Systemic Criminal Justice Bias Sees Only Muslim Crime Designated as Terrorism
In the wake of two mid-April Sydney stabbings that garnered intense public attention, not only due to the violence involved, but also the subsequent divergent manner in which the NSW Police Force and, indeed, politicians and intelligence agencies, have approached...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 6 to 12 May 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Court Shows Leniency to White Australian Who Repeatedly Advocated Terrorism Offences The leniency shown to a Caucasian man who called for the execution of...
Albanese Seeks to Silence Social Media and Thereby Dictate the Agenda and Control the Narrative
Since the mid-April stabbings in Sydney’s Bondi Junction and Wakeley, the federal government has heightened the campaign around yet-to-be-introduced laws designed to crackdown on online mis- and disinformation that’s not linked to government, mainstream media or the education sector. A...
Stray Australian Chopper in Beijing’s Waters Whips Up China Panic
“Off the South Korean coast, an Australian warship” has been helping enforce UN sanctions against” North Korea, the ABC reported on Wednesday. And it then explained that a helicopter from the ship, operating “over international waters” last week, “was intercepted...
NSW Police to Be Given Power to Wand Individuals Without Reasonable Suspicion
Despite a decadelong social campaign to see the warrantless encroachment of New South Wales police officers into the private space of civilians, specifically in the form of strip searches and those related to sniffer dogs, the Minns government is legislating...
McBride’s Case Highlights Dissolving Justice and Transparency in Australia
Justice David Mossop of the ACT Supreme Court is currently considering the criminal penalty that is to be imposed on well respected whistleblower David McBride: a lawyer who considers the principles of justice and honour of such high value that...
Domestic Violence Offences Plague Indigenous Communities Across Australia
Domestic violence offences are at epidemic levels across Australia, impacting individuals and families in all communities. But when it comes to Indigenous communities, the prevalence of domestic violence offending is especially alarming. According to a report by the Australian Institute...
Reestablishing the White Australia Policy: Shoebridge on Albanese’s Racist Refugee Bill
The Senate is set to vote upon a third tranche of Labor migration laws relating to refugees and asylum seekers that is so divisive many are astounded that the traditional party of the left has placed them on the table,...
The Last Phase of the OZ-Backed Gaza Genocide Has Begun
Twelve weeks ago, Netanyahu and his far-right cronies announced they’d be launching a full-scale military attack upon Rafah: the southernmost region of the Gaza Strip, which had once been deemed a safe zone, and its numbers have now swelled to...
To Appeal or Extradite: UK Courts Set to Decide on the Assange Extralegal Show Trial
The extradition case against Julian Assange has been close to coming to some sort of resolution for at least four years now. And over the last five years, the WikiLeaks founder has been remanded in a UK prison under conditions...
