Mandatory Use of Body Worn Cameras Won’t End Police Brutality
The New South Wales Police Force stated on 2 June 2026 that it’s considering making the use of body-worn video cameras mandatory whilst officers are exercising a policing power. Indeed, this a call made by Sydney Criminal Lawyers and many...
Lenient Penalty for First NSW Police Officer Convicted of Aboriginal Death in Custody
The sentencing of New South Wales police sergeant Benedict Bryant over the killing of Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright took place on 4 June 2026, ending the case that involved the first ever conviction of a NSW law enforcement officer...
Questions Raised About Proposed Medicinal Cannabis Drug Driving Defence in NSW
After 10 years of medicinal cannabis being a legal prescription drug, the New South Wales government has announced that it’s going to introduce a drug driving defence for those prescribed cannabis but are currently unable to drive without risk of...
The Offence of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent to Avoid Arrest in NSW
A 17-year-old boy was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest last week, after he allegedly accelerated a Mazda sedan in the direction of several New South Wales police officers in Sydney’s north on Saturday, 6...
Two Degrees of Interoperability Between the ADF and the IDF Could Soon Become One
Right now, a bill before the US House of Representatives contains a section that if it makes its way through both houses of congress will result in the integration of the United States Armed Forces (USAF) with the Israeli Defence...
Growing Calls to Drop the Criminal Charges Brought Against Anti-Herzog Protesters
A growing number of civil society groups are calling on the New South Wales government and NSW police to drop the charges laid against 30-odd civilians related to the 9 February 2026 protest of the visit of Israeli president Isaac...
The Offence of Using a Carriage Service to Make a Hoax Threat in Australia
New South Wales police charged a 23-year-old woman with 14 counts of use carriage service to make hoax threat last Friday, 29 May 2026, after officers executed a warrant on Bundjalung land at a residence on Murwillumbah’s Hall Drive, following...
Illicit Drug Use Is Spiking, Yet NSW Authorities Continue Deadly and Performative Approach
The National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program released its latest figures for the period December 2024 to October 2025, and in its ninth year, it found there has been a significant spike in illicit drug use in this country, in terms...
Criminal Offences Relating to Possessing, Supplying or Making Explosives in NSW
Police officers conducted a raid at a residence on Wiradjuri land on Rockley Street in Perthville, on the New South Wales Central Tablelands, that uncovered a clandestine laboratory and bomb-manufacturing site at 9 am on Wednesday, 20 May 2026. A...
Foreign Minister Finally Acknowledges Third Cohort of Australians Kidnapped by Israel
Eleven Australians kidnapped off the high seas near Cyprus by Israeli forces have now been released after days of deprivation and psychological and physical torture. This is the third cohort of Australians taken hostage and brutalised by Tel Aviv since...
