Aussie Humanitarian’s Passport Cancelled
Like many young Australians,19-year-old Queenslander Oliver Bridgeman enjoys playing sport, spending time with friends and family, and travelling. The accomplished youngster is also a dedicated humanitarian - having deferred his university degree last year to undertake charity work in Bali....
Sovereign Citizens: The Real Terrorist Threat?
73-year-old John Wilson does not look like your stereotypical terrorist. Hunched and with the remains of his white hair flying from the sides of his head, the former dentist is a regular fixture outside NSW courts. Spouting his hyperbole about being...
Anti-Terrorism Laws ‘Go Beyond What is Proportionate’
Until the attacks on New York’s World Trade Centre on 11 September 2001, Australians were mostly unaffected by terrorism. But since that atrocity, we have been drawn into a worldwide discussion about counter-terrorism, and have gradually moved away from the...
Giving Up Safeguards to Protect Against Terrorists
Although supported by the German public, the Third Reich (1933 to 1945) is now recognised as a brutal regime signified by the totalitarian rule of an evil dictator. The regime was preceded by the democratic Weimar Republic (1919 to 1933);...
Crime Commission Denies Child Terrorism Suspect Basic Protections
The NSW Crime Commission is an independent statutory body which aims to investigate serious criminal activity and obtain evidence which may lead to a prosecution. It has a wide range of powers - including the ability to summon persons of...
Teenaged Terrorism Suspect Must Face Supreme Court
A Victorian judge has ordered that a teenager accused of plotting a terrorist act must face the Supreme Court, instead of the Children’s Court. The 17-year-old’s home was raided in May this year, during which police allegedly discovered a range...
Trial Delayed Due to Failure to Produce Evidence
A NSW Supreme Court Judge has slammed prosecutors for serving evidence upon Sulayman Khalid’s criminal defence lawyers just two weeks before the scheduled trial date. 20-year-old Khalid is alleged to have “intentionally possessed documents, knowingly connected with the preparation for...
More ‘Anti-Terrorism’ Laws on the Horizon
The NSW State Government is well-known for its reactionary approach to perceived threats, with a range of laws enacted in recent years to address concerns about motorcycle groups, alcohol-fueled violence and, most of all, terrorism. The tragic killing of a...
Jury Finds that ‘Respect the Flag’ Group are a Criminal Gang
It’s an unfortunate day when a child’s birthday party ends in adults on the street with weapons drawn. In one such party in Douglasville, Georgia, which was attended predominantly by African-American people, the celebrations were interrupted when a group called...
Combating Radicalisation in Schools
Australia was rocked by the recent tragic shooting of police accountant Curtis Cheng by 15-year-old high school student Farhad Jabar. The incident has stuck in the minds of many for various reasons - it involved the death of an innocent...
