Thought Crime Becomes a Reality in Latest NSW Police ‘Terrorism’ Operation
Sydney breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday afternoon, as New South Wales police announced announced that Operation Mingary, which comprised 400 officers deployed to thirteen locations across the city’s west, had resulted in seven “juveniles” being arrested, so we’re...
‘Forging Justice When Our Leaders Fail Us’: Helen O’Sullivan Sets Sail on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla
University of Queensland educator Helen O’Sullivan is currently over in Türkiye about to set sail on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, which comprises of three ships attempting to deliver much-needed food and aid to the 2.3 million Palestinians of the Gaza...
Proselytising from the NSW Lower House, and the Rise of Faith in State Politics
“Well look, I’d just say that obviously in a city as big as Sydney, in a state as big as NSW, when you’ve got a multicultural, multifaith community, it’s hard to get 100 percent of those communities and those members...
Talking Peace on ANZAC Day: An Interview with Raising Peace’s James Cox
“Australia can become a global champion of peace” asserts a recently issued statement from Raising Peace for ANZAC Day 2024, in which the peace alliance network outlines that while remembering fallen soldiers, the reflection shouldn’t be through a “war first”...
Former NSW DPP Nicholas Cowdery Calls on NSW Government to Reform Drug Laws
“We should all be accustomed by now to government promises - before and after elections - being broken or modified and this seems to be just another example,” former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions Nicolas Cowdery said, regarding the go-slow...
Immediate Mass Mobilisation Required: A15 Action Naarm Activists on the Initial Escalation
AFR had a report out by midday on Monday 15 April, which featured Melbourne businesses “bracing” for more disruptions that afternoon, as the morning saw successful disruptions across Naarm, whether that be of roads, retail outlets or weapons manufacturing facilities....
The Law, Defences and Penalties for the Public Order Offence of Riot in NSW
Three people have now been charged over the aftermath of a stabbing of a Bishop at the Christ the Good Shepherd church in Wakeley in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. The stabbing A 16 year old who is reported to have been...
The Gadigal-Sydney Pro-Palestinian Mass Protest: Six-Months of Nonviolent Social Cohesion
“We the people will not stand for genocide. We the people stand with our brothers and sisters in Gaza and all of Palestine,” said Mohamed Zorob, as he led the 21 April Gadigal-Sydney Free Palestine rally in chant. “We the...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 15 to 21 April 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Albanese Is Turning Australia into a Nuclear Waste Dump: Interview with Senator Shoebridge A proposed law could lead to the US and UK using our...
Government Vaping Prohibitions Are Making Cigarettes the Easier Alternative
“The fact is they are vastly safer than smoking, and what I am here to say is, we need to stop this black market,” Dr Colin Mendelsohn told a NSW vaping inquiry last week. “We are not going to stop...
