The Federal Government’s Crackdown on Free Speech Affects All Australians
The two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice,...
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Call for Special General Meeting as Mardi Gras Rejects Centring Trans Rights
At the 25 November 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) annual general meeting, Pride in Protest moved three successful resolutions, including recommending that transgender rights be a central focus of the 2026 event. However, following a 50 day...
Police Commissioner Reduces Scope of Protest Ban Pending Court Appeal
The 24 December 2025-imposed blanket ban on protests covering a large section of Greater Sydney was extended by NSW police commissioner Mal Lanyon on 20 January 2026, but at a much-reduced scope across Gadigal land to cover the CBD and...
The New Federal Hate Group Laws: Further Empowering the Government to Silence Dissent
The Albanese government managed to catapult its two combatting antisemitism bills through both chambers of federal parliament on 20 January 2026, and with the removal of the dubious incitement of racial hatred offence, the listed hate group regime has risen...
The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW
New South Wales police officers arrested a 26-year-old woman at her home on Wallumedegal land in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank at 4.30 pm on 22 December 2025, and she was subsequently charged at Gladesville police station over allegedly making...
Albanese Is Facilitating Trump’s Brazen Contraventions of International Law
With the 3 January 2026 kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, the US Trump administration signalled the death knell of the edifice of international law established since World War II. And it must be understood that whilst...
Death in Custody Protesters Vow to Take to the Streets on Invasion Day
A First Nations deaths in custody protest took place on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park on 18 January 2026. The rally marked 10 years since the funeral of Dunghutti man David Dungay Junior. Yet, whilst calling for a new...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 January 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Appeal Against Sentence Succeeds Due to the Principle of Parity The defendant was resentenced for a robbery offence after he received nearly double the sentence...
Stamping Out Hate with Draconian Laws Is a Rush to the Bottom in Terms of Rights
When it came time for the Australian home affairs minister to address the press in relation to the omnibus combating antisemitism bill, Tony Burke pointed to a number of key aspects of the legislation. These involve the listing of hate...
Federal Government’s Antisemitism Hate Bill Threatens to Further Erode Civil Liberties
Federal parliament is convening for special sitting days on 19 and 20 January 2026, with the aim of passing new hate crime laws and gun measures contained in an omnibus bill, which taken together with a swag of other post-Bondi...
