Human Rights Commission President Recommends Releasing Convicted Killer into the Community
Gillian Triggs is the former Dean of the University of Sydney Law School and current president of the Australian Human Rights Commission. Triggs has created outrage by recommending that John Basikbasik, a refugee from Indonesia who was convicted of manslaughter,...
Installing Speed Limiters to Vehicles: The Answer to Speeding?
A parliamentary committee has suggested a number of new measures to be implemented in NSW this year in a bid to tackle speeding, and reduce the number of speeding-related road accidents. One of the measures under discussion involves fitting repeat...
The Use of Drones in Different Situations: Should There Be Greater Legal Clarity?
It started with smartphones. Within the space of a short few years, virtually everyone now has the ability to record and photograph other people at any time and in any place. Although smartphones have raised a number of privacy concerns,...
Psychiatric Clinic Knowingly Employs Child Sex Offender: Should People Be Given a Second Chance?
One Dutch psychiatric clinic which offers help from a Christian perspective has made headlines because of its decision to employ a psychiatrist who has a conviction for possessing a large quantity of child pornography. In 2012, he was found to...
What Should Happen to Kids who Commit Violent Crimes?
Have you ever wondered what happens to children who committed violent crimes? One horrific case, the murder of James Bulger in the UK, shocked the world in 1993. The two-year-old toddler, James Bugler, was kidnapped from a shopping mall, tortured...
Should Returning Terrorism Suspects be Forced to Wear Tracking Devices?
It has been suggested terrorism suspects returning from overseas terrorist hot-spots should be forced to wear tracking devices for at least two years if they remain in the community when they return to Australia. Fitting such a device on an...
Should Lying in Parliament be a Crime?
The perception that politicians are often untrustworthy is widespread in Australian society, but what would happen if it were actually illegal for politicians to lie in parliament? In the UK, a petition has been launched to make lying in parliament...
Should Prison be a Last Resort for Children?
In yet another devastating blow to Australia’s human rights obligations, the president of the Queensland Children’s Court, Judge Michael Shanahan, has warned that the government is breaching the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child by imposing lengthy...
Should Members of the Bali Nine be Executed?
It has been reported that six people were executed in Indonesia over the weekend for drug offences, including five foreigners. And it’s no secret that smuggling drugs overseas - especially to and from Asian countries - is a risky endeavour...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers®: Three Things that a Criminal Defence Firm should Aim to Achieve
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® commenced operation in 2001. Since then, we have introduced a range of innovations to the criminal law profession, including: ‘Fixed Fees’ that are published on our website, A ‘Senior Lawyer Guarantee’, meaning that clients will be represented...
