Australia Must Declare Uyghur Genocide: An Interview With AUA’s Bahtiyar Bora
Right now, the Chinese government is perpetrating a genocide in the western province of Xinjiang: the homeland of the Uyghur people, which is locally known as the nation of East Turkistan. Indeed, the evidence emerging makes it increasingly clear that...
Victoria Decriminalises Public Drunkenness
Three years after the death of Yorta Yorta woman, Tanya Day, who was arrested for public drunkenness and suffered a fatal fall in a police cell at Castlemaine Police Station, Victoria has finally passed legislation to decriminalise public drunkenness. The...
What Would Jesus Have Thought About Morrison Government Policy?
There’s little debate over whether the historical figure of Jesus of Nazareth actually existed around the commencement of the Common Era. While most of the details about him come from the four gospels of the Bible, first-century historians Cornelius Tacitus...
NSW Premier’s Office Acted Illegally, But Won’t be Prosecuted
An investigation by the State Archives and Records Authority (the ‘SARA’) has found that the New South Wales Premier’s office broke the law when they shredded documents relating to $252 million in grants. However, there is no indication any charges...
Did Donald Trump Incite the Capitol Hill Riots?
In the aftermath of riots on the Capitol Building earlier this month, as a result of which five people died, former US President Donald Trump has been impeached. Under the US Constitution, Congress has the authority to impeach and remove...
Australian Police Stop Investigating the Catholic Church
Last year, financial crime watchdog AUSTRAC identified a $1.1 million transfer from the Vatican to Australia in 2017, the same year George Pell was charged with historical child sex offences. But law enforcement agencies responsible for ascertaining the purpose of...
Donald Trump Permanently Suspended from Twitter
Scenes of the mob attack on US Congress earlier this week shocked the world. Five people have died as a result of Trump supporters breaking into the US Capitol Building last week disrupting the certification of Joe Biden as the...
No Longer a Taboo: Psychologist Carly Schrever on Judicial Stress and Wellbeing
In a 1995 speech delivered in Hawaii, former High Court of Australia Justice Michael Kirby set out that “the general deference formerly paid to judges has been eroded” and “attacks on judges have now become commonplace”. He added that much...
The Rules Relating to Commencing and Discontinuing Criminal Prosecutions in NSW
The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Victoria is facing a barrage of criticism after withdrawing the criminal charges against a de-frocked Catholic Priest. The complainant, now in her early 60s, has spent nearly a decade trying...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 November to 6 December 2020
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown - Articles from 23 to 29 November 2020 In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the...