Cases dismissed due to mental illness have almost doubled in the NSW Children’s Court and are rising in all courts, with 2900 cases discharged on mental health grounds last year.
Forty civil society organisations have expressed alarm at reports of police overreach in preemptive policing of protest, with NSW police conducting covert surveillance and a raid on climate activists north of Sydney on Sunday.
Kieran Pender, a senior lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, and RLC employment law volunteer, was named Pro Bono/Community Lawyer of the Year at the 30 Under 30 Awards 2022