Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 20 to 26 January 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Sentencing Judges Must Make Clear That Mitigating Factors Were Considered The judge was in error because he failed to expressly communicate that the defendant’s efforts...
Trump’s Authoritarianism Has Already Reshaped Western Politics
Over the last week, the newly incumbent Trump administration has both reshaped the domestic politics of the United States and also those of the western world, as his onslaught of authoritarian executive orders issued over his first days in office...
How Trump’s New Policies Will Harm Australia — and the World
Breaking records can sometimes be seen as innovative and exciting. However, in this case, Trump’s shattering of previously held number of executive actions initiated on the first day of his presidency is not thrilling or compelling for America’s future. Instead,...
Australia’s Criminal Justice Crackdown on Kids Recognised in Global Report
In its annual assessment of human rights practices in over 100 countries in 2024, Human Rights Watch drew attention to this nation’s reversals of the rights of children in its criminal justice system, which last year saw something of a...
AFP Suggests Foreign Actors Are Paying Locals to Commit Antisemitic Crimes
The insinuations linking the much-demonised local pro-Palestinian movement that formed in opposition to the Israeli state-perpetrated Gaza genocide to a spate of antisemitic attacks in NSW and Victoria appear to be dissipating, as AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw suggested on Tuesday...
Peter Dutton’s Paternalistic Election Promises Hint at a Potential NT Intervention 2.0
With a federal election looming, opposition leader Peter Dutton broke early from the starting blocks this month to deliver an assortment of racist dog whistling statements that began with his repeating his concerns in regard to Indigenous flags and ended...
Protest the Invasion of Aboriginal Land This 26th of January: Interview with Dunghutti Activist Paul Silva
The Invasion Day rally on Gadigal land 2025 is set to commence this Sunday at Sydney’s Belmore Park at 10 am. The 26th of January this year marks 237 years since British ships pulled up in what’s today known as...
NSW Government Uses Antisemitic Incidents to Toughen Hate Speech and Anti-Protest Laws
Amidst ongoing antisemitic attacks in Sydney, New South Wales premier Chris Minns announced on 19 January 2025 that his administration has come to the “difficult decision” to toughen NSW hate speech law and the anti-protest regime. But to claim that...
Knocking Albo Off His Perch: An Interview with Greens for Grayndler’s Hannah Thomas
Encompassing Sydney’s Inner West region, the federal seat of Grayndler is known for having some of the most progressive voters in NSW and right across the country. The seat of Grayndler has been held by current prime minister Anthony Albanese...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 13 to 19 January 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Judges Must Consider Whether Prison Terms Can Be Served as Intensive Correction Orders The High Court made clear that sentencing judges must consider whether any...
