Sydney Stabbings Highlight Need for Mental Health Reform, Not Tough-on-Crime Laws
Following the multiple stabbing murders in a Bondi Junction shopping mall last Saturday, and the stabbing assault of a western Sydney priest two nights later, the Minns government is now considering more tough-on-crime laws to prevent future knife attacks. This...
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Western Sydney Riot: Why Would a Community Be Mistrustful of NSW Police?
Following a knife attack on globally renowned Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Assyrian Orthodox Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the western Sydney suburb of Wakeley on Monday, a crowd of his followers began arriving, understandably upset by the...
Sydney Knife Attacks: A Tale of Two Terrorisms
Six people were stabbed to death in a crowded Bondi Junction shopping mall on Saturday afternoon by 40-year-old Joe Cauchi, an Australian of European descent, and whilst he was apparently targeting women, New South Wales police determined the attack was...
NSW Should Extend Voting Rights to All Inmates to Better Serve the Community
Right now, NSW inmates serving sentences of 12 months or more are denied the ability to vote in state elections, and whilst federally, such restrictions on voting rights also exist, in these cases, the prohibition applies to those sentenced to...
The Brittany Higgins Saga: Bruce Lehrmann Fails to Clear His Name in Defamation Trial
Despite not being convicted of any sexual offences, Bruce Lehrmann has now been labelled by a judge of the Federal Court of Australia as more likely than not to be a sexual offender by a following his defamation trial against...
The Pro-Palestine Gadigal-Sydney Ceasefire March Is 27 Weeks Strong: In Photos
Protests crowds have a life of their own: each one unique, with something of a character and personality of which you can speak. There have been many significant protests to have gathered on unceded Gadigal land, amongst the colonial statues...
How Do Mobile Speed Cameras Work in New South Wales?
The New South Wales road toll has escalated to 106 deaths to date in 2024 - up from 90 for the same period last year. The figures suggest that 367 lives have been lost on the State’s roads in the...
A15 Sydney Targets Weapons Supplier Thales, as Governments Continue to Support Israel’s Genocide
Three pro-Palestinian activists locked on at the front entrance of the Rydalmere site of weapons manufacturing company Thales early Monday morning, to shut down its operations in an effort to harm the global supply chain that’s providing weapons to the...
Albanese Is Turning Australia into a Nuclear Waste Dump: Interview with Senator Shoebridge
The AUKUS debacle is an issue that never stops giving. And from the time former prime minister Scott Morrison dropped the arrangement on us in September 2021, the agreement between the US, the UK and Australia has had something of...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 8 to 14 April 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Strong Political Resolve on Display at the Six Month Gadigal/Sydney Gaza Genocide Protest: In Photos We were on the ground for the rally that marked...
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