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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...

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sexual Assault Conviction Quashed Due to Admission of Unfairly Prejudicial Evidence The appeal court overturned the conviction as the police body warn camera footage admitted...

A government-sanctioned pill testing trial happened at the two-day Yours and Owls music festival held in Wollongong last weekend. So, for the first time ever in the state of NSW, festivalgoers were able to have their illegal drugs tested for...

According to veteran NSW drug law reformist Dr Alex Wodak, it’s “an open secret that most of the NSW cabinet now support major drug law reform”. This suggests that the recent 2024 NSW Drug Summit was “designed to not recommend...

This week’s New South Wales Drug Summit gave many people hope that our state would finally move away from the failed war on drugs and embrace drug minimisation measures such as decriminalisation and pill testing. But drug law reform experts...

“Nothing worthwhile ever comes out of an echo chamber,” said NSW premier Chris Minns, as he opened two days of NSW Drug Summit proceedings on Gadigal land at Sydney’s ICC on 4 December 2024. “We want different perspectives. We want...

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Being a Victim of Domestic Violence Can Amount to a Mitigating Factor on Sentence A woman who poisoned her husband to death after being subjected...