Good People Break Bad Laws: Illicit Drugs
Not a lot of people who’ve grown up under drug prohibition consider that going back a little over a hundred years ago, the substances we commonly associate with being outlawed were for the most part legally available. The first rumblings...
Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities in Public Places
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will soon be in full swing, with glitter, tassels and jockstraps flying off shelves like hotcakes as revellers gear up for the fabulous Oxford Street parade on the 29th of February. As with...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 February 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: ‘Sports Rorts’ Scandal: 43% of Grants Were Ineligible The sports grants program has been labelled a ‘virtual slush fund’ for the Coalition’s re-election efforts, overlooking...
Federal ICAC Now: An Interview With Wake the F%cK Up Australia’s Alex Devantier
As thousands of climate protesters gathered out the front of Parliament House in Canberra this week, hovering above them was a 6-metre-high bespectacled effigy of a familiar Australian figure that’s been dubbed Bullshit Boy. As one gazes upon this image...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 January to 2 February 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What Are the Rules For Accessing and Selling ‘Poppers’ in Australia? New laws relating to alkyl nitrites – also known as ‘poppers’ – come into...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 January 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: I’ve Received a Fine in NSW, What Happens Now? How to check whether you have a fine, how to challenge it and what happens if...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 December 2019
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: “The Liar From the Shire”: Thousands March Demanding Action from Morrison Thousands have marched across the Harbour Bridge calling on our absent prime minister to...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Drug Supply in New South Wales
A young woman has been charged with drug supply after allegedly being found with 1000 MDMA (‘ecstasy’) tablets at a music festival. New South Wales police officers are reported to have found 800 tablets in the woman’s bra and 200...
The Wild Horses Sting? Police Breath and Drug Test Patrons Evacuating Festival
At around 9.30 am on Monday 9 December, word went around punters camped out at the Wild Horses festival in Victoria’s Marysville that an announcement had been made regarding an alleged police order that the site be immediately evacuated due...
Drug Policing Causes Most of the Harms: An Interview With Former Police Sergeant Greg Denham
Last August marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant music festivals of all time, Woodstock. The four day event involved the coming together of close to half a million people, and as is well-known, the hippies that...
