NT Law-and-Order Drive Forbodes Landgrab, Says Justice Not Jails Stephen Enciso
Since taking office in August 2024, the Northern Territory Country Liberal government has gone to town with a law-and-order drive that disproportionately targets the sovereign First Peoples of the region, and as its crackdown, particularly on youth crime, only intensifies,...
NSW Police Officer’s Casual Assault on First Nations Woman Highlights Systemic Issue
Footage capturing yet another incident revealing the casual callous violence with which NSW police officers regularly approach First Peoples has gone viral. The 22 July 2025 incident involves an officer approaching Aboriginal woman Jaleenah Collins unawares from behind and forcefully...
“We Are Way Out of Time”: Women from XR Victoria Protesting for Two Years Warn Social Collapse Imminent
A group of women from Extinction Rebellion (XR) Victoria marked the two year anniversary of their ongoing weekly protest demonstration last Friday, 8 August 2025, as they continued to call for Australian governments to act on climate. And as usual...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 August 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Alleged Members of Criminal Group Charged with a Range of Serious Offences Alleged members of a group dubbed ‘G7’ are facing court over drug, property...
Racial and Religious Vilification Complaint Lodged Against Australian Jewish Association
A vilification complaint has been lodged this week against the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) with Anti-Discrimination NSW by Sydney law firm Birchgrove Legal on behalf of Palestinian Muslim man Kassem Chalabi, which involves some of the organisation’s social media posts...
The Envoy’s Proposal to Adopt the IHRA Antisemitism Definition Is a Threat to Free Speech
The suggestion is that the Albanese government is now contemplating the draconian plan that it’s so-called “antisemitism expert” put on the table a month ago, which includes as it centrepiece the recommendation that the nation adopt a definition of antisemitism...
Human Rights Lawyer Slams NT Chief Minister’s “Regressive” Attack on Territory’s Coroner
A human rights lawyer well-versed in representing the families of Aboriginal individuals who’ve died in the custody of police or corrections at their coronial inquests has condemned the Northern Territory government’s initial response to the damning assessment of the NT...
Sanctions Aren’t Slogans, But Australia Could Effectively Apply Them to Israel
When a reporter questioned Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese as to why he’s declared that Israel is breaking international law in Gaza, but he hasn’t “imposed sanctions upon the broader Israeli government”, the prime minister attempted to dismiss the query...
“Everything Is on the Table”, Says Direct Action Group Targeting Toll Holdings for Driving Genocide
An anonymous group behind a series of late night direct actions involving extreme property damage that has been targeting logistics company Toll Holdings at its various premises on Wurundjeri land across Greater Melbourne of late, have been in contact with...
Sydney Civil Society Raised Its Voice to Condemn Israel, and It Shifted Government Position
The great mass of humanity that crossed the Sydney Harbour Bridge outdid itself, and the broader Australian civil society opposed to genocide, proud on the global stage on Sunday 3 August 2025, as officially over 100,000, and likely up to...
