The Duopoly Crucifies Whistleblowers: A Robust Post-Election Crossbench Would Protect Them
Then shadow attorney general Mark Dreyfus told the Canberra Times in October 2021 that he understood the 2013 legislation that he produced to protect public service whistleblowers, during an earlier stint as the nation’s chief lawmaker, needed improving, and if...
NSW Labor Is Demolishing Lismore Homes and Evicting Squatters During a Housing Crisis
Housing advocates gathered on Bundjalung land in Lismore on 16 April 2025 to protest the ongoing demolition of homes, some built with 100-year-old timber, that were bought by the state, as part of the October 2022-announced NSW Resilient Homes buyback...
Queensland Government Pushes Forward With Its Authoritarian Agenda
Since January 2025, all eyes have been on the agenda the Trump administration has been forging in the United States, however a similar political path has been underway in the Australian state of Queensland since the Liberal Nationals took office...
Australians Deserve More Than Squirmy Government Denials of Weapons to Israel
Despite the official line coming from the Australian government that this nation has not exported weapons to Israel for at least five years, news broke regarding evidence that the Zionist nation has been trialling an Australian made “high-precision weapon platform...
The Burning Question of Sovereignty: Interview with IAPA Candidate Uncle Wayne Wharton
Uncle Wayne “Coco” Wharton is running for the Queensland Senate in the 7 May federal election for the Indigenous Aboriginal Party of Australia (IAPA), and the Kooma elder, along with his fellow IAPA candidates, are seeking to advance improved waterways,...
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...
With Strip Search Class Action About to Begin, Police Admit Strip Search of Girl Was Illegal
The New South Wales Police Force admitted on 2 April 2025 that a strip search performed upon a 16-year-old girl attending the Byron Bay Splendour in the Grass music festival almost seven years ago, was illegal, and it appears the...
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...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 7 to 13 April 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Police Officer Who Fatally Tasered Great-Grandmother Avoids Prison: The Reasoning The Supreme Court of NSW has published its reasons for imposing a non-custodial sentence....
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...
