Permanent NSW Wanding Laws Give Police More Power to Harass Members of the Public
The Minns government last week made permanent 2024-enacted temporary wanding laws, which empower New South Wales police officers to randomly approach anyone in a declared zone to run a handheld metal detector over the outside of their clothing. And this...
Requiring Government Permission to Protest Is an Erosion of the Fundamental Right
The Australian Democracy Network and Deakin University have released a joint report into the various protest permission frameworks operating in local states and territories, such as the Form 1 process in New South Wales, and the study found that they...
Calls to Remove Religious Schools Exemptions Against LGBTIQA+ Students and Teachers Are Back
Independent MP Allegra Spender has introduced laws to repeal the exemptions that permit religious schools to deny entrance to or to remove teachers, students and contractors from their institutions, due to their diverse sexualities and genders. This proposal originally took...
The NSW Offence of Possess Equipment to Produce Identification Information
New South Wales Police Financial Crimes Squad detectives charged two men with four counts each of possess equipment to produce identification information on Tuesday, 13 October 2026, following Strike Force Dawport being established in April 2026, to investigate a rise...
Australia’s Top Cop’s Priorities: AI Policing, Foreign Interferers and the Dural Caravan Hoaxer
AFP commissioner Krissy Barrett last week gave multiple interviews to mainstream media outlets to mark her one-year anniversary and raise key priorities for the law enforcement agency. The top cop is continuing to prioritise the capture of the mastermind behind...
Two Men Charged with Sexually Assaulting Three Women Over 7 Years
The New South Wales Police Force reports that a second man has been charged over allegations of sexually abusing three women on the Central Coast over a seven-year period. Detectives attached to Tuggerah Lakes Police District established Strike Force Zetter...
The Offence of Conspiracy to Murder in New South Wales
Detectives from New South Wales Police Taskforce Falcon have arrested and charged a woman over conspiracy to murder, in relation to a 2025 plot to kill a prominent western Sydney organised crime figure. The alleged plan was foiled after a...
“Bad Faith Lawmaking” in the NT: Justice Not Jails on the CLP Crackdown on Indigenous Youth
Since taking power in the Northern Territory in August 2024, the Country Liberal Finocchiaro government has been progressing a law-and-order drive, with a focus on youth crime. And this drive, which started at apace, has only been accelerating. And to...
Three Years Too Long: Sydney Marks Grim Anniversary of Ongoing Gaza Genocide
Thousands gathered on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park North on Sunday, 11 October 2026, to mark three years of the continuing genocide in Gaza. Those present collectively agreed with Greens Senator Dr Mehreen Faruqi’s sentiment when she said she’s...
Police Watchdog Announces Top Cops Will Be Publicly Examined About Brutality at Herzog Protest
New South Wales police oversight body, the Law Enforcement Conduct Commission announced on Thursday, 8 February 2026, that its delayed public hearings into the NSW police use of excessive force upon a group of civilians protesting on Gadigal land in...
