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ARTICLE · 04 MARCH 2020

Extended supervision orders in New South Wales

Summary of recent case where SC decline to make an extended supervision order.

AustraliaCriminal Law

The Supreme Court found that a cannabis activist who posted 'I would like to blog up parliament' posed no real threat, and declined to make an extended supervision order.

George Dickson was on remand at the John Morony Correctional Centre in July 2018, when he was required to participate in a session with other inmates. And when introducing himself, the man in his forties told those gathered that he was a "political activist and member of the marijuana party".

"I want to set fire to each police station in the state and country to teach the 'state' and country a lesson and hit them where it hurts financially," the unsentenced detainee continued. "I would like to blow up Parliament House."

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