Criminal Law

New Metadata Laws Introduced Requiring Telco Companies to Collect Your Metadata

Created on: 20.06.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

ISPs are Collecting Your Metadata and This is A Great Reason to Use A VPN The new metadata laws that have into force in Australia require Internet Service Providers and telecom companies to collect your…

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Carriage Service Offences – The Meaning of Menace, Harass, and Offend

Created on: 02.06.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

Carriage Service Offences – The Meaning of Menace, Harass, and Offend In NSW, the maximum penalty for using a carriage service to harass, menace, or cause offence is three years of imprisonment. If the issue…

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Is Pepper Spray Legal In Australia?

Created on: 28.05.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25

Walking alone to your home on a poorly lit road in the dead of night can give anyone the jitters. The question then becomes how will you prepare and arm yourself in potentially dangerous locations?…

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Nimbin Man Arrested After Facebook Post

Created on: 28.05.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

Nimbin Man Arrested For Facebook Post A Nimbin guy has been arrested for allegedly posting a video of his marijuana crop on Facebook. Peter Till, the man we are talking about, allegedly bragged about his…

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The Harmful Psychological Effects of Incarceration

Created on: 21.05.17 | Updated on: 02.07.25

The Harmful Psychological Effects of Incarceration In 2015 the number of people incarcerated in Australian gaols reached a record high of 35,467. That is almost 200 prisoners per 100,000 adults. In NSW alone capacity is…

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What does Jury Duty Pay?

Created on: 10.05.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

What Does Jury Duty Pay? We are undeniably lucky to live in a society where we have a robust justice system. Jury trials are a crucial part of this system as such, any Australian citizen…

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Guilty or Not Guilty? What would Cassandra Sainsbury expect if she had got caught in Australia?

Created on: 04.05.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

Guilty or Not Guilty? What would Cassandra Sainsbury expect if she had got caught in Australia? Adelaide’s Cassandra Sainsbury was arrested for possessing about 6 kg of cocaine at a Columbian airport. While there are…

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Mentally ill or Not?- Some Considerations for Defendants Suffering from Mental Conditions

Created on: 01.05.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

Considerations for Defendants Suffering from Mental Conditions Under section 32 of the Mental Health (Forensic Provisions) Act 1990 (NSW), an accused whom the court deems as a sufferer of a mental condition or a mental…

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Should Drug Possession be Decriminalised?

Created on: 02.04.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

Should Drug Possession be De-Criminalised? Australians are no strangers when it comes to illicit drug use. According to the United Nation’s 2014 World Drug Report Australia surpasses every other country when it comes to ecstasy…

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Majority Verdicts – How do they Work?

Created on: 20.01.17 | Updated on: 03.03.25

Majority Verdicts – How do they work? Our criminal justice system in Australia has, for hundreds of years, always known that an accused person tried before a jury could only be found guilty of the…

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