Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 April 2026

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

NSW Government’s Blanket Ban on Protest Marches is Unconstitutional, Court Finds

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The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’

A man is facing 35 criminal charges for allegedly damaging a lifeguard tower, bins, bollards and signs in the Bondi area.

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Challenge to Ruling that Conferred Copyright of Animal Abuse Footage to Perpetrators

A High Court appeal has been lodged against a decision that copyright to an activist group’s film exposing animal cruelty belongs to the company that committed the abuse.

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Social Media Giants are Deleting Lifesaving Drug Warnings: Interview with AIVL’s Molly Howes

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Minns Condemns Court’s Overturning of His Unconstitutional Protest Ban with Flawed Logic

The premier claims the protest ban was justified as it kept the community ‘safe’ despite contravening the Australian constitution and leading to violence.

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This ANZAC Day, Soldiers and Whistleblowers Are Reprimanded, as Top Brass Play Two Up

Australia’s most decorated soldier is facing charges and the man who blew the whistle on war crimes is in prison while their superiors are barely mentioned.

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Melbourne Council Is Roughing Up Rough Sleepers: Interview with HPUV’s Patrick “Spike” Chiappalone

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If We’re Not Careful, True Blue ICE Agents Could Soon Be Brutalising Australians

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