What are the Penalties for Damaging or Destroying a Historic Shipwreck or Relic?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Historic shipwrecks are a major part of Australia’s maritime heritage and offer an exciting and challenging window into the study of our country’s past. Often described as time-capsules, these submerged resources are commonly located in rivers, harbours and lakes, or on riverbanks and foreshores, and provide a vast ...continue reading
What is Obtaining a Financial Advantage by Deception?
It is reported that Max Kiattisak Eung, who is also known as Kiattisak Eungpongpan from Tempe NSW has been charged with 2 counts of obtaining financial advantage by deception. The charges followed after ASIC conducted an investigation into Eung who is alleged to have obtained a total advantage of $166,500 which ASIC say was ...continue reading
What are the Penalties for Importing Border-Controlled Drugs into Australia?
By Scott Feeney and Jimmy Singh. 36-year-old Nathan Dulley and his 34-year-old brother, Andrew Dulley have admitted to exporting massive amounts of cocaine mixed through their chocolates in shipments to Australia. The two brothers did this under the disguise of their California based chocolate business in shipments from Southern California to Australia. Nathan and ...continue reading
A Guide on the Law and Penalties for Illegal Wildlife Trade in Australia
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. If you’ve ever watched an episode of Border Security, you’ll be all too familiar with the myriad of weird and wonderful things people have endeavoured to smuggle into Australian airports. From importing border-controlled drugs to tropical fruits, herbal remedies and even a human corpse, people try every trick ...continue reading
What are the Penalties for Possessing or Producing Child Abuse Material or Child Pornography?
A 43-year-old man from NSW has been arrested and charged for a string of sexual offences reported to have been committed between 2011 to 2017. Dean Anthony Sellenthin from Bangalow, NSW is alleged to have committed some horrendous sexual offences, including the possession and production of child abuse material, indecent assault of a disabled ...continue reading
What is the Law and Penalties for Improperly Using an Emergency Call Service?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh. Let’s face it – there are some misfortunes in life that, although palpably trivial, just outright suck and can make us momentarily feel furious at the injustice of it all, almost like it’s the end of the world. Your UberEats delivery arrives 40 minutes late. And it’s stone ...continue reading
The Law and Penalties for Dishonest White-Collar Crime
What is ASIC? The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent Government body that enforces consumer protection and company law in relation to superannuation, insurance, investments, and banking (except for lending) all over Australia. ASIC’s purpose is to minimise unfair practices by financial markets and products and to also minimise fraud. ASIC’s Fees-For-No-Service ...continue reading
What are the Defences and Penalties for Importing Drugs in Australia?
By Sahar Adatia and Jimmy Singh Each year, billions of dollars in illegal drugs circle the globe, driven by the demand of millions of users. And yet, while authorities have become more rigorous in intercepting these drugs and apprehending their suppliers, so too have drug smugglers become more inventive when it comes to methods ...continue reading
What is the Law and Penalties for Cyber Bullying and Online Trolling in NSW?
Offences of intimidation or stalking are considered to be treated very seriously by NSW Courts. The Courts have expressed many times that every person is entitled to feel safe. There has been a significant rise in victims being threatened and harassed online through social media. The impact of this can be psychologically damaging which ...continue reading
New NSW Sentencing Penalty Introduced: The New ‘Intensive Corrections Orders’
On 24 October 2017, Parliament in NSW assented to the amending legislation which effectively changed the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 (NSW). As of 24 September 2018, three major new sentencing options were introduced into NSW. A Magistrate or Judge can now impose any one of these new sentencing or penalty options for traffic ...continue reading