Resisting the Suppression of Western Colonial Crimes: Interview with Activist Stephen Langford
On 8 May 2025, New South Wales District Court Judge Christine Mendes quashed the Local Court conviction of Sydney activist Stephen Langford for the offence of intentional or reckless damage or destruction to property, after finding that his act of...
“While Governments Fail to, We Will Continue to Act”: Interview With Freedom Flotilla Coalition’s James Godfrey
Of the 2.1 million Palestinians in Gaza, about half a million are facing imminent death by starvation, as part of a famine being produced by Israel, according to Al Jazeera. At the beginning of the Gaza genocide, that masthead used...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 May 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Despite Falling Crime Rates, Police Are Criminally Charging More People Than Ever Before Despite NSW crimes rates falling for decades, heavy-handed policing has ensured courts...
Australia’s Arms Exports System Is a Loose Free-for-All: Interview with Renegade Activists Jacob & Mercedes
Australian arms exports became a front and centre issue in October 2023, on outbreak of the Gaza genocide, and regardless of the fact that former Palestine stalwarts PM Anthony Albanese and foreign minister Penny Wong were reimaging the mass murder...
Challenging the Power to Extinguish Protest Across Sydney: Interview with Palestine Action Group’s Josh Lees
The Palestine Action Group launched a legal challenge against one of the new antiprotest laws that the Minns government rushed through New South Wales parliament as part of a package of bills in February 2025, which were said to be...
This Election the Climate Crisis Is a Major Party Nonissue: Interview with Rising Tide’s Alexa Stuart
“Mr Albanese, you say you care about young people, and yet, since getting elected your government has approved 33 new coal and gas projects,” 21-year-old Alexa Stuart called out to the prime minister, whilst he was hosting a 7th April...
Enshrining Prisoners’ Rights in Law: Interview with Social Justice Academic Gerry Georgatos
Tuesday the 15th of April 2025 marked the 34th anniversary since the tabling of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody, which delivered 339 recommendations, many of which have never been actioned, and this has resulted in no allaying...
The Burning Question of Sovereignty: Interview with IAPA Candidate Uncle Wayne Wharton
Uncle Wayne “Coco” Wharton is running for the Queensland Senate in the 7 May federal election for the Indigenous Aboriginal Party of Australia (IAPA), and the Kooma elder, along with his fellow IAPA candidates, are seeking to advance improved waterways,...
The Greens Defence Policy Is About Peace and Independence: Interview with Senator Shoebridge
On 22 March 2025, there occurred frenzied discussions and even denouncements across Australian social media feeds, following news breaking that the Australian Greens had unveiled their first “formally costed policy” regarding Australian defence, which was announced under a headline, outlining...
Reoccupying Illegally Acquired Wiradjuri Country: An Interview with Uncle Paul Towney
Wiradjuri elder Paul Towney began occupying a parcel of land of over 2,000 acres in size said to be owned by Charles Sturt University in the NSW regional town of Orange, as he came to understand that when that land...
