19.04.16
NSW Police Officers Abusing Facebook Police Post Fake and Misleading Statements on “Sniff Off” Page In 2001 a Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act for Drug Detection Dogs, also known as “The Drug Dog Act,”…
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14.04.16
Criminal justice visas – what you need to know What if you or someone you know who is here on a study or work visa gets charged with a crime? Will they automatically be deported…
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04.04.16
The “Dob in a Dealer” campaign – will it work to get ice off of our streets? The ice epidemic in Australia has left no one unscathed. Ice is in our schools, work places, homes…
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02.04.16
The Defence of Necessity – when can it be used? Ask any law student about the most memorable English law case read in criminal law class. Chances are that many would name “Queen v. Dudley…
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01.03.16
“Pill Testing” at music festivals expected by the end of the year Expect “mass arrests” by NSW Police, after the plan to roll out the first ever pill-testing facilities in NSW. Deputy Premier Troy Grant…
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23.02.16
Can I travel overseas with a criminal record? Travel is great. You can see the world, widen your horizons, meet new and interesting people. If you have the opportunity to travel then you absolutely should….
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17.02.16
Sydney: Australia’s Nanny State From Sydney’s new lock out laws, smoking bans in all public spaces (including no smoking inside our prisons), to tougher bail laws, to speed cameras almost everywhere, to reduced speeding limits, senseless…
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12.02.16
Getting Prisoners to Quit- The New Smoking Ban in NSW Jails In August 2015, the NSW Government implemented a smoking ban in all prisons. Despite valid health reasoning supporting the ban, the side effects associated…
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07.02.16
Police Body Cameras – Should they be activated at all times? Starting last September, NSW police rolled out Body-Worn Video (BWV) to support front line operational policing activities. Over the next two years, it is…
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31.01.16
Should Ice Addicts be Forced into Rehabilitation? It seems everyday we hear in the media about the devastating effects that the drug methamphetamine or “ice” has on user’s and our communities. However, help and rehabilitation…
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