“This Is Not Just About David”: Lawyer Eddie Lloyd on the Forthcoming McBride Appeal
Former Australian Defence Force lawyer David McBride is about to stand before the ACT Court of Appeal to challenge the legitimacy of his conviction on three counts relating to his having exposed confidential ADF information to the ABC, which revealed...
NSW Police Officer Pleads Guilty to Stealing Cash from Evidence Bags
The case of a New South Wales police officer who pleaded guilty of misconduct in public office after stealing over $200,000 in cash from exhibit bags over a five-year period has raised serious questions about the sufficiency of auditing and...
Politicians Are Curtailing Liberties and Chastising the Public Over Contrived Antisemitism
Recent days have really seen gaping holes clearly exposed in the conspiracy around rising antisemitic incidents in the community, which involve a terror plot consisting of stolen mining explosives being no such terror plot at all, whilst in the midst...
NSW Police Chased TJ Hickey to His Death 21 Years Ago and the Silence Remains
Demonstrators gathered on Gadigal land at Waterloo’s TJ Hickey Park last Friday to mark 21 years since NSW police constable Michael Hollingsworth chased 17-year-old Gomeroi boy TJ Hickey, who was riding his bike down the street, to his death on...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 10 to 16 February 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: NSW Chief Justice Identifies Multiple Threats to the Rule of Law in Australia The state’s top judge identified the rise of the far right, influence...
ATO Whistleblower Richard Boyle Exits Plea Negotiations, Refusing to Plead to Bogus Charges
Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle revealed in an open letter addressing Australian attorney general Mark Dreyfus that he posted on X on Monday, 10 February 2025 which, amongst other things, advised the nation’s chief lawmaker that he was withdrawing...
Is it Islamophobic to Criticise Indonesia’s Occupation of West Papua?
The Indonesian government has been illegitimately occupying the land of the West Papuan people since a 1969 referendum. What’s occurring to the West Papuans under Indonesian occupation is often referred to as a slow-motion genocide, with an estimated half a...
NSW Government Antisemitic Hate Crime Bill Tabled in Parliament
The first piece of legislation introduced into NSW parliament for 2025 is a bill to counter rising hate crime that contains provisions that combat hate against people in general in respect of their religion or race, but it also has...
Readily Accepting Sexual Assault Complaints Could Cost Taxpayers Billions
Seven people have been arrested after a police investigation into alleged fraudulent compensation claims for historical sexual abuse in New South Wales institutions including schools and correctional facilities. The scheme is alleged to have involved a number of ‘claim farmers’...
NSW Government Expands Antiprotest Laws to Cover Places of Worship
The Minns government has kicked off the 2025 NSW parliamentary term with the introduction of new antiprotest laws to prohibit demonstrations from taking place outside of places of worship. And these laws are being delivered in response to rising “antisemitic”...
