Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 16 to 22 March 2026

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Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:

Evidence Before NSW Parliament Is Admissible When Applying for a Recusal Order

The court found that evidence before parliament can be used when applying to remove a judge from a case.

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Offences Relating to Credit and Debit Card Theft and Fraud in NSW

Police are warning that thieves have been approaching elderly people and convincing them to take our their wallets before stealing their credit cards.

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Banning Political Slogans: The Absurd New Way to Stamp Out Pro-Palestinian Support

Witnessing the alarming criminalisation of political slogans, we’re forced the confront our nation’s disturbing slide into authoritarianism.

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“Coercion Dressed Up as Harmony”: Shaykh Wesam Charkawi on the State’s Growing Divide

Chris Minns’ has “demonised the Muslim community and antigenocide protesters. He has failed to stand for the ideal of social cohesion by dividing NSW. “

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New LGBTIQ Hate Crime Offences: A Band Aid Solution to a Much Deeper Problem

The NSW government is enacting offences of luring to commit ‘gay hate crimes’ and ‘posting and boasting’ about them while ignoring much-needed antidiscrimination reform.

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Will Australian Blindness Towards Rising Domestic White Terrorism Continue?

The charging of two white Australian men with terrorism offences may signify an end to authorities ignoring non-Muslim extremists.

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Renewed Calls to Ban Chokeholds Highlights the Colonial Nature of Australian Policing

The coronial inquest into the choking to death of a First Nations man by Queensland police has renewed calls for the dangerous practise to be banned.

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Federal Government Has Embroiled Australia Militarily in the Quest for a Greater Israel

Our PM has sent Australian troops to support Israel’s plans to invade neighbouring Muslim nations and extend its borders.

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