Preventing Violence Against Women: An Interview With Girl Geek Academy’s Sarah Moran
Last year, 69 women were killed violently across Australia. This brings the murdered women death toll in this country since 2012 to 506, according to Counting the Dead Women Australia project researchers from gender equality group Destroy the Joint. And in the overwhelming...
Junior Lawyer Imprisoned for Multi-Million Dollar Fraud
Sydney lawyer Brody Clarke came from a privileged background, benefited from a stellar education and was employed by investment banks Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan before turning his hand to law in his early thirties. But it all came undone...
High Court Justice Tells Prosecutors to Appeal Lenient Sentences
High Court Justice Virginia Bell ended 2018 on an “incendiary note”, when she publicly implied that some sentences being handed down are clearly too light, and the Crown should be appealing them rather than exercising the restraint that has been...
Turnbull Continues Assault on Civil Liberties
On Tuesday, Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull delivered his National Security Statement before parliament. During his speech, the PM focused on the threat of terrorism, declaring that his government was committed to “balancing the priority of community safety with individual...
Dutton’s Child Sex Offender Register Proposal Is Political Fodder
As the nation was still recovering from the holiday season, Australian home affairs minister Peter Dutton announced a proposal to establish a national public register of child sex offenders, which would make information about convicted criminals available online. Describing it...
Danny Lim to Challenge NSW Police After Brutality Incident
Iconic Sydney protester Danny Lim has been brightening the lives of city commuters for years now with his sandwich board signs emblazoned with colourful political messages designed to make a point as well as produce a smile from the passersby....
Renewed Calls for Wage Theft to be Criminalised
A 2014 investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman found that the convenience store chain 7-Eleven had engaged in schemes to exploit workers by paying them below award rates, denying them holiday loadings and even failing to pay them for time...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 January 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Politician to Charge Taxpayers for Attendance at Racist Rally Independent MP Fraser Anning has been criticised for charging taxpayers to attend a far right-wing rally....
Pill Testing Saves Lives, and Does Not Lead to Increased Drug Use
In the wake of a spate of recent deaths at Australian music festivals, the mainstream media is starting to report on the potential benefits of pill testing - and politicians from the major parties are starting to listen. The main...
Combating the NSW Nanny State: An Interview With Keep Sydney Open’s Tyson Koh
Next month marks five years since the Liberal Nationals government put a gun to the head of Sydney’s nightlife and pulled the trigger. Many Sydneysiders thought the lockout laws would never stick around very long, but today, they remain. The...
