Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 23 to 29 June 2025

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

Bail Centralisation and the Virtual Bail Court: NSW Staggers into a Reform Overreach

The local knowledge that country magistrates have in relation to bail decisions will soon be replaced by an impersonal city bureaucracy.

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Downing Centre Court Flooding: What It Means for Your Case

Downing Centre Court will be closed for at least four weeks, and many cases will be adjourned or heard in other courts.

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Courts Must Assess Individual Moral Culpability in Cases of Joint Criminal Enterprise

The appeal court found that moral culpability must be assessed separately in circumstances where several people commit a crime together.

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Labor Continues Coalition’s Mass Deportations, as Yet Another Kiwi Resident to Be Turfed

A New Zealand-born resident who has lived in Australia for over 20 years is being deported, despite the court ruling that she should stay.

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Courts Must Assess Individual Moral Culpability in Cases of Joint Criminal Enterprise

The appeal court found that moral culpability must be assessed separately in circumstances where several people commit a crime together.

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Labor Continues Coalition’s Mass Deportations, as Yet Another Kiwi Resident to Be Turfed

A New Zealand-born resident who has lived in Australia for over 20 years is being deported, despite the court ruling that she should stay.

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Failure of Senior Labor Staffers to Attend Dural Caravan Inquiry Speaks Volumes

The staffers ignored a summons to attend and explain what Labor knew about the hoax the party used to justify antisemitism-specific offences.

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Sovereign Citizens Imprisoned for Contempt of Court After Defaming Lawyer

The pair was sentenced to 30 days in prison after making a defamatory publication in breach of a court order.

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Court Ruling Proves Land Grants Covering Wiradjuri Are Illegal: Interview With Uncle Paul Towney

A recent court ruling suggests the charge of trespass against a Wiradjuri man may not be sustainable, as the original land grant was unlawful.

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Campaign for Free Speech About the Rights of Occupied Peoples Calls for Delisting of Hamas

Legal action against the silencing of political free speech is now calling for Hamas to be delisted as a terrorist organisation.

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Couple Imprisoned for Contempt After Breaching Supreme Court Order

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NSW Inquiry into Cannabis Laws Recommends Staged Reforms Leading to Legalisation

The inquiry has recommended eliminating prison sentences before decriminalising and finally legalising and regulating cannabis.

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NT to Establish Armed Public Safety Officers: Pseudo-Police to Patrol Buses, Malls and Housing

The NT government is creating an armed pseudo-police force which will target public housing estates and shopping malls.

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Police Thugs Let Rip on Peaceful Antigenocide Protesters on Bidjigal in Police State NSW

“Anyone watching knows it’s wrong that police are violently arresting those calling for an end to genocide while… protecting the companies who profit from the killing.”

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