Antisemites Under the Bed: Full Blown McCarthyism Hits Australia
The last week suspension of a grant presented to renowned Palestinian academic and author Dr Randa Adel-Fatah has led commentators to declare that a version of 1950s US McCarthyism has now taken hold in Australia, with the latest iteration targeting...
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Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 24 February to 2 March 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Laws and Protocols Governing the Use of Force by Police in New South Wales A police officer who uses more force than is reasonably...
Dumping Desperate Refugees in Foreign Countries Is Back: Interview with Senator David Shoebridge
The Albanese government came to power in 2022 talking big about ending the limbo of tens of thousands of refugees who’d been stuck on temporary protection visas for a decade, however as Labor ended its last full year of its...
Climate-Friendly, Progressive and Local: Interview with Greens Candidate for Sydney Luc Velez
Current environment minister Tanya Plibersek has held onto the federal electorate of Sydney since 1998. And when the Labor MP initially secured her comfortable seat, her political outlook was considered progressive and representative of the diverse constituency that she’d been...
Despite Judicial Criticism, NSW Government is Determined to Extend Youth Bail Refusal Law
During budget estimates on Wednesday, NSW Greens MLC Sue Higginson put it to the NSW premier that his government’s decision to extend a 12 month temporary youth bail law targeting particular kids living in regional areas, 88 percent of whom...
Dutton Plans to Deport Noncitizens Over Past Antisemitic Conduct
“Dutton has been one of the strongest voices in our country on antisemitism, and he is not ashamed to say that he unequivocally supports Israel,” said Sky News Antisemitism Summit cohost Sharri Markson, as she was about to interview the...
The Antisemitism Summit’s Law-and-Order Action Plan Will Destroy Our Freedoms
The law-and-order action plan to combat the antisemitism that Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Alex Ryvchin laid out at the Sky News Antisemitism Summit, which took place on Gadigal land at Bondi Junction’s Central Synagogue last week, was...
New NSW Hate Crimes and Antiprotest Laws Are “Downright Dangerous to Our Democracy”
By last Friday, 21 February 2025, the NSW Minns government had passed a package of three law-and-order bills, responding to the “recent instances of antisemitic behaviour” that have comprised of multiple graffiti and arson attacks in the Greater Sydney region,...
Arrest of ‘North Shore Rapist’ Leads to Calls for Better Community Protection
The recent arrest of Graham James Kay - the man dubbed the media as ‘the North Shore rapist’ – over allegations of sexual touching has caused outrage on social media, with many asking how the notorious sex offender could be...
Recent Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Highlight Surging Crisis
Two Aboriginal men have just died whilst being incarcerated at the Australian Capital Territory’s only adult prison over the space of just four days. And this devastating development that took place at the Alexander Maconochie Centre is made all the...
