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AIVL’s Melanie Walker on Coming Drug Decriminalisation and Treatment Access

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ACT Labor MLA Michael Pettersson has yet again set his sights on reforming the Canberra community. This time it’s in the form of just introduced legislation that would see the decriminalisation of the personal possession and use of illicit substances...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 February 2021

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In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: When Does Conduct Relating to Prostitution Become a Crime? Police allege the defendants forced young women into sexual servitude, drugged and tattooed them with marks...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 January 2021

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In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW DPP Prosecuting Guidelines Part 2: Prosecution’s Duty of Disclosure, Immunities, Informants, Victims of Crime and Vulnerable Witnesses An outline of prosecution policies relating to...

Drug Decriminalisation for the ACT: An Interview With Labor MLA Michael Pettersson

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Led by the Uniting Church Synod of NSW/ACT, Fair Treatment has been calling on the jurisdictions of NSW and the ACT to decriminalise drug use and personal possession since late 2018. This health-based campaign has the backing of over 60...

Drug Law Reform Is Desperately Needed, Yet Berejiklian Refuses to See Reason

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The Australian response to the COVID-19 pandemic for the most part has been successful and a very welcome change as science and public health advice is given its due prominence in such health policy decisions. The need for greater investment...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 December 2020

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In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Government’s Plan to Criminalise Cash Payments Has Been Defeated Scott Morrison’s proposal to create four criminal offences involving the use of cash payments has been...

Berejiklian’s Drug Depenalisation: A “Modest” Step Towards “Inevitable” Decriminalisation

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At a 30 November meeting, NSW government cabinet ministers discussed a three-tiered system of depenalisation for the offence of personal drug possession. First spruiked by attorney general Mark Speakman, the step-in-the-right-direction policy gained broad, but not unanimous, support. A conservative...

Victoria Police are Primarily Responsible for the ‘Lawyer X’ Scandal

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Established in late 2018, the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants handed down its final report this week. The inquiry delved into Victoria police’s use of criminal lawyer Nicola Gobbo as a police informant and the implications this...

Vehicle Searches Without Warrant

Vehicle searches without a warrant are regulated by section 36 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, which states that a police officer may, without a warrant, stop, search and detain a vehicle, if the officer “suspects on...

Personal Searches Without a Warrant

Personal searches without a warrant are regulated by section 21 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002, which states that a police officer may, without a warrant, stop, search and detain a person, and anything the person possesses...
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