Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: COVID Restrictions Have Eased, But the Impact on Mental Health Continues There has been a 25% increase in the reporting of mental health issues despite...
Governments Benefit From Drug Prohibition to the Detriment of Public Health
In a similar manner to the way governments like ours in Australia, continue to ignore warnings about the climate crisis coming from scientists, politicians across the globe choose to disregard the overwhelming and mounting evidence that drug prohibition has been...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 9 to 15 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Biloela Family: Political Pawns in the Upcoming Federal Election The Labor Leader has promised to return the family to their Queensland community, while the Deputy...
The Cocaine Will Flow, Despite Police Parading Latest Seizure
Yet another image of police parading in front of a large haul of drugs appeared in the press last week. Located off the South Australian coast by the Australian Border Force on 18 March, the drugs were detected after intelligence suggested...
Sydney Pharmacist Imprisoned for Commercial Drug Supply
A formerly well-respected and highly-successful Sydney pharmacist has been sentenced to imprisonment after pleading guilty to commercial drug supply and dealing with proceeds of crime of more than $100,000. The court heard that 61-year old Michael Lowe ran profitable pharmacies...
Spotlight on Overdose: An Interview With AIVL CEO Jake Docker
Despite being an abject failure from its inception, the war on drugs continues and its casualties are mounting. Although its victims are not illicit substances, and nor are they those who profiteer from their manufacture or trafficking. Those who’ve primarily...
Roadside Drug Testing Aims to Punish Illicit Users, Not Save Lives
Back in 1970s Australia, drink driving was socially acceptable amongst a large portion of the population. And whilst on the books it was outlawed, unless a vehicle was discernibly swerving its way down a road, a drunk driver would likely make...
Go Fiona! Patten Legislates for Drug Decriminalisation in Victoria
Reason Party leader Fiona Patten is yet again doing what she does best: pushing for progressive change in the state of Victoria. Over recent years, the Victorian MLC has successfully seen the establishment of the Richmond supervised injecting room, the enactment...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 to 30 January 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Another Country Makes it a Crime Not to Have a COVID-19 Vaccine Austria joins a small list of nations to make it a criminal offence...
Crime Lords Aren’t the Only Targets as Governments Profiteer from Asset Seizures
Proceeds of crime and unexplained wealth laws allow government to confiscate what’s deemed property used in or garnered from illegal activities, as well as finances regarded as sourced unlawfully, and, at times, these measures can be applied without any accompanying...
