Created on: 01.11.25 | Updated on: 01.11.25
Most people think of trespassing as a minor matter — walking onto private property or staying somewhere you shouldn’t. But under NSW law, certain forms of trespass can escalate into serious criminal offences carrying years…
Created on: 01.11.25 | Updated on: 01.11.25
When someone assists, encourages, or conceals a crime in New South Wales, they may still face criminal liability — even if they didn’t directly commit the offence themselves. Under NSW law, such individuals can be…
Created on: 25.04.25 | Updated on: 18.08.25
Cyberbullying Laws in Australia: Protecting Yourself Online With more of our lives spent online, cyberbullying has become an increasingly serious issue across Australia. To address the growing risks associated with digital abuse, the Australian Government…
Created on: 06.09.23 | Updated on: 02.07.25
Bail is a legal term familiar to most people due to crime-related television shows and movies. Most people understand that bail involves the temporary release of an accused person from police custody, under a set…
Created on: 10.07.22 | Updated on: 23.05.25
The Miranda Rights are so familiar to those of us who watch US police television shows that we can almost recite the words by memory. But while the Miranda Rights are a staple of Hollywood…
Created on: 14.11.20 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Prostitution and the sex work industry have been contested amongst lawmakers and the general public since their inception, resulting in ambiguity and contradiction over the past 40 years. Australia has one of the more liberal…
Created on: 28.03.19 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Crimes are committed every day. And in the review of Sydney, the rate of crime has dramatically declined over the past 15 years. Though the overall crime rate has decreased, not every category of crime…
Created on: 23.11.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25
If you bundle shoplifting, fraud by employees or suppliers, and “shrink” together, the Global Retail Theft Barometer reports that Australians pay some serious money as retailers try to make up for those losses. In fact,…
Created on: 02.11.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25
[This article contains coarse language] Teenagers do it. Workmates do it. Your spouse does it. You do it. Hell, even your grandmother has probably dropped a swear word. We Australians have a bit of a…
Created on: 26.10.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25
Substantial Impairment by Abnormality of the Mind– A Partial Defence to Murder In Regina v Malcolm Robert Potts, a 33 year old NSW man with schizophrenia stabbed his father to death with a knife in…
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