Christian Porter Defamation Case: Should He Have Fought On?
Christian Porter and the ABC have reached a settlement via mediation, ending the defamation lawsuit brought against the national broadcaster by the former Attorney General. It is understood that no financial payments were made to Mr Porter. The backstory Christian...
Jarryd Hayne to Serve His Time at Cooma Correctional Centre
Jarryd Hayne has been moved to a new prison facility in New South Wales. There are a number of reasons why an inmate may be moved from one facility to another in our state. COVID Quarantine In Hayne’s case, the...
Retrial Ordered Due to Judge’s Failure to Give Fair and Proper Directions to Jury
According to the Crown, David Melia pulled into a service station in the Sydney southwestern suburb of Ruse to buy tobacco on the night of 26 June 2018. After being approached by Frank McGuiness, Melia agreed to drive the stranger...
Federal Government Moves to Silence Protest By Cracking Down on Charities
In an attempt to silence its civil society critics, the Morrison government is continuing the Coalition’s half-decade-long assault on charities and not-for-profits by attempting to make them liable for any involvement in protests that result in minor offences, or for...
The Offence of Tampering With Evidence in New South Wales
A New South Wales police officer who was found guilty of assaulting a Sydney woman during an illegal arrest and then falsifying evidence to “mislead a judicial tribunal” has been suspended on full pay. Senior constable Mark Follington was charged...
Questionable Jurisdiction: Academic Amanda Porter on Policing First Nations
Under the settler colonial state of Australia, the rate of incarceration of First Nations peoples has seen them become the most incarcerated people on the planet. The figures are stark. The 12,344 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people locked up...
Should “Affirmative Consent” Be Required Before Sexual Activity?
Clear verbal or behavioural assurances prior to sexual encounters will be mandatory under reforms to New South Wales sexual consent laws. Those who fail to obtain such assurances will face the prospect of being convicted of sexual offences. Welcomed by...
Can I Use My Phone’s Bluetooth or Satellite Navigation While Driving in NSW?
A young single Mum from Sydney has found out the hard way that ignorance of the road rules is not an acceptable defence, despite how obscure the rules may be. 20-year old Celina Selman was driving home after picking her...
Drop the Charges Against David McBride, Recommends Senate Press Freedoms Inquiry
The final recommendation made by the Senate inquiry report into freedom of the press was that the Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions “urgently reconsider, on strong public interest grounds” whether to continue the prosecution of former military lawyer David McBride....
Upgrade and New Magistrates for Downing Centre Court
The appointment of four new magistrates has come on the back of a $10.6 million refurbishment of Australia’s busiest courthouse. Downing Centre Court has been undergoing significant refurbishments over the past several months, resulting in some restoration work on the...
