Legalising Hemp Leaf Foods: An Interview With Industry Pioneer Andrew Kavasilas
These days, if you walk down the aisles of any Australian supermarket, whether it be a major outlet or a smaller local store, you’ll come across hempseed food products. And they’ll usually be found in the health food section, as...
What is a ‘Conspiracy’ in the Commonwealth Criminal Law?
A Sydney man accused of serious drug offences is on the run from the police after allegedly disabling his ankle monitor while on bail. Northern Beaches restauranter Mostafa Baluch is alleged to have financed a major cocaine importation syndicate. He...
NSW Government Proposes to Divert Certain Drug Offenders Away From the Criminal Justice System
The New South Wales Government is proposing to implement a new program across the state, which would give some drug offenders a second chance. It’s a sharp departure from the hardline stance of successive state governments, which have refused to...
As the ACT Moves to Fixed-Site Pill Testing, NSW Police Minister Doesn’t Get It
NSW police minister David Elliott took the opportunity of Sydney opening up from its extended lockdown to strengthen the understanding that he has no idea about the evidence behind the harm reduction intervention known as pill testing. Elliott told Sky...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 September to 3 October 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Prosecutors Must Show Letters of Assistance to Defence Lawyers Prosecutors are required to show defence lawyers any letter proposed for tender in court which outlines...
The Offence of Possessing a Commercial Quantity of Unlawfully Imported Border Controlled Drug
Police arrested a 29-year old man on Thursday, 2 September 2021 at his home in Mt Colah in Sydney’s north, after raiding several properties including a storage facility in Hornsby. It has been alleged that the raids led to the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 August 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Victoria’s Ongoing Heavy-Handed Cannabis Policing Is Harmful Former senior police sergeant Greg Denham explains that, ‘[d]rugs aren’t the problem: it’s our drug policies that are...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 July to 1 August 2021
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sydney Brothers Charged Over Alleged Gangland Murder The brothers have been charged over the alleged murder of Mejid Hamzy in October last year. Click here...
The Offence of Supplying a Large Commercial Quantity of Prohibited Drugs in NSW
Two New South Wales men are facing charges for drug offences after police allegedly seized $12 million worth of crystal methamphetamine, or ‘ice’, and cocaine in Sydney’s South West over the weekend. Police allege the two men were arrested during...
Section 36U Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 | Definition of Prohibited Drugs Does Not Include Prohibited Plants
Section 36U of the Drug Misuse and Trafficking Act 1985 explains that the definition of ‘prohibited drugs’ in the context of drug premises offences does not include cannabis leaf, cannabis oil or cannabis resin. The section is extracted below. When...