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...
Jury Nullification: Could Mangione Be Found Not Guilty Despite the Evidence?
The “frightening, well-planned, targeted… [and] cold blooded” killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan on 4 December 2024 and arrest of Luigi Mangione five days later was met with mixed feelings in the United States. Mr Thompson was a...
ICJ to Decide Whether Israel’s Blocking of Humanitarian Aid to Gaza is Unlawful
In the many years leading up to Hamas’ 7 October 2023 attack on Israel, during which almost 1200 Israeli’s were killed, the Israeli state had subjected Palestinians to what Amnesty International describes as “a cruel system of domination and a...
Under Dutton, an Oz MAGA Would Increase Authoritarianism and US Control
Australian radio waves were in a tither on Monday, as the final leaders debate the night before saw potential next PM Peter Dutton unaware of the price of eggs during a cost-of-living crisis. But if that’s the major gripe against...
Just Like the War on Terror, That on Antisemitism Is Unjustifiably Curtailing Civil Liberties
Part of the US Department of Homeland Security, the US Citizenship and Immigration Service announced on 9 April that it will be screening the social media accounts of noncitizens, known as aliens in the States, for activity and content deemed...
The Thorpe-Payman Genocide Bills Would Ensure No Complicity in Gaza Genocide
Recent days have seen major breakthroughs in reporting on evidence of Australian-made weapons parts and entire locally produced weapons systems, continuing to end up in Israeli military hands during a genocide, via aboveboard, yet opaque, export arrangements, which provide further...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 14 to 20 April 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Greens Defence Policy Is About Peace and Independence: Interview with Senator Shoebridge While major parties propose to continue surrendering military sovereignty to the US,...
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...
The UK Refusal to Extradite El-Khouri to the US Conflicts with the Australian Decision on Duggan
The 12 February 2025 decision of five justices of the UK Supreme Court to refuse to extradite dual British and Lebanese citizen Joseph El-Khouri to the US stands in stark contrast to the decision of the NSW Local Court to...
Former Philippines President Faces Trial Over Drug War Killing Spree
The fact that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte, who on taking office in June 2016, launched a drug war comprised of mass extrajudicial killings that continued until he left office in June 2022, is now in the custody of the...
