Lawyers for Bail Applications at Parramatta Bail Court
Bail is a promise to attend court on the next court date. It can be unconditional, or come with conditions such as reporting to a police station on specific days, not associating with certain persons or attending certain places, and...
NSW Authorities Are Routinely Strip Searching Youth Inmates as Young as 10
Contained in a recently released NSW Inspector of Custodial Services report, revelations around Sydney’s Mary Wade Correctional Centre routinely strip searching women imprisoned within the state-run facility sparked public outrage. This was especially so as it came on the back...
Federal Government Seeks Greater Control Over Online Content
While the world of social media can be fun, informative and entertaining. It also enabled people a forum in which to espouse their opinions – a chance for people to say what they think on a range of issues and...
LECC Calls on Parliament to Review NSW Police Strip Search Protocols
The “recurrent issue” this state’s independent police watchdog found during the seven investigations into NSW police use of strip searches is that officers are failing to comply with the “legal thresholds for conducting a strip search”. Released on 15 December,...
Police Accused of Revenue Raising Over Mobile Phone Fines
In a year when we all need compassion more than anything else, police around Australia have shown very little of it. No one is suggesting they haven’t had a challenging time enforcing ever-changing pandemic-related health regulations, but New South Wales...
The NSW Offence of Carrying a Knife or Blade in a Public Place or School
Police have reported having arrested 140 people on Thursday 18 and Friday 19 December 2020 and charged them with various criminal offences, as part of a police blitz on Sydney streets labelled ‘Operation Saber IV’. It’s the fourth time a...
Morrison and the Prosperity Gospel: License to Torture Refugees and Damn the Poor
During his 2008 maiden speech in parliament, our PM Scott Morrison repeatedly referenced his Christian faith, even going as far as to invoke Jeremiah chapter 9:24: “I am the Lord who exercises loving-kindness, justice and righteousness on Earth for I...
Police Seek to Justify Their Latest Fatal Shooting
The Ethical Standards Command and the Crime and Corruption Commission is investigating the shooting of a young man by Queensland Police. Twenty-two-year old Raghe Mohamed Abdi was walking along the Logan motorway, last Thursday morning. Police had been called to...
What Happens if a Jury Cannot Reach a Unanimous Verdict in NSW?
A jury of 11 will recommence deliberations in Downing Centre District Court today, after returning not guilty verdicts for five out of 26 criminal charges during deliberations after the trial of former Sydney swimming coach Kyle Daniels. Mr Daniels pleaded...
Identify and Disrupt: Dutton to Further Extend Surveillance State Reach
Home affairs minister Peter Dutton and department secretary Mike Pezzullo have again been tinkering away at the legislative framework governing the nation’s internal security apparatus to produce yet more legislation containing laws designed to further empower police and intelligence. Introduced...
