NT royal commission: Legal group calls for immediate moratorium on child arrests By Jacqueline Breen Updated about 2 hours agoPHOTO: NAAJA believes police should stop arresting children. (ABC: Dijana Damjanovic) RELATED STORY: NT’s Don Dale youth detention centre...
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Drug offences can be considered amongst the most serious offences in the eyes of the Criminal Courts. When it comes to drugs and the law, it is important to remember the varying distinction between possession, dealing and supply of illegal drugs, whilst also bearing...
Legal Aid have posted some useful links about who is eligible to apply and the criteria that must be met: https://www.legalaid.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/27719/Driver-Disqualified-Reforms-A4-tip-sheet-and-penalty-table.pdf...
The Road Transport Amendment (Driver License Disqualification) Bill 2017 was assented on Friday 13 October 2017 in the Legislative Assembly, and will come into effect imminently. So, if you are sitting out a lengthy disqualification but have been of good behaviour for...
Between October 2016 and September 2017, the world’s largest child abuse forum was being run by Australian police officers. Source: ‘My daughter should not be used as bait’: How police smashed child porn site
The minimum age of criminal responsibility for children should be lifted from 10 to 14, given mounting evidence of the lifelong harm the justice system does to children, and the huge risk of kids becoming “entrenched” in the jail system if locked up young, says one of...
The law attributes criminal liability where a person has committed the criminal act (actus reus) with a criminal mind (mens rea), commonly referred to as ‘intent’. However, society does not hold young children accountable for their actions to the same extent as...
Non-consensual pornography has been criminalised under recent amendments to the NSW Crimes Act 1900. The new offences are designed to target the growing trend of image-based abuse, which reportedly affects 1 in 5 Australians, and carry a maximum penalty of three years...
Following a 2013 Inquiry by the Criminal Law Committee of the Law Society of New South Wales in relation to the Legislative Assembly Committee on Law & Safety’s Inquiry into driver license disqualification, a number of key proposals were put forward. This is on...
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Police powers to stop and search persons In NSW, police powers are established in the Law Enforcement Powers and Responsibilities Act 2002. The powers of the police to require a person’s identity to be disclosed are contained in Part 3 of LEPRA. Under Section 11,...
