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Fans are fuming after police have warned anyone heading to UK electro group Above & Beyond‘s show in Sydney this weekend will be denied entry if a sniffer dog makes any indication they have or have had drugs on their person. If you or any one you know has been wrongfully refused from this gig, we will represent you PRO BONO Music.com.au has stated… Punters have slammed the call which suggests they could be refused entry into the gig despite not having drugs on them at all. Check out some of the responses...
Is it legal to take drugs in Australia?
Substance Abuse & Addiction Substance misuse is the harmful use of drugs or alcohol for non-medical purposes. Often associated with the use of illicit drugs, legal substances can also be misused, such as alcohol, prescription or over-the-counter medication, caffeine, nicotine and volatile substances (e.g. petrol, glue, paint). Most people with a substance use disorder are using alcohol. Addiction is a physical and/or psychological need to use a substance, often caused by regular continued use. Some substances are...
NSW drivers will start using digital licences
WE’VE all forgotten our licence at one point or another. Now you can just carry a digital copy on your mobile phone. NSW drivers will soon be able to show their licence on their phones if they are pulled over by police, with digital licences due to be rolled out across the state. Legislation will be introduced to parliament in the next two weeks to enable the phased statewide rollout of the digital driver’s licence. NSW Services Minister Victor Dominello claimed it was an Australian-first but South Australia had...
Govt due to receive GST carve-up review
It’s one of Australia’s more efficient taxes in its collection but how its revenue is carved up is an annual bone of contention among states and territories, particularly in Western Australia. The Productivity Commission is due on Tuesday to hand down its final report on a proposed system change on GST distribution to the Turnbull government. Whether any of the recommendations will soothe the annual share-out issues remains to be seen but any changes suggest if a larger slice of the $66 billion in GST revenue...
Australian banks exposed for ‘Liar loans”
Faked pay slips, forged documents and cash-stuffed envelopes used as bribes to secure loans are just some of the examples of dodgy practices exposed so far by the banking royal commission. But before you think “some people will do anything to get a mortgage”, it’s crucial to remember that the people carrying out these frauds were actually bank staff. The evidence paints a picture of an industry captured by people falling over themselves to get rich quick on commission-driven schemes to dish out ever bigger...
Police Brutality in Australia
Videos of Australian police officers committing police brutality acts are going viral via social media at an alarming rate. Offending officers should be made accountable for their crimes. Sydney Criminal Defence Lawyers encourage victims and passers by to post incriminating evidence online, rather than just make formal complaints. Accountability across Australia is inadequate, with the vast majority of complaints being investigated by police themselves and dismissed, including those involving highly...
Body piercing and body mutilation charges
Body piercer, 37, charged with ‘genital mutilation’ of a woman, 33, is hit with ‘more complaints’- as his studio opens for business as usual WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT A 37-year-old man has been arrested over alleged genital mutilation He was then charged with prohibition of female genital mutilation The man was arrested at his Terrigal home on Tuesday morning Police allege he mutilated a female customer during a procedure in 2016 So what does the law say? Offences under the new Act Under the Summary Offences...
Substance Abuse & Addiction-How to recognise when you are addicted and what to do next
Substance misuse is the harmful use of drugs or alcohol for non-medical purposes. Often associated with the use of illicit drugs, legal substances can also be misused, such as alcohol, prescription or over-the-counter medication, caffeine, nicotine and volatile substances (e.g. petrol, glue, paint). Most people with a substance use disorder are using alcohol. Addiction is a physical and/or psychological need to use a substance, often caused by regular continued use. Some substances are more highly addictive than...
Anzac day parking fines-A very sad day for Australia
The Perth council is being accused of going against the spirit of Anzac Day after fining hundreds of motorists attending the city’s dawn service. The government is calling on the city to reconsider the parking penalties, but the council says they were issued amid security concerns. Thousands of people left the dawn service at Kings Park to find a parking ticket on their vehicle. Pensioners Allan and Doris Nelson were slapped with a $200 fine, even with a disability sticker on display. “I can’t fathom their idea...
Commonwealth Bank’s financial advisers have charged dead clients for financial advice
Commonwealth Bank’s financial advisers have charged dead clients for financial advice – in one case for more than a decade – according to shocking evidence heard at the banking royal commission. The commission was given evidence from a 2015 document for CBA’s Count Financial business that showed multiple examples of financial advisers charging ongoing service fees to clients who had died. One adviser knew that a client had died in 2004 but continued to charge adviser service fees that kept being charged for a...
Why do wealthy people shoplift? An insider interview…
Why do wealthy people shoplift?Yesterday, a client told me she stole an $8 jar of olives from Whole Foods and we discussed it. It’s not that she can’t afford it. She’s an heiress. It’s not that she’s selfish. She says she gives generously to charity. She claims to usually be ethical and stresses that with her children. So why did she steal it? indeed she admitted that she shoplifts whenever she feels there’s little risk of getting caught. Here are paraphrases of her reasons and, when I asked for a...
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