Couple Imprisoned for Contempt After Breaching Supreme Court Order
A married couple who reject the rules, regulations and laws that apply across society on the basis they are ‘sovereign citizens’ has been sentenced to 30 days of imprisonment after they continued to publish defamatory material about a lawyer despite...
Sydney Kebab Shop Shooting May Be Linked to Organised Crime
Police say a 26-year old man and 47-year old woman are in a stable condition, and a 25-year old man is in a serious condition, after two masked assailants entered a kebab shop on South Parade in Auburn at about...
Harsh Bail Laws Undermine the Presumption of Innocence, Says NSW Chief Justice
The Chief Justice of New South Wales, Andrew Bell, issued a public statement on 27 May 2025 expressing concerns about the subversion of the presumption of innocence brought about by harsh bail laws in NSW, which has seen a 20%...
Victims of Serious Crime in NSW to Be Informed About Offenders
On 27 May 2025, legislation was passed in New South Wales Parliament which provides victims of serious crime with a range of information about convicted offenders, including the lengths of their prison sentences, parole eligibility, progress through the custodial system,...
NSW Government Proposes to Ensure More Kids Are Criminally Convicted
There have been media reports that a High Court case in 2016 which makes clear the onus is on the prosecution to prove that those under the age of 14 knew their conduct was ‘seriously wrong’ in order to secure...
Murder Trial Underway Over Alleged Mushroom Poisonings
A woman is currently facing a jury trial over allegations that she caused the deaths of three guests and attempted to cause the death another by way of poisoning. The defendant, 50-year old Erin Patterson, is on trial in the...
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...
Statistics Suggest Police Are Solving More Crimes Than Ever Before
A recent report by the New South Wales Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) has the mainstream media asserting that criminal offences are being ‘solved’ at higher rates than ever before in New South Wales. But while these sources...
Killing of Indigenous Boy Suggests Racist Violence is Alive and Well in Australia
Killings and massacres based on race, as well as systemic social, economic and political issues defined by race, ethnicity, religion, gender and sexual orientation have plagued our nation since its inception. The latest example of an attack reported to be...
