NSW Government to Continue Anti-Protest Regime, Despite Public Opinion Being Against It
On 14 November 2024, the New South Wales government tabled its statutory review report into the controversial 2022 antiprotest regime, which was 43 days after it was required to be produced in law. Transport for NSW (TfNSW) undertook the inquiry....
Senate Recommends Rejecting Removal of Requirement for AG’s Consent to Prosecute Genocide
Despite the Howard government enacting the international offences of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity under division 268 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) in 2002, no one has been able to prosecute them, as the Coalition included...
Human Trafficking Offences in Australia: More Common Than Some May Think
In September 2014, a 52-year old Victorian father travelled with his wife and children to Sudan ostensibly for a holiday, before taking his wife’s passport and returning to Australia with the couple’s children but without her. He then took steps...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 11 to 17 November 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Prohibiting Under 16s From Using Social Media: A Futile Response to Far Deeper Issues The federal government claims that banning under 16s from using social...
Proposed Misinformation and Disinformation Laws: A Mechanism to Suppress Dissent
The major parties have pulled out all stops in marketing proposed laws framed at combatting misinformation and disinformation, and that singular narrative has, for the most part, been adopted by a mainstream media increasingly content to take the path of...
MyGovID Rebrands as MyID, Raising Concerns of a Mandatory Means of Intrusion and Control
“Our goal is to make myID a digital ID for everyone, so you can safely participate online in an increasingly digital Australia,” explains the voiceover narrating a new online clip, which sets out that “it’s goodbye to myGovID and hello...
VicPol Raids Antiwar Protesters En Masse: Interview with Students for Palestine’s Jasmine Duff
Fifteen Victoria police officers raided the house of two university students in Naarm-Melbourne on Wednesday for allegedly having taken part in the Disrupt Land Forces protests, which seems a little odd, as the raids came 60 days after the last...
Uncle Robbie Thorpe’s Genocide Prosecution Against Netanyahu Adviser a Global First
Leading Israeli paper Haaretz recently caught wind of the fact that a private prosecution launched against Australian Israeli citizen Mark Regev by Krautungalung elder Uncle Robbie Thorpe in the Magistrates Court of Victoria appears to be the only such case...
NSW Government’s Strengthening of Anti-Protest Laws Is a Cheap Shot at Civil Society
The laws propose to increase penalties that apply to nonviolent protests in New South Wales. The Minns government has once again proven it’s belligerence to community concerns, as not only did it fail to deliver on a statutorily required review...
“One Hundred Days Without Any Answers”: TRC’s Renuga Inpakumar on the 24/7 Refugee Camp at Burke’s Office
As of Wednesday, 13 November 2024, the 24 Hour Continuous Protest For Permanent Visa has been stationed outside of home affairs minister Tony Burke’s electoral office in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Punchbowl for 100 days. Those involved in the...
