Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 May 2020

18/05/2020

Information on this page was reviewed by a specialist defence lawyer before being published. Click to read more.

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:

Contractor Fined $100,000 Over Fatal Gas Mix-Up

A newborn was killed and a child left with permanent brain damage, prompting the judge to remark, “[i]n 43 years as a barrister and then a Judge I cannot think of a more tragic case.”

Click here to read the article

Animal Agribusiness Practices Could Cause a Homegrown Pandemic

“Previous pandemics, including swine flu and bird flu, have emerged from animal agribusiness.”

Click here to read the article

Move On Orders in New South Wales: Quotas, Bias and Intoxication

Police move on orders are disproportionately directed towards vulnerable members of the community.

Click here to read the article

The COVID-19 Restrictions Are Easing, But Draconian Laws Still Stand

Some of the restrictions being lifted this Friday conflict with the rules police are empowered to enforce.

Click here to read the article

COVID-19 and the NSW District Court: There’s Light at the End of the Tunnel

District Court Jury Trials are scheduled to recommence on 15 June 2020.

Click here to read the article

New Mobile Phone Cameras Rake In $7 Million In One Month

Safety measure or just revenue raising?

Click here to read the article

Illegally Strip Searching Teens Does Not Amount to “Serious Misconduct”, LECC Finds

The police watchdog found that the illegal strip searching of teenagers did not amount to “serious misconduct”, because the officers involved were inadequately trained.

Click here to read the article

NSW Police Chief to Get 15% Pay Rise, While Many Are in Dire Straits

Gladys Berejiklian has defended the decision to give Police Commissioner Mick Fuller an $87,000 pay rise.

Click here to read the article

‘Lawyer X’ Royal Commission: More Than 1200 Cases to be Reviewed

The misconduct of Niccola Gobbo and Victoria Police is likely to result in a large number of appeals and acquittals.

Click here to read the article

Sydney Man Sent to Prison for Child Sexual Offences

“The offender came to enjoy the systematic and sadistic use of the internet to seek out, deceive, sexually abuse, and in some cases, enslave his victims”.

Click here to read the article

Digital Climate Disruption: An Interview With Extinction Rebellion’s AJ Tennant

Protesters are intensifying their online efforts during COVID-19 to stand up for what they believe in.

Click here to read the article

Australian ‘Church’ Fined for Selling Bleach as a Coronavirus Cure

The Church has been fined more than $150,000 for claiming its poisonous ‘Miracle Mineral Solution’ is effective against HIV, cancer and COVID-19.

Click here to read the article

Post-COVID Restart Tough for Sex Workers: An Interview With SWOP’s Cameron Cox

Sex workers have been left in a state of uncertainty due to the current situation.

Click here to read the article

India Cracks Down Further on Kashmir Under the Cover of COVID-19

“Now the term COVID jihad is being used. Authorities and the media… are arguing that Muslims have come in from other countries to deliberately spread COVID-19.”

Click here to read the article

Dutton’s ASIO Bill Further Erodes Legal Protections

“The proposals in this legislation… are extremely disturbing, and represent a major shift towards authoritarianism in Australia”.

Click here to read the article

Occupying the Mantra Rooftop for Refugees: An Interview With WACA’s Sam Castro

“They’re being treated like criminals… [I]nstead of them being protected and being given healthcare, we have militarised our responses and placed armed guards at the doors… It’s been absolutely disgraceful to see.”

Click here to read the article

If you are going to court for a criminal or traffic case, call us anytime on (02) 9261 8881 to arrange a free first conference with an experienced criminal lawyer at Parramatta, the Sydney CBD, Liverpool, Penrith, Bankstown, Chatswood, Wollongong or Newcastle.