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...
Being Well-Informed and Managing Stress Is Key When Going to Court
By Prisha Dave Having to go to court can be daunting for many reasons. The uncertainly of not knowing what to expect, what to say, how to act and what happens inside the courtroom can create anxiety and even lead...
Exposing Crime and Corruption in Government is a Criminal Offence in Australia
This week has been quite a week in terms of the seven-year-old saga involving the prosecution of the 2018/19 launched public service whistleblower hitlist, as two of the three public service disclosers on it, former ATO officer Richard Boyle and...
Australian Authorities Play Dumb Over Yet Another Aboriginal Death in Custody
Two plainclothes police officers intervened in an altercation in Alice Springs Coles supermarket at around 1.10 pm on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, which involved two security guards and a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disabilities. The police used force to get...
