Stamping Out Hate with Draconian Laws Is a Rush to the Bottom in Terms of Rights
When it came time for the Australian home affairs minister to address the press in relation to the omnibus combating antisemitism bill, Tony Burke pointed to a number of key aspects of the legislation. These involve the listing of hate...
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Federal Government’s Antisemitism Hate Bill Threatens to Further Erode Civil Liberties
Federal parliament is convening for special sitting days on 19 and 20 January 2026, with the aim of passing new hate crime laws and gun measures contained in an omnibus bill, which taken together with a swag of other post-Bondi...
Inmate Appeals Refusal to Release Him via Writ of Habeas Corpus
Elefterios “Terry” Fantakis is set to appeal the 2 September 2025 decision of then NSW Chief Judge at Common Law Ian Harrison to deny a writ of habeas corpus directing the Macquarie Correctional Centre governor to bring Fantakis before the...
“That Sort of Stepping Up”: Gaza Flotilla Participant Juliet Lamont on Centring Palestinian Lives
Documentary filmmaker Juliet Lamont is one brave soul. After having risked it all sailing amongst the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the siege of Gaza in October 2025 and then being kidnapped off the high seas by the Israeli military...
No Immutable Force: Anticop Founder Tom Raue on the Modern Police Force
Right now, there is a blanket ban on “authorised” protests across three policing districts covering much of Greater Sydney. New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed on 6 January 2026, that the “public assembly restriction declaration” imposed on Christmas...
The Hasbara Royal Commission and the Erasure of Palestinian Australians
The establishment of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is likely the most significant threat to forging truth in this nation, with the last hope to resist this onslaught of hasbara being a respected former High Court Justice,...
The Offence of Engaging in Acts of Child Prostitution in New South Wales
Most people in New South Wales would recognise Jeffrey Epstein and associate the deceased United States citizen with being a child sex offender, involved in a smorgasbord of criminal offences. Yet, the multimillionaire financier was only ever convicted on two...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 January 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Severity Appeal Against Drug Importation Succeeds as Judge Failed to Properly Sentence The judge failed to properly implement ‘instinctive synthesis’ during the sentencing process. Click...
NSW Police Fatally Shoot Yet Another Civilian During a Mental Health Callout
New South Wales police shot and killed a 49-year-old man on Darkinjung land in the state’s Central Coast town of Springfield at 3.30 pm on Wednesday, 7 January 2026, after a mental health check turned into a siege situation. This...
Legal Challenge Launched Against Draconian Blanket Ban on Protests
On the day following New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon having extended the first ever blanket ban on so-called authorised protests in parts of Greater Sydney, three local social justice organisations lodged a legal challenge to the protest prohibition...
