New Federal Hate Crime Offences and Penalties in Australia
The Criminal Code Amendment (Hate Crimes) Bill 2025 (Cth) was passed by both houses of the federal parliament on 6 February 2025 and will soon come into force across Australia. The Bill amends the Criminal Code Act (Cth) (‘the Act’)...
NSW Government Intent on Incarcerating Rather Than Diverting Troubled Youths
“We’ve got more to do, and we are looking at legislative change,” NSW premier Chris Minns told reporters on Gomeroi Country in the northern NSW town of Moree last Friday. The NSW Labor leader was referring to changing the law...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 February 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Sex Crime Squad Detective Imprisoned for Sexual Offences The detective was sent to prison for committing sexual offences against a teenage victim of sexual...
US President Attempts to Bully International Criminal Court into Submission
United States president Donald Trump is marketing his executive order to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) as necessary in the defence of its ally, Israel. The move, made just days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit...
New Federal Hate Speech Offences and Mandatory Minimum Prison Sentences Enacted
The Albanese government’s hate crimes bill had always been divisive because of the way it was wielded by government during heated public debate about the Gaza genocide. Yet the now passed laws that the attorney general said last year were...
PM Says, ‘No Comment”, as Wanted War Criminal and Convicted Felon Spruik Genocide
Convicted felon US president Donald Trump and internationally wanted war criminal Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, stood before reporters during a 4 February White House press conference, which saw these two fugitives conspiring to escalate the genocide of the Palestinians in...
Antisemitism-Specific Offence and Other Hate Crime Laws Are Coming to NSW
Ahead of 2025’s first sitting day of New South Wales parliament on 11 January, the state government announced its “tougher laws against antisemitism and hatred in NSW” package, which premier Minns has spruiked as a response to increasing acts of...
Human Rights Commission to Decide Racial Discrimination Complaint Against Peter Dutton
The Australian Human Rights Commission has accepted a racial discrimination complaint against Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton, which accuses the potential next prime minister of this country with having incited hatred against Palestinians, Jews and Muslims. Lodged in late November...
The Brave New and Inaccurate World of Artificial Intelligence Policing in New South Wales
The New South Wales Police Force has increasingly been employing the use of emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which includes biometric facial recognition technology (FRT) and machine learning (ML), in its investigative processes since the turn of the century. These...
Trump’s Divisive Rights-Eroding Policies Are Already Shaping a Future Dutton Government
As the 2025 election draws closer, Liberal opposition leader Peter Dutton continues to cop criticism for his lack of policies, his dearth of vision and his long-term openly racist points of views - however, this is somewhat unfair. Mr Dutton...
