“When Cops Kill, Who Polices the Police”: The Gilberts on the Killing of Their Son Luke
Shot Dead is a recently published account of the police killing of 24-year-old Luke Gilbert, who was shot by two officers early on 1 October 2022. Luke’s mother, Nicola Gilbert wrote the book, which she asserts was required following the...
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AFP Claims the New National Security Teams Will Enhance Social Cohesion
The Australian federal police (AFP) announced on 8 October 2025 that it launched new National Security Investigation teams the previous month “to target groups and individuals causing high levels of harm to Australia’s social cohesion”. These proactive teams are to...
NSW Government Increases Standard Non-Parole Period for Domestic Violence Murders
The New South Wales government has introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Sexual Offences) Bill 2025 into parliament which would, if passed, increase the standard non-parole period (SNPP) for offences of murder committed against current or former intimate partners...
Dan Duggan Makes Final Appeal Against Trumped Up US Extradition Request
Australian citizen Dan Duggan will appear in Federal Court on Thursday, 16 October 2025, as he appeals the decision to greenlight his extradition to the United States based on a 2017 District Court of Columbia grand jury indictment that charges...
Anti-Money Laundering Obligations of Lawyers in New South Wales
A new regime which comes into effect on 1 July 2026 will impose a range of obligations on New South Wales lawyers when it comes anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF), including to register with AUSTRAC, develop AML/CTF programs, conduct...
Top NSW Ministers Stoked the Antisemitism Moral Panic with Fudged NSW Police Statistics
Dozens of the 367 reported antisemitism incidents that New South Wales premier Chris Minns and police minister Yasmin Catley both fell back on at key points in the 2024/25 summer debate around a suggested crisis in escalating antisemitic behaviour have...
Firearm Offences that Apply to Mass Shootings in New South Wales
New South Wales police officers charged Croydon Park man Artemios Mintzas with 25 firearm offences last week, after the 60-year-old conducted a random shooting spree, targeting passersby out the window of a unit located above a shop on Georges Bay...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 October 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sentence Reduced as Judge Failed to Inform the Defence He Rejected a Psychological Assessment The defendant’s sentence was reduced on appeal as the initial judge...
Australian Politicians Ignore Israel’s Brutality Against Our Citizens
The morning of Friday, 10 October 2025 saw the Australian Global Sumud Flotilla participants arrive back in our nation, after attempting to breach the Gaza blockade and then being illegally apprehended by Israel. A sizable crowd gathered on Gadigal land...
NSW Government Resists Broad Calls for Drug Law Reform
The NSW government disregarded last week’s deadline for a response to the recommendations flowing from the 2024 NSW Drug Summit, which it organised, and it also rejected every suggestion made by the NSW inquiry into state cannabis laws. Yet, the “open...
