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Sydney Criminal Lawyers · NSW Police Force Falls Apart During Hearing of Strip Search Class ActionThe court was critical of the last-minute concession by police that the strip search was indeed illegal, as well as week defence relied upon by the police force’s lawyers.
And just a couple of days after I visit Old Government House, it gets a full write-up in Secret Sydney: https://secretsydney.com/old-government-house-parramatta/ #sydney #australia #history #parramatta #auspol #nswpol #museum
Former Liberal MP for Pittwater, NSW Rory Amon has been arrested and accused of breaching his bail conditions after being accused of alleged child sexual assault. #nswpol https://www.pedestrian.tv/news/rory-amon-mp-breached-bail/
PEDESTRIAN.TV · Former Liberal MP Rory Amon Charged With Breaching Bail Amidst Alleged Child Sex OffencesFormer Liberal MP Rory Amon has been arrested and charged after he allegedly breached his bail conditions over alleged child sex offending.
Bill expanding access to #abortion passes both houses of NSW parliament after amendments. Opposition Leader Mark Speakman says some arguments by anti-abortion campaigners were based on "misinformation", calls out Dr Joanna Howe for "brazen bullying". #auspol #nswpol
https://ab.co/3Zg2fne
ABC News · Bill expanding access to abortion passes both houses of NSW parliament
Sydney Criminal Lawyers · NSW Government Launches Review as It Feels Not Enough Kids Are Being Locked UpThe NSW Labor government is intent on enacting laws which overturn a long-established common law presumption that the prosecution must prove kids knew their actions were seriously wrong.
And it looks like more transit-oriented developments are moving forward in southwest Sydney with the opening of the southwest metro line. The local Council has opened consultation on higher density in Punchbowl and Wiley Park:
https://haveyoursay.cbcity.nsw.gov.au/planning-punchbowl-and-wiley-park-village-centres?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #nswpol #urbanism #sydney #yimby
Have Your Say Canterbury BankstownPlanning for Punchbowl and Wiley ParkHave your say on Council’s submission to the NSW Government’s Transport Orientated Development Controls.
Some good news for Glebe: Construction is getting underway on a new protected bike lane. It will run 1.2km down Bridge Rd, from the light rail stop, towards Camperdown. https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects/current-projects/bridge-road-cycleway-glebe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #cycling #bike #urbanism #nswpol
"Bridge Road is a key strategic bike riding route helping link the Inner West to the City. An upgraded and permanent 1.2 kilometre cycleway on both sides of the road will create a more accessible, affordable and safer travel option for people travelling between the Inner West and Sydney city centre, including to the new Sydney Fish markets.
"The new crossings and resurfaced road will also improve journeys for people walking and driving."
Dogs are smart. You can train them to react when they smell someting AND you can train them to react when the police officer handler does something. All "tests" pretend the latter isn't done. Real world usage of dogs blatantly demonstrates otherwise. #ACAB #NSWPol
From: @guardian_bot
https://social.chinwag.org/@guardian_bot/114499839977573136
Chinwag SocialUnofficial Guardian News Bot (@guardian_bot@chinwag.org)NSW police continued to justify festival strip-searches using drug dogs despite knowing 30% hit-rate, court hears https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/13/nsw-police-music-festival-strip-search-class-action-drug-dog-justification-ntwnfb #Australianpoliceandpolicing #NewSouthWales #Australianews
The #NSW Council for Civil Liberties makes clear that false claims of Jewish hate are being used to further increase state power at the expense of democratic freedoms.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers · Liberties Council Has the NSW Public’s Back on the Antisemitism Law-and-Order SmokescreenThe NSW Council for Civil Liberties has made clear that false assertions of Jewish hate are being used to further increase state power at the expense of democratic freedoms.
Many have been falsely accused as a result of the software’s ineffectiveness, particularly racial minorities.
Sydney Criminal Lawyers · NSW Police Stop Using Ineffective and Racially Biased Facial Recognition Identification SystemThe NSW Police Force has stopped using a system notorious for its ineffectiveness, especially when it comes to identifying racial minorities.
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And some good news: It looks like cycling is on the agenda for Newy! https://bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2025/04/28/newcastle-includes-bike-lanes-in-civic-precinct-upgrade #cycling #urbanism #UrbanPlanning #nswpol #auspol #bike
"The Civic Public Domain Plan proposes a separated, 2.1m-wide cycleway along both sides of King Street between Union and Auckland streets and an upgrade of the existing stretch of on-road cycleway along Hunter Street near Union Street.
"A shared zone is proposed along Civic Lane, and shared paths are proposed around three sides of Newcastle Civic Park (on Darby, King and Auckland streets) to link with the existing shared path along Laman Street, bordering the fourth side.
"Shared paths are also proposed around Wheeler Place and along Workshop Way, Centenary Road, Merewether Street, a further section of Darby Street and sections of King and Union streets."
Bicycle Network · Newcastle includes bike lanes in civic precinct upgradeThe City of Newcastle is asking for feedback on a new plan for its historic civic precinct that includes new and upgraded bike lanes.
NSW to review law that presumes children under 14 are incapable of evil
After a 2016 high court ruling, the conviction rates of children aged 10 to 13 have plummeted in NSW, report finds
In 2016, a high court ruling clarified doli incapax, resulting in prosecutors needing to prove the child understood they were seriously wrong when committing a crime. Since then, conviction rates of children aged 10 to 13 have plummeted.
A NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (Bocsar) report found the proportion of 10- to 13-year-olds with a proven outcome – guilty or not guilty – in the NSW children’s court tumbled from 76% in 2015-16 to 16% in 2022-23.
The prosecution withdrew charges in more than half of all cases in 2022-23, with similar patterns in Victoria and South Australia.
#AusPol #Australia #NSW #NSWPol #NSWPolice #JuvenileJustice #Youth #YouthCrime #Criminology #CriminalJustice #Aboriginal #Indigenous #Decolonise #NoJusticeNoPeace #CommunityNotCops
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/08/doli-incapax-nsw-review-law-child-criminal
The Guardian · NSW to review law that presumes children under 14 are incapable of evil
Chief of the NSW illegal searches and sexual assaults of teens says her greatest achievement was to give the perpetrators more money.
#auspol #nswpolice #nswpol #illegalsearches #nswpolicestripsearchscandal #nswpolice #acab #karenwebb
ABC News · NSW Police to still embrace culture review recommendations, Karen Webb says
The whole NSW Selective Schools thing is crazy.
Rather than being young kids, thousands are being sent to coaching every day. Long commutes to feeder schools, in the hope they will get in.
Year 3 kids are being enrolled at Primary schools and catching buses and trains from home in Carlingford to Penrith each day, then going straight to coaching, in the hope of it helping them get into the selective school.
Similar thing is happening with kids going up to Gosford.
Whole scheme should be scrapped and kids taught at their local public schools.
What do other states do?
The Sydney Morning Herald · ‘They are not mucking around, these parents’: Scale of selective test chaos emerges
KAREN WEBB GORN... now we wait to find out what for. The gin order? ICAC? *spins the wheel* #nswpol
That both federal and state governments let these people get away with torturing kids with a slap over the knuckles says they can not be trusted to make sure these people don’t get an opportunity to do it again, they will, they will hide behind trusts etc and start again. They should have been jailed and banned from being directors but the bigger picture is if they introduce laws for this their mates could get caught it in it for their own questionable dealings.
Remind me again how the churches got away with running schools which used paedophiles. #labor #lnp #nswpol
From: @abcfeeds
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RSSFeed MediaABC Feeds (@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media)'House of horrors' childcare owner banned from NDIS
By Adele Ferguson and Chris Gillett
The former operator of a Sydney childcare centre where children were force-fed until they vomited, strapped in highchairs for hours and had their heads shoved into garbage bins, has been permanently banned from working in the disability support sector.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-29/ex-jumpstart-childcare-operator-thomas-fanous-banned-from-ndis/105205742
#ChildCare #Courts #Disabilities #AdeleFerguson #ChrisGillett
In my book, the government investing $50 million in exhibits for the Parramatta Powerhouse Museum when it opens is a *good* thing. The thing the SMH finds "controversial" isn't that sort of money being spent on a cultural institution—it's that the institution in question is in Western Sydney.
https://www.smh.com.au/culture/art-and-design/price-tag-for-opening-of-parramatta-powerhouse-edges-towards-50-million-20240920-p5kc9z.html #nswpol #auspol #arts #Parramatta
Keep in mind the Art Gallery of NSW — a fantastic cultural institution — has in the past spent $16.2 million on a single painting: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-09-19/nsw-gallery-acquires-162m-cezanne/516396
That decision was, quite rightly, seen as an Investment in the cultural life of the state.
And as the Powerhouse Museum rightly points out, the $50m bill "would compare favourably with … the museum’s inaugural exhibition program at Ultimo in 1988, which was equivalent to $107 million in today’s money".
This investment in exhibitions seeks not only to establish a new national cultural institution, but also the broader project of establishing Parramatta as Australia's next great city.
And in that context, it's entirely appropriate in my book.
The Sydney Morning Herald · Price tag for opening of Powerhouse Parramatta edges towards $50 million