The Offence of Participation in a Criminal Group in New South Wales
30-year old Dylan Farrell, who once played for the St George Illawarra Dragon and South Sydney Rabbitohs, has been arrested in Nowra, south-east New South Wales. Police say he was arrested at around 8.30am on Thursday, 8 July 2021 when...
Heavy-Handed COVID Policing: The Discriminatory Sweep of Southwestern Sydney
On 3 July, the initial, and thought to be only, Saturday of the “soft” Sydney lockdown, premier Gladys Berejiklian at her 11am announcement, jovially empathised with locals about the weather being “great” and asked those exercising outdoors to keep to...
The Great Dividing Range Between Government and the People
If the pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that public trust in government is vital in times of crises. And during the current global health emergency, the lack of belief in the political class and its institutions has been stark....
NRL Cracks Down on COVID Breaches
State of Origin Player Jai Arrow faces a $35,000 fine and a two-game suspension after allegedly breaching a public health order by bringing an ‘unregistered guest’, understood to be a dancer, back to the Gold Coast hotel where Queensland players...
Further Calls to Drop the Political Prosecution of Bernard Collaery
The ACT Bar Association released a 1 July statement, in which it calls on the Morrison government to reconsider continuing the prosecution of prominent Canberra barrister Bernard Collaery over his part in exposing the 2004 Timor-Leste bugging affair. Representing practising...
“A Sense of Entitlement”: Shoebridge on Pork Barrelling and Lack of Federal Oversight
In the days leading up to the 2019 NSW state election, deputy premier John Barilaro joked with AAP about his nickname being “Pork Barrel-aro”. The NSW Nationals leader further remarked that he’d like to be made state treasurer, as, if...
Judge Found to Have Sexually Harassed Court Staff
Parramatta Federal Circuit Court Judge, Joe Harmon, has been found to have sexually harassed two young women after an internal inquiry. The inquiry was initiated after one of the victims sought legal advice. In a statement, The Chief Judge of...
Refugees Left an Invidious Choice: Barrister Stephen Lawrence on Legal Indefinite Detention
According to Home Affairs, on 31 May this year, there were 112 people amongst the 1,486 individuals being held in our nation’s immigration detention facilities, who’ve been locked away for more than five years. These people are classed as “unlawful...
Morrison Has Gutted Public Universities Under Cover of COVID
Like other sectors, public universities have been hit hard during the pandemic. However, unlike others, the reasons behind the higher education sector receiving such a sustained blow were more to do with the Morrison government settling an old score, than...
Victim of Police Brutality Commences Legal Proceedings
An Indigenous man is seeking damages in the New South Wales Supreme Court for spinal injuries sustained as a result of being violently thrown to the ground by police officers. The Court has heard the man sustained significant injuries including...
