Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 December 2022 to 1 January 2023

02/01/2023

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

We’re Going to Swing Between Increasingly Deadly Mass Fires and Floods, Warns Violet Coco

“We won’t be silenced. And we won’t let these fear tactics stop us from a just outcome”, said the climate defender sentenced to imprisonment over a nonviolent protest.

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The Law, Defences and Penalties for Break and Enter Offences in New South Wales

Two men are accused of breaking into a home in Sydney’s West on Christmas Eve and severely injuring an occupant.

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Television Presenter Could Face Contempt of Court Charges

We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s number 6:

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Mick Fuller’s Failure to Disclose Horse Ownership Amounted to Wrongdoing, Police Watchdog Finds

The police watchdog has found the former police commissioner guilty of misconduct, but nothing is likely to happen to him.

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Aussies Demand an End to Criminal Prosecutions of Whistleblowers

We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s number 5:

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The History of Laws Regulating Sex Work

From accepted to sacred, to criminalisation and back again; sex wok has a fascinating albeit tumultuous regulatory history.

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Failure to Label the Wieambilla Far Right Killings as Terrorism is Unacceptable

Police have continued their long tradition of failing to classify terrorist acts by far right extremists as terrorism, when they consistently label far less serious acts by Muslims as such.

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Officer Charged with Fabricating Evidence, But His Victim Explains that Coverups Run Deep

We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s number 4:

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NZ High Court Rules that Supervising Deportees On Arrival is a Rights Violation

The highest court in New Zealand found that placing those deported from Australia on supervision on arrival is a rights violation.

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Labor Must Act on Permanent Protection for All, Says Refugee Action Coalition’s Ian Rintoul

The government says it will grant permanent protection visas to 19,000 refugees next year, but 12,000 others remain in limbo.

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In the Final Hours of the Assange Extradition, Doctors Call on UK Home Secretary to See Reason

We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s number 3:

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The Wieambilla Shootout Exposes Systemic Issues, Warns Gun Control Australia’s Roland Browne

The recent shootings have reignited calls for a national firearms database.

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Infamous Backpacker Murderer Charles Sobhraj Released from Prison

The man convicted of murdering 2 backpackers and suspected of killing many more has been released after 19 years.

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Finally, Positive Movement on the Extralegal Political Prosecution of Assange

We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s number 2:

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The Law, Defences and Penalties for Possessing an Unregistered Firearm in New South Wales

A 22-year old man is facing a string of firearms and drug charges after a search of his car and a unit.

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The Law, Defences and Penalties for Unauthorised Use or Possession of Firearms in NSW

A 36-year old man is facing court after police allegedly found a modified firearm and precursor chemicals inside a vehicle in Sydney’s inner west.

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Half of All COVID Fines Revoked, as NSW Supreme Court Rules Three Invalid

We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s the most engaging article of the year:

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The Decades Long War on Climate Defenders in the Global South Creeps North

Recent NSW laws which target non-violent climate protests and criminalise activists are part of a global trend to silence dissent.

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Rather His Own Man: An Interview with Geoffrey Robertson QC

Our 2018 interview with the leading human rights barrister is as relevant today as it ever has been.

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United Nations Abandons Futile Objective of a Drug-Free World

The UN has finally abandoned its unrealistic and counter-productive objective of a drug free world in favour of harm reduction.

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The Dalai Lama and the Geopolitics of Reincarnation

China is flexing its muscle over Tibet by announcing it will appoint the next Dalai Lama.

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