McBride Back On: Prosecution Attempts to Tender Post-Plea “National Security” Evidence
As many were aware, ADF whistleblower David McBride was set to go before the ACT Supreme Court next week to be sentenced, after he pleaded guilty to three national security charges, as the entire state apparatus shut down all means...
Is a Criminal Offence Considered More Serious If Motivated by Hatred or Prejudice?
Australian Women’s Soccer Captain Sam Kerr has found herself on the wrong side of the law in London, England after an alleged altercation with a taxi driver over a fare early last year. The Matilda’s captain put in a stellar...
FAMINE: Israeli-Made, Australian-Backed, Utter Colonial Bastardry in Gaza
The Anglosphere - the AUKUS powers, Canada and New Zealand - rallied around Live Aid in 1985, which was a massive multicontinental rock concert spanning 16 hours that featured the world’s biggest performers and raised money to provide food aid...
Australian Law Firm Files Case Against PM for Complicity in Gaza Genocide
Australian PM Anthony Albanese was referred to the International Criminal Court in a communiqué presented to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan KC on Monday. The nation’s leader stands accused as an accessory to the genocide occurring in the Gaza Strip, as...
Queensland Supreme Court Finds Covid Vaccine Mandates Were Unlawful
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Queensland which found that Covid-19 vaccine mandates against the state’s police officers and paramedics were unlawful as they were not issued in accordance with legal requirements could pave the way towards similar...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 February to 3 March 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Assault Causing Death Whilst Intoxicated in NSW A man is facing court after allegedly punching a security guard to the head and...
Medical Neglect: Albanese Must Deliver Labor’s Long-Promised Medicare into Prisons
“It is my experience, in general, people come out of prisons in worse conditions than when they commenced the situational trauma of incarceration,” Gerry Georgatos remarked, in commencing the keynote speech at the Indigenous Justice Forum in Brisbane on Thursday....
The Offence of Intent to Murder in New South Wales
A shooting at the offices of a Sydney law firm has led to the arrest of a 79-year old man, who has been charged with intent to murder. The man opened fire at the offices of Van Cooney Lawyers on...
Why NSW Police Should Have Stayed Out of Mardi Gras
After the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board requested the NSW Police Force will not march in Saturday’s parade, bowing to a pressure campaign, which involved the likes of NSW premier Chris Minns, police minister Yasmin Catley and even...
Setting the Record Straight: The Jewish Council’s Sarah Schwartz on Antisemitism
Currently, the mainstream media cycle is conveying that antisemitic incidents are on the rise in the community. However, whilst some of the examples are clearly about circumstances involving the expression of prejudice against Jewish people, others involve criticism of the...
