The Centralised Bail Saga in NSW Continues
Oh dear, this is getting very very messy. Commencing next week in NSW, all new bail matters will be dealt with centrally by a new Bail Division of the NSW Local Court. I have already written and spoken extensively about...
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Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 June 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Bail Centralisation and the Virtual Bail Court: NSW Staggers into a Reform Overreach The local knowledge that country magistrates have in relation to bail decisions...
Police Thugs Let Rip on Peaceful Antigenocide Protesters on Bidjigal in Police State NSW
New South Wales police officers are well aware when turning up to a clandestine early morning antigenocide demonstrations that activists aren’t going to be swinging. But at 6 am on Friday 27 June 2025, when peaceful protesters did turn up...
NSW Inquiry into Cannabis Laws Recommends Staged Reforms Leading to Legalisation
The NSW parliamentary inquiry into state laws governing cannabis released its final report on 20 June 2025, and its central issue, that the fairly innocuous psychoactive plant remains illegal, was found to be causing harm in the community and the...
NT to Establish Armed Public Safety Officers: Pseudo-Police to Patrol Buses, Malls and Housing
Northern Territory chief minister Lia Finocchiaro appears to be drinking the same kool aid as Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as last week, the law-and-order, “us against them” campaign launched by her Country Liberal Party last August, will soon see...
Couple Imprisoned for Contempt After Breaching Supreme Court Order
A married couple who reject the rules, regulations and laws that apply across society on the basis they are ‘sovereign citizens’ has been sentenced to 30 days of imprisonment after they continued to publish defamatory material about a lawyer despite...
Campaign for Free Speech About the Rights of Occupied Peoples Calls for Delisting of Hamas
The legal action launched by Krautungalung elder Uncle Robbie Thorpe and Sydney-based lawyer Daniel Taylor regarding the right to speak freely about the rights of occupied peoples in the public sphere has gained much interest, and this is sure to...
Court Ruling Proves Land Grants Covering Wiradjuri Are Illegal: Interview With Uncle Paul Towney
Proud Wiradjuri descendant Paul Towney will be appearing in Orange Local Court on 9 September, as he faces a charge of trespass, due to his having occupied land that is said to be owned by Charles Sturt University. The 2,000-odd...
Sovereign Citizens Imprisoned for Contempt of Court After Defaming Lawyer
Two people who identify themselves as sovereign citizens have been sentenced to 30 days in prison for contempt of court after publishing defamatory material against a lawyer despite having already been ordered to pay $160,000 in damages for defaming the...
Labor Continues Coalition’s Mass Deportations, as Yet Another Kiwi Resident to Be Turfed
The mass deportation program then immigration minister Scott Morrison launched in late 2014, which has seen over 3,000 New Zealand-born residents turfed out of this country, regardless of ties and length-of-stay, continues as well-known litigant Kate Pearson will on Thursday,...
