The Offence of Using a Carriage Service to Make a Hoax Threat in Australia
New South Wales police charged a 23-year-old woman with 14 counts of use carriage service to make hoax threat last Friday, 29 May 2026, after officers executed a warrant on Bundjalung land at a residence on Murwillumbah’s Hall Drive, following...
The Commonwealth Offence of Slavery in Australia
Four ISIS-connected Australian women and nine children returned to Australia on 7 May 2026, after years of languishing in a Syrian refugee camp. And as authorities had promised, Australian federal police officers arrested, charged and remanded three of the adult...
The War Crime of Murder: A Commonwealth Offence
Australia’s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested on 7 April 2026, on Dharawal land at Sydney’s domestic airport. The former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) corporal has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, and...
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...
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...
Criminal Offences Relating to Tobacco Products in Australia
Law enforcement officers from the Multi-Agency Strike Team (MAST) have issued a Court Attendance Notice (CAN) for two counts of importing tobacco products with intent to defraud revenue against a 42-year old man over the seizure of 25 million cigarettes...
Political Block on Atrocity Prosecutions Remains, As Major Parties Reject Genocide Reforms
The Labor-Liberal ruling duopoly voted down Senator Lidia Thorpe’s Genocide Bill in the Senate on Wednesday, which meant the major parties agreed that a political veto afforded the attorney general in respect progressing atrocity crime prosecutions, that ensures inequality before...
New Federal Hate Crime Offences and Penalties in Australia
The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2025 (Cth) was passed by both houses of the federal parliament on 6 February 2025 and will soon come into force across Australia. The Bill amends the Criminal Code Act (Cth) (‘the Act’)...
Big Wig Buys His Way Out of Tax Crimes, While ATO Whistleblower Is Criminally Prosecuted for Exposing Them
The close to a fortnight-old scandal relating to Mineral Resources boss Chris Ellison is continuing to develop, following the Australian Financial Review having run an 18 October article exposing one of the nation’s richest people as having established a series...
The Laws, Defences and Penalties for Failing to Lodge a Tax Return in Australia
A Queensland lawyer who charged with five tax offences involving 105 breaches of taxation legislation has been suspended from practising law until 27 February 2026. The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal published a judgment on 18 September 2024 which found...
