“One Punch” Laws in NSW: The Criminal Offence of Assault Occasioning Death
A person may be found guilty of the offence of ‘assault causing death’ in New South Wales by delivering a single punch, push or kick, even if he or she did not intend to kill or cause serious harm. The...
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Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 June to 5 July 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The NSW Medicinal Cannabis Driving Defence Explained The defence currently before parliament has more to it than simply exempting those who are prescribed cannabis from...
Five Eyes Alliance Declares AI Is the Best Way to Combat Increasingly Dangerous AI
Following a meeting of its cybersecurity heads, the usually reticent Five Eyes intelligence sharing alliance released a 22 June 2026 call to action regarding the “evolving landscape of artificial intelligence”, as while AI is creating defensive tools at an accelerating...
AUKUS Nations Are Increasingly Framing Leftwing Activists as Terrorists
The charging of more than a dozen leftwing protesters with terrorism offences in the United States and the sentencing of eight of them to a combined 450 years’ imprisonment on 23 June 2026, marked a significant step in the shift...
“Far-Left Activists”, Antisemitism and Expanding Powers All Featured in ASIO’s Threat Assessment
According to ASIO head Mike Burgess, Australians may be shocked but should not be surprised about tolerated antisemitism growing, “inflammatory rhetoric and provocative protest” leading to violence, radicalised individuals or small groups using easy to obtain weapons to perpetrate terrorism,...
Israel Continues the Targeted Genocidal Murder of Palestinian Children
The United Nations-established independent commission that published a 2025 report confirming that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza last week released a new report detailing that Israel has been intentional killing Palestinian children, which is a deliberate tactic being employed...
The Offence of Aiding or Abetting the Suicide of Another in NSW
A former New South Wales police officer recently failed in his attempt to appeal his sentence over a conviction of having aided or abetted the suicide of another, as Phillip Baldwin had successfully assisted his wife, Joanne, in taking her...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 22 to 28 June 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Judge Removed from Drug Trial Pending Inquiry into Allegations of Past Evidence Fabrication A District Court Judge has been ordered to remove himself from a...
As Rinehart Seeks to Gift Stolen Land to Israel, the MAGA Playbook Is Well Underway
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, signalled that the MAGA playbook the Trump administration is reshaping the United States with doesn’t have to await a Pauline Hanson primeministership to be set in action here, when she suggested last week that parts...
The Australian Health Regulator’s Stance on Israel Will Erode Rights and Harm Patients
AHPRA, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, announced last week, alongside Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal, that the nation’s national healthcare watchdog has adopted the IHRA working definition on antisemitism, which will not only silence criticism of...
