By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Serotonin is a chemical in the brain that puts a person in a good mood. A lack of serotonin can make a person depressed. The drugs Moclobemide and Venlafaxine can be used to treat low serotonin levels. And a combination of these drugs can produce a psychoactive reaction, making… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim On 28 October 2022, Abbrar Abbas arrived at Sydney Airport, after two days in Fiji. On collecting his baggage and presenting his incoming passenger card to an Australian Border Force officer, the International student was taken to a baggage examination area, and a bottle of yellow liquid was found… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Fayez Hatahet travelled to Syria on an Air Jordan flight on 25 September 2012, as he was attempting to secure the release of his brother-in-law, whom he believed was being held by an armed group in that country. However, on arrival, Hatahet went on to engage in hostile activities… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Over 20 January 2021 to 16 June 2022, NSW woman Rania Bazzi perpetrated a string of offences that Justice Richard Button of the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (NSWCCA) went on to describe as crimes that were not “of the utmost gravity”, but the nine offences she plead guilty… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The National Australia Bank in Seven Hills was held up on 6 June 2012, just before quarter to three in the afternoon, when a stolen Mercedes pulled up out the front, and two men with face coverings jumped out and ran into the building in an attempt to secure… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Rebecca Payne made a second batch of biscuits on 1 September 2020, after acquiring a new recipe from a friend a few days prior, except this time, she laced the icing on one of the biscuits with several crushed temazepam pills she’d been prescribed for insomnia and fed it… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has released a number of reports in recent years explaining some of the reasons behind the explosion of people being held on remand in New South Wales. These reasons may be seen as primarily related to the systematic strengthening of bail… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim The High Court of Australia found on 6 November 2024 that the imposition of curfews and electronic monitoring that the Australian executive government had legislated as warranted in regard to some of a cohort of former immigration detainees released since November 2023 is illegal, as applying these punitive measures… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Yvette Blanch was in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the NSW town of Muswellbrook, when her partner was pulled over by NSW police on 14 October 2015, and on searching the car, officers found two firearms belonging to her partner. Following the vehicle being impounded, a metal… Read more »
By Paul Gregoire and Ugur Nedim Between 1 January 2014 and 25 December 2019, Michael Shortland spent over 2,000 hours gambling at the Dee Why RSL, which saw him lose over $643,000, while the habitual gambler had also lost over $1 million at Sydney’s Star Casino over the period from 1 January 2000 through to… Read more »