Created on: 26.04.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Why is Heroin Use on the Rise Again? The Odyssey House, NSW’s largest rehabilitation clinic, has seen a 3 fold increase in “heroin addicted patients” with a 165% increase in heroin related admissions over the…
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Created on: 19.04.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
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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Created on: 14.04.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
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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Created on: 04.04.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
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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Created on: 02.04.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
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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Created on: 27.03.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Male Victims of Domestic Violence…Are They Ignored? As Criminal Lawyers, we see a tiny number of female perpetrators of domestic violence being prosecuted compared to male offenders. It seems, at least still, that a large…
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Created on: 20.03.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Is There a Relationship Between Methamphetamine Use and the Rise in Domestic Violence It seems we hear daily in the media about the growing threats that domestic violence, and the widespread use of methamphetamine have…
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Created on: 09.03.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
Are Our Drink Driving Penalties Tough Enough? A 42 year old Gold Coast mother was recently charged with drink driving and her licence suspended when she was found to have, what many consider to be…
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Created on: 01.03.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
“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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Created on: 23.02.16 | Updated on: 03.03.25
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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