Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 May 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:

The Combined Offence of High Range Drink Driving and Drug Driving in NSW

A man has been charged with driving with a high range concentration of alcohol and drug driving after allegedly driving dangerously and crashing into another car.

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Severity Appeal Succeeds as Sentencing Judge Failed to Consider Alternatives to Prison

A man sent to prison for drug and child abuse material offences had his penalty changed to a bond as the judge neglected to consider alternative sentencing options.

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Antisemitism Interim Report Finds No Legislative or Systems Gaps, But the Stickler Is Still to Come

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Mardi Gras’ Anti-Trans and Genocide-Denial Turn Is Trumpian, Says Pride in Protest’s Miles Carter

“[T]he Mardi Gras leadership… [has] shamelessly disenfranchise[d], censure[d] and silence[d] the voices of pro-trans, antigenocide community activists”.

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Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms

A coalition of 16 legal and rights organisations is calling on the corrections minister to implement the ombudsman’s recommendations for prison reform.

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Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding

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Albanese Remains Silent on Australians Kidnapped and Tortured by Israel

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All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians

The degree of surveillance is orders of magnitude greater than that envisaged by George Orwell.

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