“The Final Nail”: Block Redevelopment to Expand With No Aboriginal Housing
The controversial redevelopment of the Block in Redfern is now set to include a higher student accommodation tower, while there’s no funding whatsoever for the proposed affordable housing units for Aboriginal families. A NSW Department of Planning and Environment report released...
Banking Royal Commission to Get More Funding
The Federal Government will allocate an additional $51.5 million to ensure the Federal Court and Commonwealth Prosecutors have sufficient resources to ensure financial institutions are brought to account for their misconduct. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the new round of funding...
Guards Who Have Sex with Inmates Now Face Prison
The NSW government passed new laws last week making it a crime for prison guards to have sex with inmates. The move follows revelations mid-year regarding a number of female corrections officers who’d allegedly been engaging in sexual relations with...
Penalty for Arson to Increase in New South Wales
The NSW Parliament passed laws overnight which will increase the maximum penalty for being reckless as to whether a fire you created spreads to public land or the private land of another person, from 14 to 25 years in prison....
NSW Magistrate Faces Misconduct Hearing
A hearing commenced yesterday in the Conduct Division of the Judicial Commission of NSW into complaints that a magistrate abused her position by bullying and belittling defendants, calling on prosecutors to press additional charges against them and ordering that they...
Challenging the NSW Police Shutdown: An Interview With Bohemian Beatfreaks’ Erik Lamir-Pike
The NSW Police Force (NSWPF) is continuing what can only be described as its assault on festivals. Last Friday, it publicly announced that it was withdrawing its support for and blocking the Bohemian Beatfreaks festival that’s due to be held...
NRL Star Accused of Aggravated Sexual Assault
Things have gone from bad to worse for former Parramatta Eels Rugby League star Jarryd Hayne. It has been reported that the two time Dally M medallist and former San Francisco 49ers player - against whom civil proceedings for sexual...
Parramatta Justice Precinct: The New Heart of the Sydney’s Legal System
According to European history books, Parramatta is the second-oldest city in Australia, founded by Governor Phillip in 1788. First People had been in the area for some 30,000 years before that, referring to Parramatta as ‘Burramatta’, which means head of...
Parking Rules to be Relaxed in NSW
The New South Wales government has announced that a “saving grace period” will be introduced for parking bays which issue physical tickets. The new rules are scheduled to apply from 31 January 2019, and enable motorists parked in a paid...
NSW Police Association Demands Thousands More Officers
Earlier this year, the Police Association of NSW demanded 2,500 extra officers which it claimed was necessary to avoid an “epidemic” of violence. The Association says its members are at a “breaking point”, warning that a failure to dramatically increase...
