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...
Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier Faces Multiple Charges of the War Crime of Murder
Australia’s most decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested by Australian federal police on Gadigal land, as he arrived by plane at Sydney’s domestic airport on Tuesday, 3 April 2026. The 47-year-old former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) officer was...
Israel Prescribes Death by Hanging for Palestinians Convicted of Terrorism-Related Murder
Israel has just passed a law permitting the state to execute Palestinians who commit deadly attacks by hanging. The law allows the death penalty only to be applied to Palestinians, or “Israeli Arabs”, as the state refers to them, but...
Sex Workers Mobilise to Ensure the Murder of Yuko Isn’t Downplayed and Dismissed
Sex workers are descending upon Melbourne’s Magistrates Court at 8.45 am on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, to call for justice for Yuko, a 62-year-old Asian migrant sex worker, who was raped and murdered in horrible circumstances, as she was legally...
The Criminal Offence of Murder in New South Wales
The first bullets fired by mass shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram rung out across Bondi Beach at about 6.47 pm on Sunday, 14 December 2025, which was when the NSW police was first called. The shooters had parked their car...
Cassius Turvey Murder Case: The Impact of Race and Social Status in Criminal Investigations
The murder of 13-year-old Cassius Turvey, a Noongar schoolboy from Perth, at the hands of a group of white men while he was walking home from school was one of the most confronting criminal cases in recent Australian history, highlighting...
NSW Government Increases Standard Non-Parole Period for Domestic Violence Murders
The New South Wales government has introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Sexual Offences) Bill 2025 into parliament which would, if passed, increase the standard non-parole period (SNPP) for offences of murder committed against current or former intimate partners...
Assassination of Charlie Kirk Shocks the World
The assassination of the founder of conservative youth organisation, Turning Point USA, has been denounced across the political spectrum and sheds further light on the deep social divisions within the United States. The 31-year old – who expressed anti-immigration and...
Third Man Charged with Murder Over Drive-By Shooting in Sydney
A third man has been charged with murder as investigations continue into the fatal shooting of a 65-year old woman in Sydney’s south west. The incident Campbelltown City Police Area Command established Strike Force Apslawn following a drive-by shooting which...
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...
