Dutton Is Set to Go on a Deportation Rampage, Potentially Targeting Pro-Palestinians
In his time heading up the Immigration and Home Affairs portfolios, Peter Dutton excelled at deporting noncitizens from this country. Of late, the Liberal opposition leader has been waxing lyrical to the press about the 6,000-odd noncitizens he turfed out...
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The People’s Inquiry into Free Speech on Palestine: Interview with National Union of Student’s James McVicar
Australian Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi announced on 7 March 2025, that she’ll be joining with Students for Palestine, as well as members of APAN (the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network), the Jewish Council of Australia and the National Union of Students...
Despite a UN Order, Australia Is Continuing to Deny the Wunna Nyiyaparli Their Existence
The Wunna Nyiyaparli people of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region are currently being shafted by the Australian government to placate mining interests in the region, and despite the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) having ordered the Australian government in mid-2023...
The Power Lies with the People: Krakouer and Payman on Voting Australia’s Voice
Megan Krakouer is a prominent social justice figure in Boorloo-Perth, across Western Australia, and more broadly, right across the entire continent. Krakouer was awarded City of Perth Community Citizen of the Year 2023, in recognition of her contributions in terms...
Trump Predictably Stabs Australia in the Back
During Donald Trump’s previous term as president, Australia was granted exemptions to a range of trade sanctions, in recognition of our nation’s close allegiance with the United States - which has included surrendering control of the military facility at Pine...
Attorney General Takes Bizarre Approach to Protecting Public Service Whistleblowers
After ATO whistleblower Richard Boyle posted an open letter to Australian attorney general Mark Dreyfus last month, outlining that he was withdrawing the plea deal he’d put to the Commonwealth prosecutor due to eight bogus charges that remained against his...
Despite Being Backstabbed by the US, Australia May Not Be Permitted to Ditch AUKUS
Since the Trump administration took the reins in the United States and its actions have heralded in a bold new uncertain order, long-term calls for Australia to pull out of AUKUS have been gaining traction. Yet, a recent development in...
Exorbitant Tobacco Taxes Lead to Organised Crime and Endanger the Public
The recent seizure of $35 million dollars in tobacco plants in Victoria is just the latest incident in the burgeoning black market tobacco trade in Australia - a trade that has sprung from increasingly exorbitant tobacco taxes and negatively affected...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 March 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Traffic Fines Are More About Revenue than Road Safety The 1427% increase in seatbelt fines is just part of the sharp spike in revenue...
Calls for Inquiry into NSW Hate Crimes Offences Justified by Fake Terror Plot
In the wake of revelations on 3 March 2025 that the spate of so-called antisemitic crimes perpetrated on Gadigal land in Greater Sydney over December 2024 and January 2025 were a “fabricated terrorism plot”, there are now mounting calls to...
