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Of the 82,471 strip searches NSW police performed over the ten years to 2023, only 11,136, or 13.5 percent turned up an illicit substance. Further, 6,716 of these searches followed a drug dog indication, yet only 2,713 of them, or...

A third man has been charged with murder as investigations continue into the fatal shooting of a 65-year old woman in Sydney’s south west.  The incident Campbelltown City Police Area Command established Strike Force Apslawn following a drive-by shooting which...

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Bail Centralisation and the Virtual Bail Court: NSW Staggers into a Reform Overreach The local knowledge that country magistrates have in relation to bail decisions...

Detectives from the New South Wales Organised Crime Squad have laid criminal charges against three people accused of belonging to a South-American network that travelled to Sydney last month to off-load counterfeit cocaine to local crime groups. The charges  Strike...

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Engaging in Unqualified Legal Practice in NSW A man who pretended to be a lawyer under a fake law firm could face...

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sydney Lawyer Fails in Attempt to Sue NSW Police Force for Malicious Prosecution A Sydney lawyer whose sexual assault charges were later dropped has failed...

A recent report by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has the mainstream media asserting that criminal offences are being ‘solved’ at higher rates than ever before in New South Wales. But while these sources...

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Officer Who Fatally Tasered Great-Grandmother Avoids Prison: The Reasoning The Supreme Court of NSW has published its reasons for imposing a non-custodial sentence....

The fact that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, who on taking office in June 2016, launched a drug war comprised of mass extrajudicial killings that continued until he left office in June 2022, is now in the custody of the...

The 2024 New South Wales Drug Summit report was released on 3 April 2025. It recommends 56 priority actions are taken, including some prominent long-term drug law reforms, like enacting a drug driving defence for users of medicinal cannabis, the...