Attempted Terrorism Attack at Boorloo-Perth First Nations Rally Deplorably Downplayed
A 31-year-old white man threw a homemade bomb into a crowd of 2,500 people at a Boorloo-Perth Invasion Day protest on 26 January 2026. The authorities then labelled the incident a “potential mass casualty event”. However, the targeted attack against...
Calls for the AFP to Investigate the Israeli President for Inciting Genocide Ahead of Visit
The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and Palestinian legal organisations Al-Haq and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights have called on the Australian federal police (AFP) to investigate Israeli president Isaac Herzog over his alleged role in inciting genocide...
The Offence of Publicly Inciting Hatred on Grounds of Race in New South Wales
New South Wales police officers stopped 31-year-old Brandan Koschel on Gadigal land on Bourke Street in Surry Hills at around 2.50 pm on Monday, 26 January 2026, over his allegedly having incited hatred on the basis of race, when he...
The New Federal Hate Group Laws: Further Empowering the Government to Silence Dissent
The Albanese government managed to catapult its two combatting antisemitism bills through both chambers of federal parliament on 20 January 2026, and with the removal of the dubious incitement of racial hatred offence, the listed hate group regime has risen...
The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW
New South Wales police officers arrested a 26-year-old woman at her home on Wallumedegal land in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank at 4.30 pm on 22 December 2025, and she was subsequently charged at Gladesville police station over allegedly making...
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...
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...
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...
NSW Government’s Proposal to Criminalise the Public Display of Political Slogans Is Concerning
A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into prohibiting slogans that incite hatred is accepting public submissions until Monday, 12 January 2026. This inquiry is further continuing the Minns government’s yearlong addiction to kneejerk legislating primarily to respond to pro-Palestine/anti-Gaza genocide...
