Grassroots Australia Mobillises Against Genocide: CoCo Speaks to Palestinian Hunger Striker
A disconnect is apparent in the stance the Australian political class has taken towards the genocidal intent the Israeli state has unleashed upon the Palestinian population of Gaza, who, after 16 years of living in open-air prison conditions, are now...
Authoritarianism Accelerates: Associate of Assange Investigated Under UK Terrorism Laws
Australian journalist and publisher Julian Assange continues to sit in London’s Belmarsh Prison, as he’s been remanded for more than four years on behalf of Washington, which reached out across international borders to arrest and then prosecute the foreign national...
Stop the Genocide: Fifty Thousand Strong in Sydney Call for Gaza Ceasefire Now
Gathered for a fifth Sunday in a row, grassroots Sydney mobilised calling for a ceasefire to end the genocide being perpetrated by the Israeli state upon the Palestinian population living in one of the most densely populated areas on Earth,...
Prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann: Police Join DPP in an Attempt to Clear Their Names
This time last year, then ACT top prosecutor, Shane Drumgold, and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) were engaged in a bitter feud - a slanging match criticising each other’s handling investigation and prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann over sexual assault allegations...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 November 2023
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Criminal Offences Related to War Memorials and Cemeteries in NSW Damaging or desecrating a protected place such as a war memorial or cemetery is a...
Do I Have to Testify in Court? Explaining Witness Competence and Compellability
Being called to ‘give evidence’ – also known as as testify – in a criminal trial can be a daunting experience; something you may not want to do for any of several reasons – you may be worried about saying...
AstraZeneca Faces Court Over Claims its Covid Vaccine is Dangerous
Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is facing criminal proceedings in the High Court of the United Kingdom, over claims the vaccine which made it hundreds of millions of dollars and a household name is not as effective as marketed and has greater...
Gaza: Australia is Complicit in the Neocolonial Crime of the Century
“We say that Israel has a right to defend itself, but how it defends itself matters and we want to see all innocent lives protected,” PM Anthony Albanese told a 1 November 2023 press conference in Sydney, which appears to be...
The Offence of Causing Danger with a Firearm in New South Wales
A Sydney-based police officer has been handed a criminal conviction and placed on a good behaviour bond after pointing a loaded pistol at a junior colleague and threatening “I’ll shoot you”. 30-year old Constable Dominic Gaynor pointed his police-issued Glock...
“Why Are We Killing Children?”: Gaza’s Horror Will Collapse the International Rules-based Order
Right now, more than two million people are locked inside a 40-odd-kilometre-long walled-off strip of land known as Gaza in occupied Palestine - a civilian population that’s been subject to a 16-year blockade - as Israel massacres these Palestinians on...
