Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 2 to 8 December 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Pro-Palestinian Rally on Gadigal 60 Weeks Strong: Gaza Genocide 60 Weeks Too Long Demonstrators continue the fight to end the genocide in Gaza, just as...
The Thorpe-Payman Red-Lines Package Puts Genocide on the Agenda for 2025
The final sitting day of federal parliament on Ngunnawal Country in Canberra was notable this year, due to its focus on the international criminal offence of genocide. Parliamentary proceedings on 28 November 2024 were supposed to commence with a vote...
Despite Promising to Save Whistleblowers, Labor Has “Undeniably Declared War on” Them
Independent member for Clark Andrew Wilkie put it to attorney general Mark Dreyfus on the final sitting day of federal parliament for 2024 that the Albanese government “has undeniably declared war on whistleblowers”, and he questioned whether the nation’s chief...
Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu Strengthens the Genocide Claim Against His Australian Adviser
Lawyers representing Mark Regev, former senior adviser to Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu, are to put it to the Magistrates’ Court of Victoria on 11 December 2024 that their client can’t be prosecuted over advocating genocide, as part of a private...
Stop the Extradition: AG Stalls on Decision to Extradite Dan Duggan to the US
Since NSW Magistrate Daniel Reiss greenlighted the US request to extradite Australian citizen Daniel Duggan on 24 May 2024, the final decision on whether to send the father-of-six away bounced back to federal attorney general Mark Dreyfus, who was responsible...
Cops Out of Mardi Gras Is Still Key, Says Pride in Protest’s Damien Nguyen
Pride in Protest is running four candidates in this year’s Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Board election, which is taking place at the end of 12 months that have seen the queer social justice group’s long-term goal of removing...
NSW Police Officer Questions Driver Over “Antisemitic” Watermelon in Car
Over the last week, a short videoclip of a NSW police officer has gone viral across the planet, as the handlebar moustachioed cop is seen to confront the driver of a car in respect of what he considers could potentially...
National Network’s Tabitha Lean on Country Liberal Crackdown on NT Inmates
After cleaning up at the August 2024 election, the Finocchiaro ministry has been implementing its tough-on-crime agenda for the Northern Territory, which by late October meant the removal of women inmates from Mparntwe-Alice Springs and sticking them in the overcrowded...
Pro-Palestinian Rally on Gadigal 60 Weeks Strong: Gaza Genocide 60 Weeks Too Long
The 60th consecutive Palestine Action Group rally against the Gaza genocide took place on Gadigal land in Sydney’s Hyde Park North on Sunday, 1 December 2024 and, as is now the usual, the Free Palestine procession created a commanding din...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 25 November to 1 December 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Being a Victim of Domestic Violence Can Amount to a Mitigating Factor on Sentence A woman who poisoned her husband to death after being subjected...
