Dehumanising Police Assault of Mentally Ill Woman Highlights Desperate Need for Reform
Two New South Wales police officers recently pleaded guilty to several assault charges as well as unauthorised use of a prohibited weapon for brutalising a naked 48-year old mentally ill woman who was in the midst of a mental health...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 July 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Centralised Virtual Bail Court Regime Commences in NSW A new regime whereby bail applications in regional areas are decided by city magistrates via video-link commenced...
NSW Police Officers Plead Guilty After Brutalising and Degrading Mentally Ill Woman
Two New South Wales police officers have pleaded guilty to criminal offences after their body worn cameras filmed them approaching a naked 48-year old woman who was clearly in the midst of a mental health episode, punching, kicking and stomping...
Racist NT Cop Killed Warlpiri Teen for Adrenaline Rush and Likely Expected to Get Off
In delivering a summary of her mammoth final findings into the death of Kumanjayi Walker, Northern Territory coroner Elisabeth Armitage found that former NT police constable Zachary Rolfe was known to dehumanise and devalue Aboriginal people, he routinely prioritised the...
Yoorook Justice Commission Confirms Genocide Was Committed to Establish Victoria
Established in 2021, the Yoorook Justice Commission tabled its gigantic final report in Victorian parliament on 1 July 2025. The Yoorook commission examined the colonisation of “the lands now known as Victoria” and found this involved the British violently invading...
Numerous NSW Antisemitism Inquiry Witnesses Highlight McCarthyite Witch Hunt Underway
“I am here because… my experience is instructive and disturbing: because of its effects on others in the media. I was accused of antisemitism because my social media account relentlessly, but not exclusively, highlighted the slaughter of the Palestinian people...
Manufacturing Moral Panic: Melbourne Attacks Likely Have Nothing to do with Antisemitism
An East Melbourne synagogue was subjected to an arson attack at around 8 pm last Friday night, 4 July 2025, and while details remain sketchy, many people living on Gadigal land in Sydney are questioning the legitimacy of the intent...
Kostakidis to Go Before Court, After Judiciary Recognises Anti-Zionism is Not Antisemitism
Mary Kostakidis should hold her head up high right now, because of all the Australian journalists that are honestly calling out the holocaust that Israel is perpetrating against the Palestinians, the Israel lobby singled her out to attempt to silence...
NSW Police Assaulted Hannah Thomas Then “Reversed Engineered” Charge to Frame Her as Rioter
The grievous assault some NSW police officers perpetrated on former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas on 27 June 2025 was a step too far, according to a majority of NSW. So, the fact it’s now come to light that NSW police,...
Protesters Outside Melbourne Restaurant Were Antigenocide, Not Antisemitic
Around 20 antigenocide and pro-Palestinian activists protested the Miznon restaurant in the Naarm-Melbourne CBD last Friday night, 4 July 2025, as the Israeli owner of the establishment, Shahar Segal, is also the spokesperson for the so-called ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ (GHF),...
