Legal Aid to Stop Assigning Work to Unvaccinated Lawyers
The Legal Aid Commission of New South Wales is a publicly funded government organisation which provides legal services to socially and economically disadvantaged people across the state in areas including criminal law, family law and some areas of civil law....
Government Is Stalling on Rights Abuses in Detention: Senator Lidia Thorpe on OPCAT
Following the 2016 revelations involving the abuse and torture of children at Darwin’s Don Dale Youth Detention Centre, then attorney general George Brandis ratified the OPCAT in December 2017. This committed our nation to a UN-governed system to prevent rights...
NSW Police Force Loses Appeal Against Employee Who Was Allegedly Raped by an Officer
The NSW Police Force has lost its appeal against an employee who left her job and made a claim for compensation after a colleague allegedly sexually assaulted her. The story so far. Former NSW police solicitor Lina Nguyen lodged a...
Rich Nations Are Investing in Militarising Borders to Keep Out Climate Refugees
As the COP26 draws to a close, many climate-conscious citizens of the globe have criticised governments for turning what was seen as “the last chance saloon” to deal with the climate crisis into an international greenwashing event, where nations were...
What is a Critical Incident Investigation in New South Wales?
A critical incident investigation has been launched after police officers shot a 45-year old Indigenous man, Stanley Russell dead at his aunt’s home in Sydney’s north west. According to police, four officers attended the home in Seven Hills at around...
Morrison’s Diplomacy “Reflex Is Spin”: Wong Casts PM as Global Trump-Lite
“I am simply saying we have seen in recent times, a leader who was prepared to damage alliances and partnerships – and that was Donald Trump,” Labor shadow foreign affairs minister Penny Wong told Fran Kelly on Radio National Breakfast...
When Can a Coronial Inquest Be Held in New South Wales?
Family members of missing backpacker Theo Hayez are on their way to Australia to attend the Coroner’s Inquest into the young man’s disappearance, which is due to begin later this month. Theo was at the end of a six-month holiday...
Nurse Charged with Fraud for Allegedly Falsely Recording Vaccinating a Teen
A nurse who allegedly falsely recorded administering a COVID-19 vaccine to a teenager has been charged with fraud. Western Australian police arrested and charged 51-year old Christina Hartmann Benz with fraudulently recording that the 15-year old boy had been given...
Post-Lockdown Strip Searches Are Back, Including the Dreaded Squat and Cough
Sniff Off posted a 5 November warning on its Facebook page, alerting the public that police officers were strip searching Sydney Star Casino patrons at that time. The anti-drug dog campaign did so, as it works on the understanding that...
Man Accused of Sexual Assault in Parliament House Committed to Stand Trial
The man charged with the sexual assault of Brittany Higgins has been committed to stand trial in the nation’s capital. Former senior adviser to the Liberal party and former staff member of Linda Reynolds’ office, Bruce Lehrmann, faced a committal...
