The Law, Defences and Penalties for the Public Order Offence of Riot in NSW
Three people have now been charged over the aftermath of a stabbing of a Bishop at the Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. The stabbing A 16 year old who is reported to have been...
The Gadigal-Sydney Pro-Palestinian Mass Protest: Six-Months of Nonviolent Social Cohesion
“We the people will not stand for genocide. We the people stand with our brothers and sisters in Gaza and all of Palestine,” said Mohamed Zorob, as he led the 21 April Gadigal-Sydney Free Palestine rally in chant. “We the...
Government Vaping Prohibitions Are Making Cigarettes the Easier Alternative
“The fact is they are vastly safer than smoking, and what I am here to say is, we need to stop this black market,” Dr Colin Mendelsohn told a NSW vaping inquiry last week. “We are not going to stop...
The Terrorism Designation Is Going to Haunt Us All, as Is Another Recent Wrong Call
“The NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team will investigate the stabbing of religious leaders at a church in Sydney’s southwest overnight,” read NSW Police News on Tuesday morning. “About 7.10 pm on Monday, police were called to a church… following reports...
Sydney Stabbings Highlight Need for Mental Health Reform, Not Tough-on-Crime Laws
Following the multiple stabbing murders in a Bondi Junction shopping mall last Saturday, and the stabbing assault of a western Sydney priest two nights later, the Minns government is now considering more tough-on-crime laws to prevent future knife attacks. This...
Western Sydney Riot: Why Would a Community Be Mistrustful of NSW Police?
Following a knife attack on globally renowned Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel of the Assyrian Orthodox Christ the Good Shepherd Church in the western Sydney suburb of Wakeley on Monday, a crowd of his followers began arriving, understandably upset by the...
Sydney Knife Attacks: A Tale of Two Terrorisms
Six people were stabbed to death in a crowded Bondi Junction shopping mall on Saturday afternoon by 40-year-old Joe Cauchi, an Australian of European descent, and whilst he was apparently targeting women, New South Wales police determined the attack was...
NSW Should Extend Voting Rights to All Inmates to Better Serve the Community
Right now, NSW inmates serving sentences of 12 months or more are denied the ability to vote in state elections, and whilst federally, such restrictions on voting rights also exist, in these cases, the prohibition applies to those sentenced to...
The Brittany Higgins Saga: Bruce Lehrmann Fails to Clear His Name in Defamation Trial
Despite not being convicted of any sexual offences, Bruce Lehrmann has now been labelled by a judge of the Federal Court of Australia as more likely than not to be a sexual offender by a following his defamation trial against...
The Pro-Palestine Gadigal-Sydney Ceasefire March Is 27 Weeks Strong: In Photos
Protest crowds have a life of their own: each one unique, with something of a character and personality of which you can speak. There have been many significant protests to have gathered on unceded Gadigal land, amongst the colonial statues...
