Morrison Proposes Licensing Framework for Muslim Preachers in Australia
Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison gave a speech in Al-Quds–Jerusalem in Israel on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, 27 January 2026, in which he lamented the ISIS-inspired Bondi Beach massacre and then went on to explain his proposal to establish...
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Seriously? Theo Has Been Arrested, Charged and Remanded Over a Satirical Tweet
Sydney Criminal Lawyers received a text message on the evening of Monday, 26 January 2026, querying whether a linked article was referring to Theo: the Botany man at the centre of a disturbing 2024 incident involving a homemade bomb left...
Attempted Terrorism Attack at Boorloo-Perth First Nations Rally Deplorably Downplayed
A 31-year-old white man threw a homemade bomb into a crowd of 2,500 people at a Boorloo-Perth Invasion Day protest on 26 January 2026. The authorities then labelled the incident a “potential mass casualty event”. However, the targeted attack against...
Calls for the AFP to Investigate the Israeli President for Inciting Genocide Ahead of Visit
The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and Palestinian legal organisations Al-Haq and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights have called on the Australian federal police (AFP) to investigate Israeli president Isaac Herzog over his alleged role in inciting genocide...
The Offence of Publicly Inciting Hatred on Grounds of Race in New South Wales
New South Wales police officers stopped 31-year-old Brandan Koschel on Gadigal land on Bourke Street in Surry Hills at around 2.50 pm on Monday, 26 January 2026, over his allegedly having incited hatred on the basis of race, when he...
NSW Government Plans to Further Curtail the Right to Protest
Despite Greater Sydney continuing to be under the grips of a blanket ban on protests, New South Wales premier Chris Minns appeared before the press on 26 January 2026, and announced that the mass of antiprotest laws his party has...
Show of Sovereign Strength on Gadigal for Invasion Day 2026
“You know the only way to go forward is to go Black. As you see, look at our youth up here. Look at our elders. Understand, white Australia has a Black history and it’s also going to have a fucking...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 January 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Appeal Against Sentence for Firearm Offences Succeeds as Judge Did Not Properly Discount The appeals court reduced the defendant’s sentence after finding that the judge...
The Federal Government’s Crackdown on Free Speech Affects All Australians
The two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice,...
Call for Special General Meeting as Mardi Gras Rejects Centring Trans Rights
At the 25 November 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) annual general meeting, Pride in Protest moved three successful resolutions, including recommending that transgender rights be a central focus of the 2026 event. However, following a 50 day...
