Furious Driving Causing Injury
Furious driving causing injury Is an offence under section 53 of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) which carries a maximum penalty of 2 years in prison. To establish the offence, the prosecution must prove beyond reasonable doubt that: You drove...
“Enough Is Enough” Is Not a Policy Position, as Wong Doubles Down on Burying Assange
The Albanese government’s politicking on Assange has done many things. It’s provided attention, where they’d been a lack under Morrison. It’s given hope to supporters, even if that’s fast dwindling. And it’s bestowed the PM and cabinet with a justice-seeking,...
“We Protect Us”: AltMediaWatch on Far-Right Attacks Against LGBTQ People
The pushback against recent far right assaults on LGBTIQ communities saw thousands gather at a Trans Day of Visibility event in Melbourne’s CBD last Friday night, as well as another held in Sydney’s Newtown on Sunday, where a mass of supporters...
“No Time to Waste”: Harbour Bridge Protester and Firefighter Alan Glover on Voting for Climate
As Alan Glover was driving a small truck towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge on 13 April 2022, the volunteer firefighter of four decades told those watching a livestream that he and his fellow Fireproof Australia protesters were taking park in the...
Does ‘Gender Deception’ Invalidate Sexual Consent in New South Wales?
Between the years of 2012 and 2017, a string of cases in the United Kingdom involved determinations regarding whether a complainant could assert they did not lawfully consent to sexual activity as they were deceived into believing the other participant...
Sydney’s Rainbow Community Faces Off Rising Christian Extremism: In Digital Images
The attempt to stamp out other people’s identities as they don’t comply with one’s own group’s style of dress or adult behaviour in the bedroom is a fascist tendency. On Saturday in Hyde Park North, a group of Christian fascists...
Should Football Players Get Compensation for Their Injuries?
More than 60 AFL players who suffered concussion-related injuries while training or playing with the league between 1985 and 14 March, 2023 have lodged a class action against the organisation in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The players are seeking compensation...
Bizarre Australian Criminal Cases: The Simpsons Porn Case
There are many bizarre cases that form part of Australian legal history, but perhaps none more vexing when it comes to balancing the often competing considerations of free speech on the one hand, and protecting the innocent on the other,...
“If Not Us, Then Who?”: An Interview With Animal Justice Party Candidate Alison Waters
As Australian animal rights pioneer Linda Stoner remarked at a recent rally in Sydney, back in the 1970s, when she first became a vegetarian after reading academic Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation, trying to find a restaurant that could facilitate her...
Supreme Court Overrules Magistrate’s ‘Emotional’ Decision
The NSW Supreme Court has overturned a Local Court Magistrate’s decision to dismiss assault charges and an apprehended violence order brought against a school teacher for striking an unruly student, as he was found to have based his decision on...
