Adass Synagogue Proxy Arsonist Arrested, as Repeatedly Attacked Mosque Largely Ignored
The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team arrested a second suspect involved in the Adass Israel Synagogue of Melbourne arson attack on 6 December 2024. Officers allege that Giovanni Laulu and two others torched the place of worship, as they acted...
ASIO’s Compulsory Questioning Regime to Be Expanded and Made Permanent
The federal House of Representatives passed a bill on 31 July 2025, which is set to extend the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation’s or ASIO’s, compulsory questioning warrant framework for another 18 months, as the regime is so controversial it’s...
Chief Minister Dismisses Findings of Institutional Racism in Northern Territory Police Force
Released on 7 July 2025, the 683 page coronial report into the killing of Warlpiri Luritja teenager Kumanjayi Walker by then NT police constable Zachary Rolfe, which was produced by NT coroner Elisabeth Armitage, was so damning in its finding...
Harbour Bridge March for the Starving of Gaza to be Challenged by NSW Police in Court
Following NSW premier Chris Minns’ refusal to permit the Palestine Action Group to lead a massive protest march calling for an end to Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip, across the Sydney Harbour Bridge this Sunday 3 August 2025, the...
NSW Police Use of Drug Dogs and Strip Searches Slammed as Ineffective and Unlawful
Of the 82,471 strip searches NSW police performed over the ten years to 2023, only 11,136, or 13.5 percent turned up an illicit substance. Further, 6,716 of these searches followed a drug dog indication, yet only 2,713 of them, or...
Australia Criticises Israeli War Crimes, But Won’t Do Anything About It
Anthony Albanese finally called out Israel on its close to 22-month-long mass atrocity crimewave in the Gaza Strip. “Quite clearly it is a breach of international law to stop food being delivered” the Australian PM told Insiders host David Speers...
Israel Has Illegally Abducted and Detained Two Australian Citizens in International Waters
The Australian PM and foreign minister have begun taking a harder line on Israel. Anthony Albanese stated on Sunday that the nation is in breach of international law due to its withholding of food from Palestinians in Gaza, while Penny...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 21 to 27 July 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Police Interviews Excluded as Officers Failed to Issue Formal Caution The appeal court excluded evidence of two police interviews as the detectives failed to formally...
No Moral Panic Sparked Over Attack on Islamic Place of Worship
Victoria police apprehended a 43-year-old man wielding a knife and calling out Islamophobic slurs outside the Hume Islamic Youth Centre on Wurundjeri land in the north Melbourne suburb of Coolaroo just before 6 pm on Monday 21 July 2025. Yet...
Third Man Charged with Murder Over Drive-By Shooting in Sydney
A third man has been charged with murder as investigations continue into the fatal shooting of a 65-year old woman in Sydney’s south west. The incident Campbelltown City Police Area Command established Strike Force Apslawn following a drive-by shooting which...
