The Offence of Animal Sexual Abuse in New South Wales
New South Wales man Joel Kerin, then 30, pleaded guilty to four counts of bestiality in Bega Local Court in October 2024. But since March 2026, this crime has been modernised and is now known as the offence of animal...
AUKUS Nations Are Increasingly Framing Leftwing Activists as Terrorists
The charging of more than a dozen leftwing protesters with terrorism offences in the United States and the sentencing of eight of them to a combined 450 years’ imprisonment on 23 June 2026, marked a significant step in the shift...
Israel Continues the Targeted Genocidal Murder of Palestinian Children
The United Nations-established independent commission that published a 2025 report confirming that Israel is perpetrating genocide in Gaza last week released a new report detailing that Israel has been intentional killing Palestinian children, which is a deliberate tactic being employed...
The Offence of Aiding or Abetting the Suicide of Another in NSW
A former New South Wales police officer recently failed in his attempt to appeal his sentence over a conviction of having aided or abetted the suicide of another, as Phillip Baldwin had successfully assisted his wife, Joanne, in taking her...
The Criminal Offence of Riot in New South Wales
Three men were arrested on Friday, 19 June 2026 and charged with a long list of crimes, including the offence of riot. The arrests were in response to New South Wales police officers having been called out to a park...
The Thought Police Are Using the Protection of Kids to Justify the Expansion of Surveillance
The Australian federal police is seeking to use AI chatbots to monitor the activity of Australian children online to ensure they’re not being radicalised by terrorist and criminal networks, whilst the Queensland government is set to establish an intelligence hub...
Local Activists Ought to Take Heed, as UK Court Sentences Pro-Palestinians as Terrorists
Four pro-Palestinian activists in the United Kingdom were sentenced as terrorists last week in respect of criminal damage charges relating to a direct action on a factory near Bristol belonging to Israeli arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in August 2024. So,...
The Offence of Throwing Objects at Vehicles in New South Wales
Northern Beaches Police Area Command posted a 26 May 2026 message to its Facebook page calling on parents to “please talk” to their children about how throwing objects at cars is not only a dangerous thing to do but is...
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...
