How Tech Bro Peter Thiel, Palantir and Secret Society Dialog Are Shaping Futures Down Under
Supermarket shopping in Australia has become dystopian. Strolling down the aisle at Coles involves CCTV cameras glaring down at shoppers, monitoring their every move, whilst the supermarket giant has incorporated Palantir platforms into its operations, meaning its collecting data on...
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NSW Legislates Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence, as Queensland Implements Zero Tolerance
In terms of drug driving laws, the New South Wales government is now centre stage due to its proposed and enlightened reforms that seek to ensure users of legal medicinal cannabis aren’t disqualified from driving for simply taking their medicine,...
March for Australia Is Mobilising Again, and This Month It’s to Protect Free Speech
March for Australia are rallying nationwide on 30 August 2026. This is occurring 12 months after its first continentwide demonstrations announced a new white nationalist movement had descended upon the nation. Yet, while the group’s initial monthly protests, that continued...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 August 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Faces String of Charges Over Bus Stop Crash A woman has been refused bail after allegedly crashing her vehicle into a Lane Cove bus...
Private School Boys Accused of Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Girl in Bondi
Three teenage boys are facing court after being accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in a Bondi laneway. The boys, one aged 13 and two aged 14, were arrested after police executed a series of search warrants across the...
The Principle of Policing by Consent Is Falling Across Australia
Australian policing systems are understood to operate with the consent of the public. This principle considers the police are empowered by and made up of the people, and therefore, operate with their approval. Yet, this consent would be expected to...
McBride Is Out and About, After the Attorney General Released the Whistleblower on Parole
Australian Defence Force whistleblower David McBride was released from prison on Thursday, 13 August 2026, after serving a 2 year and 3 month non-parole period in respect of criminal offences perpetrated when leaking classified documents to the ABC that revealed...
NSW Police Watchdog Directs that Drug Dogs Raids During Pride Month Be Reinvestigated
The state’s law enforcement watchdog has directed the New South Wales Police Force to reopen its inquiry into a mid-June 2026 spate of drug dog raids upon LGBTIQA+ nightclubs located on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Oxford Street precinct, right in...
NSW Driver Licence Photos to Be Incorporated into Federal Biometric Facial Database
Right now, there are laws before New South Wales parliament that facilitate the sharing of all NSW driver licence and identify card photos to a federal database containing ID photos from all Australian jurisdictions known as the National Driver Licence...
‘Students Say No to Hanson’ Walkouts This Thursday: Interview With Students for Palestine’s Ethan Floyd
On Thursday, the National Union of Students is organising the “Students Say No to Hanson” walkout, which will involve tertiary students and secondary school students leaving their classrooms and lecture halls to gather in opposition to the rise of Pauline...
