NSW Police with Drug Dogs Saturate Global Mardi Gras: An Interview With Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann
The Australian prime minister marching in the Sydney Mardi Gras this year marked a stark shift in societal values as compared with the first time the event was staged in 1978, which saw the NSW police violently set upon the...
Authorised Psychiatrists Will Soon Be Allowed to Prescribe MDMA and Psilocybin
The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) announced on 3 February that two popular recreationally used illicit substances, MDMA and psilocybin, will be available to specifically authorised psychiatrists to prescribe to patients for certain mental health conditions. Better known as party drug ecstasy, MDMA...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Drug Possession in New South Wales
Possessing a prohibited drug is an offence under section 10 of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 (NSW). To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that: You had possession of a substance, The substance was...
Decriminalising Drugs Would Enable Police to Focus on Serious Crime
As anti-drug dog campaign Sniff Off posted an image of NSW police at Central Station in March 2019, it was clear that law enforcement were taking matters to an extreme, as not only were officers accompanied by dogs, but they were further...
Have a Very Perrottet Christmas, Let’s Make Sure It’s Our Last
As a Christian fundamentalist and ultraconservative neocon, NSW premier Dominic Perrottet has done a fine job of maintaining an outward appearance in the public sphere that conveys a regular Aussie guy, whilst he holds viewpoints and social values that border on...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 December 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Considers Medical Cannabis Driving Defence: Interview With Former Magistrate David Heilpern We’re counting down the 20 most engaging articles of 2022. Here’s number 20:...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 December 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Finally, Positive Movement on the Extralegal Political Prosecution of Assange Our PM and the media outlets that published WikiLeaks documents have called on the US...
The Law, Defences and Penalties for Large Commercial Drug Supply in NSW
A former ABC news presenter was refused bail in Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday, 8 December 2022 after being charged with a string of drug offences arising from raids on two Sydney Hotels. 52-year old Ashley Hall from Burwood...
Calls for Inquiry Into Illegal Use of Strip Searches and Efficacy of Drug Dog Operations
A sizable number of Sydneysiders know the experience all too well: it’s early Friday evening, you’ve left work for the week and made your way down to the local, and as you’re sinking a few with some friends, some jokers...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 November 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Law, Penalties and Defences for Offensive or Disorderly Conduct on an Aircraft A man has been sentenced after unzipping his trousers and urinating on...
