White Supremacist Terrorist Attacks Are Trending in NSW: Three Incidents in Four Weeks
Sebastian Newman was charged in Sutherland Local Court with two terrorism offences on Thursday. And it would appear from a number of details in the reports that he’s a white supremacist-type of terrorist, but as to his distinct ethnic background...
The Criminal Offence of Forced Marriage in Australia
Ruqia Haidari had a hard life as it was - she and her family had to flee the Taliban to relocate to the Afghan Hazara community in Shepparton to begin a new life. In addition to political unrest in her...
“No Jurisdiction Over First Nations”: Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta on Sovereigns of Country
Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta was arrested by Tasmanian police on 19 March 2024 for taking part in a Bob Brown Foundation protest to save the Styx Valley of the Giants, old growth trees situated in southeastern lutrawita-Tasmania, and he was...
Corrupt Conduct is a Crime, But Will Gladys be Criminally Prosecuted?
Gladys Berejiklian has lost her appeal to overturn ICAC’s finding that she engaged in “serious corrupt conduct” during her tenure as the Premier of New South Wales. Ms Berejiklian’s appeal relied on what she perceived to be a potential legal...
Boyle to Stand Trial for Preparatory Acts, as Dreyfus Considers Providing Immunity Afterwards
ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle is set to stand trial over 24 criminal offences on 2 September 2024, which cover preparatory acts that he undertook to gather information to prove that the tax office was employing a garnishee practice in a...
Boyle Is Facing Prison for Correctly Blowing the Whistle Due to Ambiguously Drafted Law
The Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013 (Cth) (the Act) aims to protect Australian public service whistleblowers in making public interest disclosures (PIDs) about wrongdoing or corruption that they’re privy to in the workplace, and it dictates the path such a...
NSW Police Employee Charged with Accessing Restricted Data Without Authority
A civilian employee of the New South Wales Police Force is facing court over allegations he unlawfully accessed restricted data contained in the police computer system. In May 2024, officers attached to Lake Illawarra Police District commenced investigations regarding access...
Police Officers Assault Youth in Adult Watchhouse
Footage emerged last week that shows a 17-year-old First Nations boy standing in a room in a Queensland police watchhouse. And at first glance, and without any details of the incident about to unfold, the boy appears to be walking...
NSW Drug Summit Agenda: Decriminalisation, Drug Detection Dogs and Deemed Supply
The Minns government has finally announced it will be holding its preelection promised NSW Drug Summit, which will comprise of a four day forum with two regional dates set for October, along with two dates of hearings to be held...
Albanese’s Antisemitism Envoy Appointment Reeks of Desperation and Prejudice
The UN human rights office announced on Tuesday that the entire Gaza Strip is in famine. This is due to the apartheid Israeli state not only having been slaughtering the more than 2 million Palestinians of Gaza since October, but...
