Albanese Involves Australia in Yet Another Military Attack on a Foreign Nation
The US and the UK launched 73 airstrikes against Houthis forces in Yemen early last Friday, in an attempt to stop the militia continuing attacks upon commercial ships in the Red Sea. And as the US military outlines, 60 targets were...
Pro-Palestinians Praise South Africa as Sydney Rallies for the 14th Week: In Photos
On the 99th day of the Israeli perpetrated genocide in Gaza, thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered in Hyde Park North for the 14th week in a row. And the statement can yet again be made that the support for the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 January 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: ‘Safe Drivers’ Will Soon Have One Demerit Point Erased Those who have not committed a traffic offence over the past year will get one demerit...
How to Surrender Yourself to Police in New South Wales
Darko “Dougie” Desic made headlines in September 2021, when the Avalon handy man turned himself into Dee Why Police Station, after he’d escaped the since-closed Grafton Correctional Centre sometime between 7 pm on 31 July and 7 am on 1...
Participants in the Nation’s Largest Civil Disobedience Action for Climate Get Off Lightly
Climate defence group Rising Tide staged The People’s Blockade of the World’s Biggest Coal Port over a weekend in November, which involved a 30-hour sanctioned on-water obstruction of the Nobbys Headland entrance to Newcastle Port, at the point where the Tasman and...
Unlawful Strip Search Class Action Will Proceed, Despite NSW Government’s Attempt to Stop It
Right before the COVID pandemic shut down Sydney, NSW police use of strip searches was one of the state’s most prominent social justice issues, and coupled with drug dogs, these law enforcement tactics employed to find illicit drugs, are considered...
‘Fake Lawyer’ Shot Dead by New South Wales Police
A mentally ill man who was previously convicted of falsely representing himself as a lawyer in court has been fatally shot by police in the doorway of a medical clinic in Nowra, on the Southern Coast of New South Wales. ...
How To Have Charges Dropped Before A Defended Hearing or Jury Trial
Going to court for criminal charges is an intimidating prospect, so it’s not surprising that many people who are accused of criminal offences seek to have charges brought against them withdrawn before the case reaches a defended hearing in the...
How to Write a Character Reference to the Court
Sydney man Matthew Laba pleaded guilty to offences relating to impersonating a lawyer in courts across the greater Sydney region on 6 November 2023. The 29-year-old defendant didn’t appear in Downing Centre Local Court to enter his plea though, rather his...
What Are the Penalties and Valid Reasons for Not Voting in Australia?
While the right to vote is considered a democratic freedom that millions of people around the world wish they had, Australians do not get a choice - or at least, they face consequences if they refuse or otherwise fail to...
