The National Justice Project Is Calling for Alternative First Responders to Police: An Interview
The case that heightened the long-term calls for the state of NSW to invest in an alternative to NSW police officers being the first responders to people having mental health crises in the community was the fatal tasering of 95-year-old...
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The 5 July 2025 inauguration of the West Papuan Legislative Council in West Papua’s Jayapura City “marked the rebirth of the West Papuan state”, remarked United Liberation Movement West Papua president Benny Wenda in a 10 July 2025 statement, adding...
Calls for Charges Against Lawyer Hannah Thomas to be Dropped and Police be Charged with Assault
Sydney lawyer Peter O’Brien has called on NSW police to drop the charges against his client, lawyer Hannah Thomas, after having recently viewed police body-worn video that clearly shows a male officer punching the 35-year-old woman in the face, as...
NSW Police Officer Faces Charges of Possessing Bestiality and Child Abuse Material
A police officer has been charged with misconduct in public office, unauthorised access to restricted data, possessing bestiality material and possessing child abuse material after an investigation by the Professional Standards Command of the New South Wales Police Force. The...
Antisemitism Envoy Plans to Make All Australians Complicit in Gaza Genocide
As Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese stood beside Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal on 10 July 2025, the public was not merely dumbfounded as to the draconian nature of the plan the ASCECA unveiled, which is supposed...
The Offence of Using, Publishing or Communicating Protected Information in NSW
A New South Wales police officer pleaded guilty to intentionally publishing protected information after sending a video that he took on his mobile telephone of him and another officer brutalising a naked 48-year old mentally ill woman who was experiencing...
Dehumanising Police Assault of Mentally Ill Woman Highlights Desperate Need for Reform
Two New South Wales police officers recently pleaded guilty to several assault charges as well as unauthorised use of a prohibited weapon for brutalising a naked 48-year old mentally ill woman who was in the midst of a mental health...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 July 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Centralised Virtual Bail Court Regime Commences in NSW A new regime whereby bail applications in regional areas are decided by city magistrates via video-link commenced...
NSW Police Officers Plead Guilty After Brutalising and Degrading Mentally Ill Woman
Two New South Wales police officers have pleaded guilty to criminal offences after their body worn cameras filmed them approaching a naked 48-year old woman who was clearly in the midst of a mental health episode, punching, kicking and stomping...
Racist NT Cop Killed Warlpiri Teen for Adrenaline Rush and Likely Expected to Get Off
In delivering a summary of her mammoth final findings into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, Northern Territory coroner Elisabeth Armitage found that former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe was known to dehumanise and devalue Aboriginal people, he routinely prioritised the...
