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...
The Latest COVID Rules Relating to New South Wales Residents
Just as Victoria is easing restrictions, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania have reintroduced tough border restrictions for New South Wales in the wake of new Covid cases being detected in our state. And as usual, different rules for different jurisdictions...
Surveillance State Laws That Enabled the Encryption-Busting Anom App Affect Us All
Home affairs minister Karen Andrews called Operation Ironside the “most significant operation in policing history” at an 8 June press conference, while AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw outlined that the crime sting had resulted in 224 arrests, had shut down six...
Queensland Set to Introduce Nation’s Toughest Parole Laws
Queensland is set to introduce “Australia’s toughest parole laws” which could prohibit child and serial killers from being granted parole. What is parole? Those who are sentenced to a substantial term of imprisonment are generally prescribed a ‘non-parole’ period (also...
Youth Detainees Continue to Be Routinely Strip Searched in NSW
The NSW Ombudsman has just released a report into the contentious full body strip searching of three youth detainees at Frank Baxter Youth Justice Centre in November 2019 by Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) officers, who’d been called in to deal...
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...
Dutton Puts Aussies at Risk Through His Rhetoric and Actions Towards China
The newly minted Australian defence minister has further turned up the volume on the war with China rhetoric. This time Peter Dutton’s backing a plan to rotate larger numbers of US troops through the Northern Territory, as well as for...
Should Companies that Profited During COVID Repay JobKeeper?
Retailer Harvey Norman is one of several large corporations that have refused to pay back JobKeeper subsidies despite making record profits during COVID-19. The companies have maintained their stance despite public pressure repay the money, which was intended to keep...
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...
Extinction Rebellion Shuts Down Nation’s Largest Port, With Union Approval
A cadre of Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists braved the pelting rain on 10 June to successfully shut down the transport of liquid fuel coming out of Port Botany for over four hours. It was the coldest NSW day for 37...
