Unexplained wealth laws can't be rushed

06/06/2022

Policy and public affairs

The Bar Association has urged the NSW Government and the Opposition not to rush into ill-considered laws to expand police powers to confiscate ‘unexplained wealth’, without consultation with all stakeholders. President Gaby Bashir SC advises both sides of politics that "Criminal laws are too important to be used as a political football". View the media release here.