Illegally Strip Searching Teens Does Not Amount to “Serious Misconduct”, LECC Finds
A 16-year-old First Nations boy was walking down the main street of a major town in north western NSW on 25 November 2018, when, on seeing some police, he dropped a foil of cannabis in his possession. The youth then...
What is the Offence of Drug Supply in New South Wales?
It has been reported that at around 1.15pm, Thursday 3 April 2020, a 37-year old man from Lane Cove in the lower northern suburbs of Sydney attended a hotel on Elizabeth Street in the Sydney CBD to deliver a box...
The Next Social Justice Movement: An Interview With the Animal Defenders Office’s Tara Ward
The High Court of Australia ruled in February that footage revealing greyhound trainers illegally using live rabbits as baits was inadmissible in court, as it had been obtained unlawfully. However, subsequent resulting evidence could be permitted, so those trainers will...
Ice Inquiry Makes Recommendations, But Government Has Its Head in the Sand
In its final report, the NSW Special Commission of Inquiry into the Drug “Ice” outlines that the use of methamphetamine and other similar drugs “requires compassionate responses consistent with human rights approaches, rather than punitive responses that can compound the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 February to 1 March 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Officer Remains on Force Despite Being Guilty of Sexual Touching The sergeant has been suspended on full pay despite being found guilty of...
Should We Stop Deporting Kiwis Who Call Australia Home?
Since the early 1970s, when Australia and New Zealand put the Trans-Tasman Travel Arrangement (TTTA) in place, citizens of both countries have enjoyed the freedom to travel and even settle, marry, work and live for any length of time in...
Good People Break Bad Laws: Illicit Drugs
Not a lot of people who’ve grown up under drug prohibition consider that going back a little over a hundred years ago, the substances we commonly associate with being outlawed were for the most part legally available. The first rumblings...
Your Legal Rights and Responsibilities in Public Places
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras will soon be in full swing, with glitter, tassels and jockstraps flying off shelves like hotcakes as revellers gear up for the fabulous Oxford Street parade on the 29th of February. As with...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 February 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: ‘Sports Rorts’ Scandal: 43% of Grants Were Ineligible The sports grants program has been labelled a ‘virtual slush fund’ for the Coalition’s re-election efforts, overlooking...
Federal ICAC Now: An Interview With Wake the F%cK Up Australia’s Alex Devantier
As thousands of climate protesters gathered out the front of Parliament House in Canberra this week, hovering above them was a 6-metre-high bespectacled effigy of a familiar Australian figure that’s been dubbed Bullshit Boy. As one gazes upon this image...
