Proof of Stealing or Taking a Motor Vehicle Can Be Elusive for Prosecutors
A recent incident involving five teenagers allegedly stealing a car before crashing into another vehicle two days later and causing serious injuries to one of the occupants of the stolen car has potentially left prosecutors with difficulties in establishing criminal...
“The Majority of Strip Searches Are Illegal”: An Interview with Redfern Legal Centre’s Sam Lee
The NSW Police Force conducted 2,487 strip searches in the field across this state over the financial year 2022-23. And of these searches 13.8 percent were conducted upon First Nations people, despite the Indigenous community only accounting for 3.4 percent...
Labor Must Stop Trade with Israel, Declares Senator Payman Ahead of the IPAN Conference
Helplessly bearing witness to the 12-month-long wholesale slaughter in Gaza has taken its toll on the Australian constituency, especially those who have relatives trapped at the site of the genocide, and this is only being compounded by the actions of...
The Laws, Defences and Penalties for Failing to Lodge a Tax Return in Australia
A Queensland lawyer who charged with five tax offences involving 105 breaches of taxation legislation has been suspended from practising law until 27 February 2026. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal published a judgment on 18 September 2024 which found...
A Rogue and Armed VicPol Goes Ballistic on Peace Protesters: Interview With XR’s Violet and Brad
A week on from the Disrupt Land Forces protests that happened in Naarm-Melbourne on 11 September, the Victoria police response to the thousands of peace activists who turned up to demonstrate against a weapons trading show continues to stun the...
What is the Likely Penalty for Robbery Offences in New South Wales?
A Sydney man is facing charges of aggravated robbery, police pursuit, and take & drive conveyance over allegations he forcibly took a taxi from a driver. Officers attached to Cumberland Police Area Command were patrolling Merrylands in Western Sydney at...
The Soft US Military Takeover of Australia Is Simply a “Pooling of Sovereignty”
Australian sovereignty has always been tenuous, as the grounds upon which the British Crown claimed the great southern continent as its own were based on the Doctrine of Discovery and the legal concept of terra nullius, which stipulate that an...
Attorney General Waxes Lyrical About His Whistleblower Protections that Fail All
“Improved whistleblower protection has long been an interest of mine,” federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus told The Sydney Institute, during a 5 September speech he gave to the privately-funded policy forum, which was titled, Transparency and Accountability in Politics and...
The Encryption Wars Continue as ASIO Demands Big Tech Unlock Private Messaging
The ABC’s 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson was last week invited into an ASIO 75th anniversary exhibition that’s usually only open to former ASIO officers, not just to give us a glimpse of how taxpayers are funding private shows for spooks but...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 August 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Thorpe Calls Out Gaslighting Albanese, as He Abandons Makarrata Truth-Telling Reform Our PM is claiming he never made a commitment to truth-telling or a treaty,...
