Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 May 2022
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Australia Has Spoken: Greenslides, Triumphant Independents and Far-Right Rejection Australians have turned to independents and minority parties who call for climate action and a federal...
NSW Police Claim Victory in the War on Drugs
Eighteen men aged between 19 and 39 are appearing in courts across Sydney’s West and South-West today after being arrested in coordinated police raids. Police have described the men as ‘low to mid ranking’ members of a dial-a-dealer drug network...
Australia Has Spoken: Greenslides, Triumphant Independents and Far-Right Rejection
Whether Labor takes the majority or remains minority, the Australian public has broken the bipartisan line with the results of this election. The duopoly that has been the old white boys club shifting laws around to favour fossil fuel corporates...
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...