Criminal Law

Returned ‘ISIS Wife’ Pleads Guilty to Entering and Remaining in a ‘Declared Land’

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A New South Wales woman has pleaded guilty and will be sentenced for willingly entering and staying in Syria to be with her husband, who is accused of being a member of the declared terrorist organisation Islamic State. Australian citizen...

A Lack of AUKUS Subs May Cause Domestic Frowns, But Uncle Sam Is None Too Fazed

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Australia was confronted with the news that the first of three second-hand Virginia class nuclear-powered submarines, we are is supposed to receive in 2032, may not be forthcoming just prior to Thursday’s one year anniversary of the 2023 San Diego...

NSW Government’s Tough-on-Youth-Crime Package: An Exercise in Passing Regressive Laws for Optics

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On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 the NSW Labor government made it known that it’s concerned about not appearing tough enough on kids who fall foul of the law. And as of Tuesday this week, the state has been altered to...

The Australian War on Vapes: An Absurd Rejection of a Healthier Alternative

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Two NSW police officers recently approached a 13-year-old boy vaping outside a Coles supermarket in the NSW town of Deniliquin, and, as he stood right beside his mother and another youth, one officer ordered him to hand over his “vapes”...

Cold War Implications of Dan Duggan Extradition Heat Up as Security State Closes Ranks

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The extradition case involving Australian citizen Dan Duggan, which has seen the father-of-six remanded in prolonged isolation on request of the US for over 500 days now, has always maintained an air of legitimacy about it, despite its stark anomalies,...

NSW Tibetan Community Rallies for Freedom: An Interview With Kyinzom Dhongdue

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Sydney’s Martin Place was ablaze with the multicoloured Tibetan flag on Sunday morning to mark the 65th anniversary since the Tibetan Uprising of 10 March 1959, which saw thousands turn up on the streets of the Tibetan capital of Lhasa...

Sydney’s 22nd Mass Palestinian Rally Foretells of a Coming Political Reckoning: In Photos

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Sydney’s pro-Palestinians turned out on Gadigal land for the 22nd week in a row, which is a disgustingly long time for the mass slaughter in Gaza - a catastrophe that’s now fast approaching famine - but it’s also an impressively...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 4 to 10 March 2024

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In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Section 25A(2) of Crimes Act 1900- Assault Whilst Intoxicated Causing Death Watch our video on section 25A(2) of the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) : Assault...

Prosecuting Australian Genocide: A Chat With Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Barrister Len Lindon

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Currently, litigation that charges King Charles Windsor III with the crimes of genocide and ecocide is doing the rounds of the Victorian court system. Having been launched by Gunnai Mara elder Uncle Robbie Thorpe, the case was lodged in October...

Climate Activists Sentenced to Imprisonment Over Non-Violent Protest

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Extinction Rebellion activists Violet Coco, Brad Homewood and Joe Zammit drove a truck onto the West Gate Bridge in Naarm-Melbourne at 7.45 am on Tuesday and parked it in a manner that blocked three lanes of five heading in one...
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