QC took special aim at the National Australia Bank and specifically made scathing comments about its chief executive Andrew Thorburn and...
Court Blocks Hunter Valley Coal Mine
The recent decision by the Land and Environment Court of NSW to reject an application to build a coal mine in the Upper Hunter Valley has been hailed as “momentous” and is expected to be “profoundly influential” on future projects...
Whataboutism: Avoiding Topics by Raising Irrelevant Ones
“Whataboutism” is a rhetorical manouvre often used by those seeking to avoid the topic at hand, and can frequently be seen in the comments section of articles posted on social media. An example of the technique is where an article...
Pill Testing Kits Available at Pharmacies
The President of the Australian Medical Associate, Kean Seng Lim, has urged caution following the announcement that a pharmaceutical chain is selling basic kits which test for the presence of popular illicit drugs such as MDMA (‘ecstacy’) and cocaine. A...
Criminal Lawyers Suspected of “Appalling” Misconduct
It was revealed late last year that a criminal defence barrister in Victoria – referred to as ‘EF’ - was paid as an informant to provide police with information about 386 people that led to their arrest, including her own...
Banking Executives Expected to Face Criminal Charges
Australia may soon join Iceland, the only other country in the world to gaol top banking executives for misconduct. In delivering a scathing final report of the findings of the Royal Commission’s hearings into the finance industry, Commissioner Kenneth Hayne...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 February 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Ben Barba May Be Banned for Life after Being Accused of Domestic Violence The NRL is taking an increasingly tough stance on players accused of...
Officer Sent to Prison for Illegally Using Police Database
Adrian Moore was a 28-year veteran of the WA police force. He was even nominated for the award of ‘Western Australian Police Officer of the Year” in 2011. But in a dramatic fall from grace, the former senior constable has...
From Crown Prosecutor to Defence Barrister: An Interview With Margaret Cunneen SC
Robert “Dolly” Dunn was one of Australia’s most notorious paedophiles. The former Marist Brother school teacher was sent to prison in 1997 for 20 years for a string of sexual assaults he carried out over a ten year period. He’d...
Ending HIV Criminalisation
On 20 December last year, the WA Court of Appeal reduced the sentence CJ Palmer is serving for her conviction of recklessly causing grievous bodily harm by transmitting of HIV. Her overall sentence was cut from six years to four, and she’s...
