Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 18 to 24 August 2025

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

Supreme Court Judgment Permitting the Sydney Harbour Bridge March for Humanity to Proceed

The court permitted the March for Humanity on the basis that this would be safer than a rally without authorisation.

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Government Claims Attorney General Can’t Reverse Decision to Extradite Dan Duggan

The AG’s Department has advised the Australian citizen’s family that the new chief lawmaker is powerless to reverse the decision to extradite him.

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NSW Government Tightens Working With Children Checks

Reforms are being introduced which aim to prevent those who are seen to pose a threat to kids from working in child-related employment.

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Whistleblowers Remain Unprotected as Government Fails to Implement Promised Reforms

Evidence at a recent Senate inquiry suggests that “whistleblowing of all kinds is not just discouraged, it is actively suppressed”.

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Rex Patrick on Why National Archives Denials Are Preventing Reconciling with Timor-Leste: Interview

The former senator is seeking to make perpetrators of the 2004 East Timor bugging scandal accountable for their criminal conduct.

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Envoy’s Antisemitism Plan is Manifestly Lacking in Substance

The antisemitism envoy’s answers to an inquiry reveal that her so called plan to combat the supposed ‘antisemitism crisis’ is smoke and mirrors.

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Wanted War Criminal Benjamin Netanyahu Has Called Our Prime Minister “Weak”

The man against whom the International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for war crimes in Gaza attempted to belittle Albanese for calling him out.

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Spike in Prohibited Drug Use and Associated Crime Intensifies Calls for Legalisation

The dramatic rise in the use of prohibited drugs and drug-related crime makes clear the war on drugs is lost and reform is desperately needed.

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Albanese Must Back His Words with Action by Halting the Supply of Australian F-35 Parts to Israel

Netanyahu has called Albanese ‘weak’ for criticising atrocities in Gaza, but we continue to supply Israel with military components used to perpetrate the atrocities.

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