Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 July 2025

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

Centralised Virtual Bail Court Regime Commences in NSW

A new regime whereby bail applications in regional areas are decided by city magistrates via video-link commenced today.

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Protesters Outside Melbourne Restaurant Were Antigenocide, Not Antisemitic

Demonstrators outside a restaurant owned by an Israeli man accused of supporting atrocities in Palestine was antigenocide, not antisemitic.

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NSW Police Assaulted Hannah Thomas Then “Reversed Engineered” Charge to Frame Her as Rioter

Officers brutally assaulted the protester before unlawfully charging her under special riot laws, before withdrawing that charge and laying a different one.

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Kostakidis to Go Before Court, After Judiciary Recognises Anti-Zionism is Not Antisemitism

The Federal Court is set to determine whether the Zionist Federation’s case against journalist Mary Kostakidis should be struck out.

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Manufacturing Moral Panic: Melbourne Attacks Likely Have Nothing to do with Antisemitism

The mainstream media is once again manufacturing an ‘antisemitism crisis’ that does not exist by misreporting incidents and the motives behind them.

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Numerous NSW Antisemitism Inquiry Witnesses Highlight McCarthyite Witch Hunt Underway

“I was accused of antisemitism because… [I] highlighted the slaughter of the Palestinian people by the Israeli government by retweeting updates”.

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NSW Police Officers Plead Guilty After Brutalising and Degrading Mentally Ill Woman

The officers sent video of the abhorrent assault and bragged “we caved her in” and “the whole body-worn is go good shows her being fucked”.

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Racist NT Cop Killed Warlpiri Teen for Adrenaline Rush and Likely Expected to Get Off

The inquiry into the death of Kumanjayi Walker is damning in its assessment of Zachary Rolfe’s killing of the teen, despite the officer’s acquittal.

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