Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 May to 1 June 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Universities Australia Antisemitism Definition Regarding Israel: Ambiguous, Illogical and Flawed Former NSW Magistrate David Heilpern explains the problems created by the flawed antisemitism definition adopted...
Being Well-Informed and Managing Stress Is Key When Going to Court
By Prisha Dave Having to go to court can be daunting for many reasons. The uncertainly of not knowing what to expect, what to say, how to act and what happens inside the courtroom can create anxiety and even lead...
Exposing Crime and Corruption in Government is a Criminal Offence in Australia
This week has been quite a week in terms of the seven-year-old saga involving the prosecution of the 2018/19 launched public service whistleblower hitlist, as two of the three public service disclosers on it, former ATO officer Richard Boyle and...
Australian Authorities Play Dumb Over Yet Another Aboriginal Death in Custody
Two plainclothes police officers intervened in an altercation in Alice Springs Coles supermarket at around 1.10 pm on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, which involved two security guards and a 24-year-old Warlpiri man with disabilities. The police used force to get...
McBride Heads to the High Court, After His Draconian Sentence Stands on Appeal
ACT Court of Appeal Justice Belinda Baker took the bench on Wednesday, 28 May 2025 to deliver the outcome of Australian Defence Force whistleblower David McBride’s appeal against his conviction and sentence, to simply announce that the appeal had been...
Harsh Bail Laws Undermine the Presumption of Innocence, Says NSW Chief Justice
The Chief Justice of New South Wales, Andrew Bell, issued a public statement on 27 May 2025 expressing concerns about the subversion of the presumption of innocence brought about by harsh bail laws in NSW, which has seen a 20%...
Victims of Serious Crime in NSW to Be Informed About Offenders
On 27 May 2025, legislation was passed in New South Wales Parliament which provides victims of serious crime with a range of information about convicted offenders, including the lengths of their prison sentences, parole eligibility, progress through the custodial system,...
ATO Whistleblower Forced to Plead Guilty, After Court Finds He is Not Protected by the Law
After being dragged across hot coals by the criminal justice system for the past seven years, Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle pleaded guilty to four criminal offences on Tuesday, 27 May 2025, even though the so-called crimes he is...
Gomeroi Ready to Fight Santos Gas Project Any Way Possible, Says Elder Maria “Polly” Cutmore
The National Native Title Tribunal released its final decision on whether the New South Wales government can lease Gomeroi Country to Australian fossil fuel giant Santos for coal seam gas purposes on 19 May 2025, greenlighting the process again, after...
Queensland Expands Regime to Imprison Kids on Adult Time, Ignoring the UN
The Crisafulli government passed its second tranche of its “adult crime, adult time” laws on 22 May 2025, as part of a draconian policy designed to crackdown on a non-existent youth crimewave that now sees children aged 10 to 17,...
