Legalising Cannabis: New Zealand’s Referendum Setback Isn’t the End
Cannabis advocates across the globe were left gobsmacked last Friday, when the preliminary results of New Zealand’s national cannabis referendum turned up a vote against legalising the comparatively innocuous drug, with 53 percent of those polled and counted voting “no”....
AFP Backs Down on Prosecuting Journalist Over ‘Afghan Files’
After months of speculation, the AFP has confirmed that it will not be charging ABC journalist Dan Oakes in relation to reports of atrocities committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan, but so far remains intent on prosecuting his source, former...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers Criminal Law Scholarship 2020
Law students in their penultimate or final year of studies are being encouraged to apply for the Sydney Criminal Lawyers annual scholarship. The Sydney Criminal Lawyers Criminal Law Scholarship, which was awarded for the first time in 2019, is intended...
Legalising Cannabis Would Assist Australia Out of Its Deep Recession
Australia is going through its greatest economic recession since the Great Depression. The Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures in early September that showed over the 12 months to June the economy had contracted by 6.3 percent. The downturn was...
Should a Regulated Cannabis Market be Introduced in Australia?
Preliminary results from the New Zealand referendum on cannabis legalisation indicate strong opposition to the reform. The results show just over half (53%) of voters rejected proposed changes which would have allowed the legal possession and sale of cannabis products,...
“A Massive Victory”: Democracy Is Essential’s Eleanor Morley on Lifting the Protest Ban
As NSW police officers began picking up Sydney University students non-violently protesting and, at a distance, hurling them onto the footpath, it was quite clear that something had gotten out of hand. And it seems that state authorities finally agreed....
Supporting Refugees Made Destitute by Dutton: An Interview With BMRSG’s Brendan Doyle
It was clear by August this year that the economy was in deep recession due to the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the number of unemployed people having risen to over one million since the societywide lockdown....
What are the Powers of Citizens’ Arrest in New South Wales?
The actions of two Perth men, who have been dubbed the ‘Perth Pedo Hunters’, have put a 61-year-old man behind bars, after the men posed as a fictitious 14-year old boy named ‘Jarrod’, engaged in sexualised conversations with the alleged...
NSW Premier’s Office Accused of Corruption
The potentially unlawful shredding of documents relating to $252 million in grants could finally be the nail in the coffin of New South Wales’ Premier Gladys Berejiklian, The story so far A NSW Parliamentary Committee investigating the $252 million Stronger...
Black Lives Matter Triumphs Over the Attempts to Suppress Dissent
The Stop Black Deaths in Custody - Black Lives Matter rally that took place at Djarrbarrgalli-the Domain on Monday, 26 October 2020 was the first major demonstration to take place in the city of Sydney since the government revoked the...
