Strawberry Contamination Suspect Refused Bail
A Queensland woman who is alleged to have triggered the national strawberry crisis has been refused bail and remains behind bars. The Queensland Police Service (QPS) charged 50-year old My Ut Trinh after a national investigation involving several government, law...
The Link between Climate and Crime
A recent United Nations report confirmed what most already know – that more action is required to prevent the catastrophic effects of global warming. Meanwhile, an exhaustive study of crime data over a 10-year period suggests that violent crime and...
Bali 9 Drug Smuggler Due for Release
The only female member of the infamous ‘Bali 9’, who was originally sentenced to life imprisonment in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle more than 2.6 kilograms of heroin to Australia, is due for release on 21 November, after spending more...
Cover Your Cam! Hackers are Demanding Money for Intimate Images
Internet crimes such as accessing computers without authorisation and downloading personal information are on the rise in Australia. They now represent a multi-billion dollar industry, facilitating financial crimes such as credit card fraud and identity theft and enabling domestic violence...
RIP Privacy: Mass Surveillance to be Ramped Up in NSW
Date first published 13 November 2018 This week, the NSW government is set to open up access to all NSW citizens’ driver licence photos and associated personal information, so that it can be utilised by law enforcement agencies across the...
Police Officer Who Endangered Victim Refuses to Testify
A Queensland Police officer who was found to have illegally accessed the police database and leaked a domestic violence victim’s address to her abusive former partner - a man who is reported to be his ‘mate’- has relied upon the ‘privilege against...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 November 2018
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Only Half of the Serious Injuries on Our Roads are Recorded The NSW government has been allocating funds for roads based on inaccurate data, neglecting...
Empowering Adolescent Girls: An Interview With Plan Australia’s Holly Crocket
Kampala is ranked amongst the fastest growing cities in Africa, and reported crime is on the rise Cases of robbery, rape and harassment are common. This has led to a situation where 80 percent of the adolescent girls living in the...
Supreme Court Slams Salim Mehajer
Former Auburn Deputy Mayor Salim Mehajer was sentenced in June 2018 by Her Honour Magistrate Shurr in Downing Centre Local Court to spend a full term of 21 months in prison, with a minimum term of 11 months. The sentence...
The Far-Right’s Assault on LGBTIQ Communities
In another development in the current global shift to the far-right, the world’s fourth largest democracy Brazil elected extremely divisive presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro to office on October 28. And as seems to be part and parcel of the right-wing...
