The Right to Hunt to be Enshrined in New South Wales Law
We certainly live in Trumpian times. In New South Wales, esteemed legal figures, progressive politicians and civil liberties advocates have been campaigning for decades to see various human rights protected in law, yet, after two years in office, it appears...
Constitutional Rights in Australia Versus the United States
Despite the efforts of the current president of the United States to enhance state control through executive orders at the expense of fundamental civil liberties, the nation’s constitution explicitly guarantees wide range of individual rights in relation to the government....
US Pressures Australia to Increase Military Spending, As War Against China “May Be Imminent”
The Albanese government tossed the White House the keys to the Australian military early on in its first term of office and to such a degree that it’s difficult to consider our grovelling leaders could bend over backwards any further...
The Australian System Is Designed to Deny Accountability for Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
The slim reports regarding the circumstances of last week’s Aboriginal death in custody tells us that at around 1 pm on 27 May 2025 in Coles Alice Springs, Kumanjayi White, a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disabilities, who presented obviously as...
Police Minister Is a Key Reason for NSW Government’s Failure to Protect Civil Liberties
The Minns government has been decidedly disappointing when it come to a number of policy areas, especially around civil liberties, drug law reform and indeed, policing reform. But while critics have been pointing the finger at the NSW premier Chris...
Government Prioritises Industry Over People: Disrupt Burrup Hub on the North West Shelf Approval
A massive protest took place outside the District Court of Western Australia last Friday, as Disrupt Burrup Hub members, Gerard Mazza, Tahlia Stolarski and Jesse Noakes, were set to be charged in relation to an April 2023 nonviolent direct action,...
Melbourne Uni Law Professor Criticised Over Kanaky-New Caledonia Colonial Propaganda
The Kanaky solidarity movement across this continent has only grown since the 13 May 2024 rioting in Kanaky, or so-called French-administered New Caledonia, so it’s no surprise that after University of Melbourne Law Professor Eric Descheemaeker recently made remarks during...
Medicinal Cannabis Drug Driving Defence Introduce in NSW Parliament
New South Wales Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann has long been attempting to address the legal anomaly that sees prescribed users of medicinal cannabis at risk of losing their drivers licence whenever behind the wheel, including when unimpaired. Yet, with the...
Constructive Murder in NSW: Homicide That Occurs During Another Serious Criminal Offence
At about 12.30 am on 24 May 2020, a man referred by the NSW Supreme Court as DPD and four other men, DJD, EE, Murdoch and Shillingsworth, were driving towards the home of Kevin Kourtis, which was located on Langton...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 May to 1 June 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Universities Australia Antisemitism Definition Regarding Israel: Ambiguous, Illogical and Flawed Former NSW Magistrate David Heilpern explains the problems created by the flawed antisemitism definition adopted...
