High Court Challenge Launched Against Ban on Political Slogans
A legal suit was lodged with the High Court of Australia last week, challenging the Queensland Crisafulli government’s recently applied prohibition against the uttering or displaying of specific pro-Palestinian political protest slogans in public, with the plaintiffs’ claim being that...
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Answers Sought Over Why Charges Haven’t Been Laid Over Kumanjayi White’s Custody Death
The family of deceased man Kumanjayi White has this week initiated legal proceedings in the Northern Territory Supreme Court to ascertain which NT police employee decided not to press charges against two officers, who’d wrestled the 24-year-old Warlpiri man with...
NSW Police to Be Given Powers to Access and Download Phone Content on the Beat
The Minns government is set to introduce new laws into New South Wales parliament, so that the power NSW police has to require people to provide access to their digital devices, in order to a facilitate scan and download of...
Northern Territory Passes Law to Create Another Stolen Generations
The Northern Territory passed laws last week that abolished the Aboriginal Child Placement Principle, which is policy designed to ensure that when the state removes a First Nations child from their family, the authorities attempt to place the minor with...
NSW Police Drone Surveillance Trial in Moree Is Set to Be Rolled Out Statewide
New South Wales police gathered local officials on Gomeroi Country in the northern NSW town of Moree on 8 January 2026 to announce it would be trialling crime-related drone surveillance in the area for the next six months starting then....
NSW Inquiry Recommends that Watchdog Be Established to Oversee the DPP
A New South Wales parliamentary committee inquiry into Identity Protections for Proceedings Involving Children earlier this month recommended that a standing committee be established to provide oversight of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, further suggesting that an...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 July 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Woman Charged Over Alleged $3 Million Clandestine Lab Sourcing Role The woman is facing court over her alleged involvement in a drug manufacturing syndicate operating...
NSW Government Continues Its Rights-Eroding Bonanza
The Minns New South Wales Labor government announced this week that it will further be eroding basic human rights in the same manner as it’s been doing since it entered office in 2023. And this time, the change involves removing...
Aboriginal Death in Custody Occurs at Nation’s Largest Prison, as the Crisis Continues
A 21-year-old First Nations man died in prison custody on Gumbaynggirr Country on 15 July 2026, whilst detained in Australia’s largest prison, Clarence Correctional Centre, located close by the New South Wales Northern Rivers town of Grafton. Privately-run by the...
Big Coles Is Watching You and Collecting Information While You’re Shopping
The early 2024 announcement that Coles Supermarkets Australia was entering into a three-year contract with Palantir Technologies to incorporate its data integration and artificial intelligence platforms into its operations was jarring, as has been its more recent rollout of CCTV...
