Concerns over policing practice and equipment
We are increasingly concerned with the policing practice of the NSWPF as it responds to the pandemic. Watching the escalation of violence in Victoria, we are also concerned with the possible possession...
View ArticleIncarcerated people are at risk as COVID spreads in prisons
Urgent action is required in response to the news of the worsening outbreak of COVID cases in prisons and the tragic death of a NSW youth corrections officer. We understand from media reports on 17...
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Police officers should not wear white supremacy symbols
It goes without saying that it's unacceptable for police officers to wear symbols associated with white supremacy on their standard issue Police uniforms. However, over the past couple of years, our...
View ArticlePolicy: Minimum age of criminal responsibility
Adopted at the 2021 AGMThe NSWCCL firmly believes that the Australian community, inclusive of federal, state and territory governments, is collectively responsible for promoting and supporting the...
View ArticleStatement: Raise the age
Following a three year hiatus, the Meeting of Attorneys-General (MAG) has supported a proposal to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12. While the announcement was timely with...
View ArticleSubmission: NSW Law Reform Commission review of discrete parts of the Bail...
Update 8 November 2022: The findings of the NSW Law Reform Commission into the inquiry of discrete parts of the Bail Act 2013 (NSW) have supported the NSWCCL submission concluding that no changes...
View ArticleNSWCCL Statement: Peaceful protest should never result in gaol!
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties is shocked to hear that Violet Coco, a Fireproof Australia protestor, was sentenced to 15 months in custody with a non parole period of 8 months for engaging in...
View ArticleSubmission: Review of post-sentence terrorism orders: Division 105A of the...
Liberty Victoria and the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) thank the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) for the opportunity to contribute to this Review of...
View ArticleIrina Dunn: The night I didn’t get arrested
It was about 11pm on 6 November 1981, the eve of the inquest into the death of Warren Lanfranchi, who had been gunned down by Detective Roger Rogerson in a back lane in Chippendale in June of that...
View ArticleSubmission: Review of post-sentence terrorism orders: Division 105A of the...
Liberty Victoria and the NSW Council for Civil Liberties (NSWCCL) thank the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) for the opportunity to contribute to this Review of...
View ArticlePolicy: Drug Reform
2023 NSWCCL AGMItem 7.2 Drug Reform PolicyNSWCCL welcomes the NSW government proposal for a pre-court diversion scheme affecting people caught in possession of small amounts of illicit substances....
View ArticleSubmission to the NSW Ombudsman about the Mandatory Disease Testing Act 2021
The NSW Council for Civil Liberties has lodged a submission to the NSW Ombudsman with respect to the review of the Mandatory Disease testing Act 2021.The Mandatory Disease Testing Act came into force...
View ArticleConsultation paper on weapons related offences: Sentencing Adult Offenders
The Sentencing Council released a consultation paper in September 2023 seeking further submissions on key issues identified in preliminary research and analysis. The NSW Council for Civil Liberties...
View ArticleLetter: Proposed increased police powers will only do more harm
The New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties has serious concerns with respect to the recently announced “wanding” laws set to be introduced in New South Wales. We understand that these laws would...
View ArticleSubmission: Jury Amendment Bill 2023
The NSWCCL recognises the importance of increasing the efficiency of jury empanelment, the provision of enhanced support for jurors to perform their role and reducing the expenditure of resources on...
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SIGN OUR PETITION: OPPOSE THE KNIFE AND BAIL LAWS
It is time that Premier Minns and the Labor Government tell the people of New South Wales the truth:These newly announced “Knife and Bail laws” will not make communities safer. We know from the...
View ArticleSubmission: Community safety in regional and rural communities
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly Committee on community safety in regional and rural communities is focused on investigating drivers of youth crime in regional and rural NSW and how community...
View ArticleSubmission: NSW Sentencing Council review of the common law that relate to...
‘Prior good character’ is a factor that has long been relevant to the sentencing exercise in appropriate cases (cf Section 21A(3)(e) and (f) of the Act and the common law). Its application must be...
View ArticleSubmission: Inquiry into alcohol consumption in public places...
The growing list of Alcohol Free Zones (AFZs) in Sydney has been a creeping imposition on the freedom of the community to use public space without any evidence that it achieves other positive public...
View ArticleSubmission: Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system
In our submission NSWCCL calls for the age of criminal responsibility to be raised to 14 years old. This is essential in creating a fairer youth justice system. The incarceration of children under 14...
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