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Challenge to Ruling that Conferred Copyright of Animal Abuse Footage to Perpetrators

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A Federal Court ruling caught many off-guard last year, as it found Game Meats Company (GMC) owned the copyright relating to images, including a 14 minute film, taken by Farms Transparency Project (FTP) at a goat slaughterhouse, which, if not...

The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’

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New South Wales police were called out to Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach, which is located on Gadigal land, following several reports regarding property damage on 29 November 2025. Officers attached to the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrived at...

Duggan’s US Extradition Appeal Failed But Albanese Could Save Our Fellow Australian

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The Federal Court has denied Australian citizen Dan Duggan’s appeal of former attorney general Mark Dreyfus’ 2024 decision to greenlight his extradition to the US on 2017 charges alleging he illegally trained Chinese military pilots. And while it’s understood the...

The War Crime of Murder: A Commonwealth Offence

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Australia’s most decorated soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested on 7 April 2026, on Dharawal land at Sydney’s domestic airport. The former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) corporal has been charged with five counts of the war crime of murder, and...

Indonesian Police Go on Killing Spree, as Crackdown Escalates in West Papua

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Members of the occupying Indonesian police went on a murderous rampage in the West Papuan village of Moanemani, located in Dogiyai regency at around 10 am on 31 March 2026, which involved officers firing randomly into a local marketplace, prior...

Protections for Politicians Enhanced Due to Rise in Politically Motivated Violence

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Australian politicians are to receive heightened law enforcement and security protections, due to an increasingly fraught domestic security environment that has seen at least ten people charged with making violent threats towards politicians since September 2025, which has included neo-Nazis...

Australia’s Most Decorated Soldier Faces Multiple Charges of the War Crime of Murder

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Australia’s most decorated war hero Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested by Australian federal police on Gadigal land, as he arrived by plane at Sydney’s domestic airport on Tuesday, 3 April 2026. The 47-year-old former Special Air Service Regiment (SAS) officer was...

Israel Prescribes Death by Hanging for Palestinians Convicted of Terrorism-Related Murder

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Israel has just passed a law permitting the state to execute Palestinians who commit deadly attacks by hanging. The law allows the death penalty only to be applied to Palestinians, or “Israeli Arabs”, as the state refers to them, but...

NSW Premier Ignores Civilian Evidence Regarding Police Brutality at Herzog Protest 

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New South Wales Greens MP Jenny Leong was removed from the lower house during Question Time on 25 March 2026, as she attempted to provide NSW premier Chris Minns with 117 community member accounts of the NSW police brutality that...

The Offence of Assaulting a Police Officer in New South Wales

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A 27-year-old woman was arrested on Gadigal land at her Potts Point residence on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, as part of the ongoing investigations of Strike Force Laine, which is the New South Wales Police Force probe into the participants...
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