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...
Federal Government Introduces Stricter Rules for Childcare Centres in Australia
There has been considerable media reporting in recent times regarding the systemic problems in Australian childcare centres - from rampant neglect, physical and sexual abuse of children, to a lack of training, to insufficient staffing and inadequate staff training, and...
Labor Sanctions Faruqi for Raising Gaza Genocide, Not Israel for Its Commission of It
Federal Labor has expressed regrets but no real action on the Gaza genocide that Israel has been perpetrating over the last 21 months, yet the moment that marked a step too far was when Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi produced a...
Guilty of Refusing to Disclose Password: Wage Peace’s Margaret Pestorius on Eroding Rights
Police asking civilians for the passwords to access their mobiles has become the norm, but in the vast majority of cases in NSW and in Queensland, officers need a warrant or a court order to require the code to access...
Despite Calls for Reform, NSW Police Officers Are Still Killing Mentally Ill People in Crisis
The NSW Police Force conducted a review of the practice of sending its officers in to deal with people having mental health crisis in public, as the problem is it often results in police killing civilians. And the review ultimately...
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...
“They Can’t Take Your Integrity”: Councillor Rhonda Garad on Falling Prey to the Antisemitism Witch Hunt
The society-wide pressure not to speak out against the genocide Israel launched upon the Gaza Strip in October 2023 in Australia was instantaneous. This pressure required people not to raise the unbridled force Israel was pounding the people of Gaza...
With So Much Local US Military Presence, Can Australia Really Say No to a War on China?
The Pentagon announced in June 2025 that it’s conducting a review of the 2021-established AUKUS security arrangement, which at its heart involves our nation acquiring eight nuclear-powered submarines (SSN) with the assistance of pact partners the US and the UK,...
Duggan Remains Imprisoned Without Charge After 1000 Days, to Satisfy Our Imperial Masters
Australian citizen Daniel Duggan has, as of last Friday 18 July 2025, clocked up a debilitating 1,000 days in various NSW maximum security correctional facilities, without one local criminal charge levelled against him. Indeed, the father-of-six Australian kids has been...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 14 to 20 July 2025
Here’s a rundown of articles by Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Articles from 7 to 13 July 2025. Dehumanising Police Assault of Mentally Ill Woman Highlights Desperate Need for Reform The officers bragged “we caved her in” and sent video of the...
