Hamas Applies to be Removed from List of Terrorist Organisations
Hamas has made 27 submissions to Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke in respect of an application to see itself removed from the official list of terrorist organisations, and the Palestinian political group, which has an armed military wing, argues...
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NACC Commissioner Brereton and the Conflict-of-Interest Scandal That Keeps on Giving
NACC commissioner Paul Brereton’s conflict-of-interest scandal continues to unfold, as the official understanding earlier this year, that he’d resigned his role as assistant to the Inspector General of the ADF in May 2023, had shifted to his having maintained a...
Terrorism Threat from White Male Teens Is on the Rise in Australia
A 17-year-old white Australian male was arrested by federal police on Ngunnawal land in Canberra on 5 November 2025, as the teen was allegedly plotting a chemical attack on a local in public in aid of sparking a white “nationalist...
Victorian Government to Impose Adult Sentences for Violent Youth Crime
“All children 14 and above committing violent crimes - like invading someone’s home or injuring someone with a machete in a sickening act of violence - will face adult sentences in adult courts, under Adult Time for Violent Crime,” said...
The NSW Offence of Permitting an Intoxicated Person on Licensed Premises
The New South Wales government made a number of announcements on 11 October 2025 that included, within its third tranche of vibrancy laws to help improve the 24-hour economy, that an amendment would be made to the Liquor Act 2007...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 November 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: An Outline of the NSW Review of Doli Incapax Findings and Recommendations The review recommends that legislation be passed to clarify the common law presumption...
NSW Government to Reintroduce Antiprotest Move-On Power, After Police Approve Nazi Rally
Our government is using the decision by police to authorise a neo-Nazi protest to reintroduce unconstitutional laws empowering police to issue move on directions at places of worship. The salve New South Wales premier Chris Minns and attorney general Michael...
ASIO Wants Hizb ut-Tahrir Designated as a Terrorist Organisation
As he gave the 2025 Lowy Lecture on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall on 4 November 2025, spy boss Mike Burgess warned the nation is facing unprecedented foreign threats, and, in terms of the enemy within, or the fifth...
The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru
Former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe publicly revealed on 8 November 2025, that on being recruited to be part of a privately-run security operation that launched last week on the island of Nauru and is charged with providing security in...
Critics Call High Time on NSW Police as First Responders, as Labor Contemplates Change
“Nearly sixteen weeks ago, I stood at my bedroom window on 15 July at 2.15 am. I watched my partner downstairs, he’s looking at the fire truck, going, “What happened just there?”, said Taite Collins on Gadigal land before Sydney...
