State of New South Wales v Dickson (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1534

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: State of New South Wales v Dickson (Preliminary) [2019] NSWSC 1534 Hearing dates: 31 October 2019 Decision date: 07 November 2019 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Ierace J Decision: (1) Pursuant to s 24(5) of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW):

(a) a qualified psychiatrist and a registered psychologist be appointed to conduct separate psychiatric and psychological examinations (as the case may be) of the defendant and to furnish reports to the Supreme Court on the results of those examinations by a date to be fixed by the Court; and

(b) the defendant is directed to attend those examinations.

(2) Pursuant to s 27 of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) the defendant is subject to an Interim Supervision Order commencing on 24 November 2019.

(3) Pursuant to s 28(1) of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 the Interim Supervision Order is for a period of 28 days.

(4) Pursuant to s 29(1) of the Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW) the defendant is to comply with the attached conditions.

(5) Access to the Court's file in this proceeding be restricted such that access is permitted to a non-party only with the leave of a Judge of the Court, and with prior notice to the parties, so as to allow them an opportunity to be heard in respect of the application for access. Catchwords: HIGH RISK OFFENDERS – application for interim supervision orders – where the defendant is a high risk terrorist offender – convicted NSW underlying terrorism offender – where the defendant has made threats of violence to advance cause of legalising prohibited drug use – no history of violence – where the defendant has failed to comply with conditional liberty – interim supervision order granted Legislation Cited: Terrorism (High Risk Offenders) Act 2017 (NSW), ss 4, 7, 10, 20, 21, 23, 25, 27 Cases Cited: State of NSW v Naaman (No 2) [2018] NSWCA 328 Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: State of New South Wales (Plaintiff) George Alexander Dickson (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: M Tedeschi SC; C Palmer (Plaintiff) M Johnson (Defendant)