Agitating Against Mardi Gras Corporatisation: An Interview With Pride in Protests’ Mikhael Burnard
In less than a fortnight, Sydney city will be awash with hundreds of thousands of people from across the globe, as WorldPride 2023 kicks off, with the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras incorporated into the international event this year. So,...
What is A Voir Dire?
A lot of legal jargon is outdated, confusing, unnecessary and even counter-productive to ensuring the law is comprehensible to all people - whether represented by a lawyer or self-represented - and that access to justice is fair, regardless of whether...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 January to 5 February 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Domestic Violence Disclosure Scheme: The Right to Know or an Unjustified Intrusion on Privacy? The scheme would enable anyone to quickly ascertain whether someone has...
What is the Role of the New South Wales Education Standards Authority?
Controversial New South Wales Opus Dei schools are now under investigation by the New South Wales Education Standards Authority (NESA) after recent media coverage which raised concerns about the school curriculum. A story, which recently aired on ABC’s 4 Corners,...
The US-Australia Military Alliance Serves Washington’s Interests, Not Ours
This nation’s alliance with the US is often considered to guarantee Australian security. But the foundation of this strategic relationship, the 1951 ANZUS (Australia, New Zealand, United States) Treaty, provides no such assurance that Washington would step in to support us...
The Belmarsh Tribunal: “In Short, Free Julian Assange, Without Further Unconscionable Delay.”
The Belmarsh Tribunal sat for the fourth time last Friday, 20 January, in Washington DC to discuss the global crackdown by state actors against journalists, sources and their publishers, with a focus on the extralegal attempt to extradite Julian Assange to...
The Offence of Contravening a Court Suppression or Non-Publication Order in NSW
The very real impact and influence of media reporting and social media commentary upon high profile criminal trials in the past couple of years has led Victorian criminal defence lawyers to apply to have evidence withheld from the public ahead...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 January 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Terrorism-Related Offences: Entering or Remaining in a Declared Area A woman is facing court for allegedly entering and remaining in parts of Syria that were...
Kidnapping: A Prevalent Crime Throughout the Ages
History is littered with stories of kidnappings of prominent figures and genocidal acts against significant parts of whole societies. Julius Caesar, Emperor of Rome in the year 75 BC, Ireland’s Patron Saint, St Patrick in AD 403 and England’s King...
What’s Contained in the Australian Constitution, Anyway?
The Australian Constitution is the founding document of the nation, which provides the basic rules of how government is formed and the processes by which it should govern. The fundamental law within it, however, differs starkly to the reality of how...
