NSW Inquiry into Cannabis Laws Recommends Staged Reforms Leading to Legalisation
The NSW parliamentary inquiry into state laws governing cannabis released its final report on 20 June 2025, and its central issue, that the fairly innocuous psychoactive plant remains illegal, was found to be causing harm in the community and the...
NT to Establish Armed Public Safety Officers: Pseudo-Police to Patrol Buses, Malls and Housing
Northern Territory chief minister Lia Finocchiaro appears to be drinking the same kool aid as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as last week, the law-and-order, “us against them” campaign launched by her Country Liberal Party last August, will soon see...
Couple Imprisoned for Contempt After Breaching Supreme Court Order
A married couple who reject the rules, regulations and laws that apply across society on the basis they are ‘sovereign citizens’ has been sentenced to 30 days of imprisonment after they continued to publish defamatory material about a lawyer despite...
Campaign for Free Speech About the Rights of Occupied Peoples Calls for Delisting of Hamas
The legal action launched by Krautungalung elder Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Sydney-based lawyer Daniel Taylor regarding the right to speak freely about the rights of occupied peoples in the public sphere has gained much interest, and this is sure to...
Court Ruling Proves Land Grants Covering Wiradjuri Are Illegal: Interview With Uncle Paul Towney
Proud Wiradjuri descendant Paul Towney will be appearing in Orange Local Court on 9 September, as he faces a charge of trespass, due to his having occupied land that is said to be owned by Charles Sturt University. The 2,000-odd...
Sovereign Citizens Imprisoned for Contempt of Court After Defaming Lawyer
Two people who identify themselves as sovereign citizens have been sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court after publishing defamatory material against a lawyer despite having already been ordered to pay $160,000 in damages for defaming the...
Labor Continues Coalition’s Mass Deportations, as Yet Another Kiwi Resident to Be Turfed
The mass deportation program then immigration minister Scott Morrison launched in late 2014, which has seen over 3,000 New Zealand-born residents turfed out of this country, regardless of ties and length-of-stay, continues as well-known litigant Kate Pearson will on Thursday,...
Failure of Senior Labor Staffers to Attend Dural Caravan Inquiry Speaks Volumes
The members of a New South Wales upper house inquiry into how much premier Chris Minns and the state police minister knew regarding police suspicions that an explosive-laden caravan located on a Dural property was a “setup” were stunned on...
Courts Must Assess Individual Moral Culpability in Cases of Joint Criminal Enterprise
A Toyota Land Cruiser was stolen from electronics store Karera in the New South Wales Central Coast town of Tuggerah in mid-October 2020. At 9 am on 15 October 2020, Adam Jones, the son of a Karera manager, spotted the...
Bail Centralisation and the Virtual Bail Court: NSW Staggers into a Reform Overreach
The NSW Government is about to introduce a new bail regime where all of those who are charged with a fresh offence have their first appearance via AVL or telephone - centralised and staffed in Sydney. This is part of...
