Section 143(1) Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 | Obstructing a Police Officer Executing a Search Warrant on a Drug Premises
Obstructing a police officer in the execution of a drug premises search warrant is an offence under section 143(1) of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 which carries a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison. To establish...
Is the NSW Police Force Actively Impeding Drug Law Reform?
The Uniting Church NSW.ACT launched Fair Treatment, a campaign calling for drug decriminalisation to be rolled out in the two jurisdictions in which it operates. And Sir Richard Branson was in Sydney to support the launch. The Virgin entrepreneur went...
Harm Reduction Coalition Aotearoa’s Dr Julian Buchanan on Legalising All Illicit Drugs
Drug law reformists in the state of New South Wales are currently grappling with a government that has reneged on preelection promises regarding changes to the jurisdiction’s drug laws, with a slated NSW drug summit to deliberate upon drug decriminalisation,...
Former NSW DPP Nicholas Cowdery Calls on NSW Government to Reform Drug Laws
“We should all be accustomed by now to government promises - before and after elections - being broken or modified and this seems to be just another example,” former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Nicolas Cowdery said, regarding the go-slow...
Premier Minns, Queensland Is Rolling Out Pill Testing to Save Lives. Why Isn’t NSW?
Queensland has just embarked on the path of making pill testing, or drug checking, services legally available to constituents, which allows them to ascertain the content of the illicit substances in their possession, in order to have a clearer understanding...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 to 31 March 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: What are My Rights at NSW Music Festivals? Our short video about rights at music festivals in our state. Click here to read the article...
NSW Government Panders to Murdoch on Drug Law Reform, To the Detriment of NSW
NSW Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann last year laid the blame for the breakdown in the drug law reform agenda that had been progressed by members of the current NSW cabinet, only to then fall apart, at the feet of new...
New South Wales Introduces Fining Scheme for All Prohibited Drugs
The Minns government launched the Early Drug Diversion Initiative (EDDI) on 29 February 2024 with little fanfare, which is a shame because it does mark a long-pushed-for improvement on the zero-tolerance law enforcement approach to personal drug possession that had...
Former NSW Magistrate David Heilpern Condemns Absolute Liability Drug Driving Ruling
Right now, the New South Wales drug driving laws that facilitate police roadside drug testing are unjust, and, over the last decade, when this open secret has been raised in parliament, conservative MPs feign a lack of understanding regarding the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 February 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Involuntary Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program in NSW Magistrates are empowered to compel those who are suffering from severe dependency issues to undertake treatment,...
