Get the Hell Out of Bed With Santos, Gladys, Warns Extinction Rebellion
Traffic on Sydney’s Macquarie Street was brought to a standstill at 4 pm on 14 October, as a bed appeared high on the barricades out the front of state parliament, and upon it was the embodiment of the NSW government...
Sydney University Students Heighten Protest Campaign, As Police Escalate Use of Force
Sydney University continues to be the frontline of the battle for the right to protest, and the clash to push back attacks on higher education and critical thought. Although the excessive policing that’s causing it to be the epicentre, is...
Sexual Assault, Stalking and Suicide: The Dark Side of Tinder
Last year, Victorian man Glen Hartland was sentenced to nearly 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting three women and indecently assaulting another. He pleaded guilty to the charges, after using dating app Tinder to lure his victims. One of...
Should it Be a Crime to Exert ‘Coercive Control’ Over a Domestic Partner?
In a move met with a mixed response from family violence experts, a law has been introduced into New South Wales parliament which aims to make it a criminal offence to isolate and control a domestic partner through coercive means....
Should Gladys Resign?
‘I stuffed up’. These are the words of Premier Gladys Berejiklian to the people of New South Wales, after evidence given to the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) revealed she has been in a “close personal relationship” with former Liberal...
Trans Rights Activists Triumph Over Protest Ban, Police Respond With Force
At a couple of minutes to 1pm on Saturday, there was a heavy police presence at Sydney’s Taylor Square, which was disproportionate to the number of civilians in the area. It led one shop owner to approach a group of...
Sydney Doctor Sent to Prison for Sexually Assaulting Patients
A Sydney doctor has been sentenced to six years behind bars for sexually assaulting patients while working at a sleep research clinic. Ali Khorami pleaded not guilty to committing sexual offences against five females aged between 16 and 29 whom...
Victorian Police Flex Their COVID Muscles
Attendees at a gathering at a home been fined a total of $21,000 over the weekend, for allegedly contravening Victoria’s strict Covid-19 restrictions. Victoria Police fined 13 people $1652 each over allegations they failed to wear masks or social distance...
‘Lawyer X’ Likely to be Struck Off for Professional Misconduct
Disgraced criminal defence barrister Nicola Gobbo is likely to be struck of Victoria’s roll of legal practitioners for gross violations of her professional obligations to clients, including breaching client legal privilege, providing legal services in circumstances where there is a...
Driver Allegedly Filmed Dying Police Officer After Road Accident
The lawyers for a Victorian driver who allegedly filmed a dying police officer after a horrific road crash earlier this year are calling for many of the charges against their client to be withdrawn. In April 2020, 42-year old Richard...
