Removing Speed Camera Warning Signs: A Cash Cow for the Government
Government revenue from speeding fines has soared since its decision to remove warning signs for speed cameras. Late last year, the NSW Government decided to remove speed camera signs, to strip back vehicle markings and increase the time police and...
Police Fear Gang War in Sydney
New South Wales Police fear that the recent killing of 34-year old Bilal Hamze could escalate further violent crime and gang wars on Sydney streets. Bilal Hazme, the cousin of Brothers 4 Life Founder Bassam Hazme, was shot in a...
Sydney Criminal Lawyer Vows to Fight Charge of Aggravated Sexual Assault
Sydney Criminal Lawyer Steven Mercael is currently on bail and continues to practise as a defence lawyer, as he awaits his trial which is scheduled to commence in February 2021. Mr Mercael’s criminal defence team applied to have his name...
What is a Pecuniary Penalty Order in New South Wales?
A man has been fined $11,000 for stealing more than 12 tonnes of fish from the drought-stricken Darling River. Shaun Russsell Cox stole the fish from the Darling River in NSW between Wentworth and Wilcannia and then sold the fish...
Law Enforcement Outwits Alleged Criminal Syndicates: The ANOM App
Police have arrested more than 800 alleged members of criminal syndicates around the world by using an innovative phone app that tricked them into believing their communications could not be monitored or traced. Technology and innovation The encrypted app worked...
The Law, Penalties and Defences Relating to Money Laundering in New South Wales
A Sydney millionaire has been arrested and charged after police claim to have found $7 million dollars in a backyard bunker. Well known businessman, 39-year old Hugo Jacobs was arrested at Sydney Airport before boarding a flight to Dubai after...
Dungays Take NSW Government to the United Nations, Backed by Legal Heavyweights
Aunty Leetona Dungay has resolved to take both the Australian and the NSW governments to the United Nations to seek justice in relation to the killing of her son David Dungay Junior at the hands of Long Bay Gaol prison...
The Twisted Affairs of the Australian Soldier Accused of War Crimes in Afghanistan
Suggestions of unethical conduct, including an undisclosed conflict of interest, have delayed the defamation case brought by a former Australian soldier against three newspapers. Former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith’s claim that the Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Canberra Times...
Police Accused of Covering-Up Incident Involving Deputy Police Commissioner
The New South Wales police force has come under fire for covering up an incident involving Deputy Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon. Government documents released in state Parliament have reveal fresh details about an incident that occurred when ambulance and police...
Sydney Police Officer and Catholic Priest Charged with Child Abuse Material Offences
A Catholic Priest and Police Officer, both based in Sydney, have been charged with child abuse material offences after an investigation by the Professional Standards Command in May this year into data being stored on and distributed from an electronic...
