Sue Higginson says Liberal Leader Kellie Sloane has backflipped on reforms to character at sentencing, supporting a total removal of good character as a mitigating factor at sentencing across all offence types.

Growing up on a farm in a ‘teeny, tiny, little town’ called Coleambally, Lennox Head lawyer Lauren Donnellon knows the importance of the land and the family values that sustain it – she understood at an early age how legal, financial, and personal decisions are deeply intertwined.

NSW magistrates are officially recognised as judges after changes to relevant state legislation introduced to parliament last year.

The NSW Greens say they’re ready to help fix unfair state laws punishing medicinal cannabis patients.

A Tamworth carpenter must pay $1400 in court-ordered fines and apply to drive with an interlock device after pleading guilty to breaking the law on a night out in Nimbin.

The NSW Labor Government says it’s looking into the possibility of reforms allowing Illegal e-bikes to be seized and crushed.

The NSW Labor government says it will move on Wednesday to introduce amendments to the Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999 abolishing ‘good character’ as a mitigating factor for all offences and repealing the associated ‘special rule’ for good character. 

Parents are being warned to do their research and only buy legal e-bikes for their children this Christmas, as police crack down on modified bikes and dangerous riding, and the NSW government announces legal power will be reduced to 250W, in line with other states.

The NSW Labor government has announced the launch of a dedicated unit for the prosecution of industrial manslaughter.

The NSW government yesterday introduced legislation allowing Local Court magistrates to be known as judges, to better reflect the importance of work done in this jurisdiction.