“Under Threat of Police Brutality”: An Interview with the Port Melbourne ZIM Ship Community Picket
The Port Melbourne ZIM Ship Community Picket served to successfully prevent a ship belonging to Israeli company ZIM from docking at the Port Melbourne Webb Dock, so it couldn’t pull in and deliver its goods. Not only did this cause...
Every Police Shooting, Nothing Happens, Regardless: Darren Gilbert on the Killing of His Son
“In any police shooting, number one, it is looked at civilly. Not criminally, straight off the bat,” says Darren Gilbert in the interview below regarding the shooting of his son, Luke, by two Queensland Police Service officers at Airlie Beach...
As the Genocide Continues, So Too, Do the Demonstrators on Gadigal: 16th Sydney Rally in Pics
For 16 weeks in a row now, pro-Palestinian demonstrators have rallied in Sydney’s Hyde Park and then poured out onto the streets to create a procession winding back blocks. Indeed, these numbers are extraordinary, but then so too is the...
Melbourne Nazis Reveal Tougher Police Powers in Sydney as Officers Issue Them a Public Safety Order
A group of black-clad white men were searched by NSW police officers at North Sydney station on 26 January, a day when thousands marched on Sydney for First Nations rights, as it was clear to all and sundry that these...
World Court Rules Genocide Charge Against Israel Plausible, Yet Australia Cuts Aid to Gaza
The initial findings regarding the genocide claim South Africa has raised against Israel with the International Court of Justice were delivered last Friday, and they ordered Tel Aviv to take urgent steps to prevent genocide in Gaza, meaning the majority found further...
Pleading Guilty in the NSW Local Court: Preparation, Practice and Procedure
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club owner Joe Lewis pleaded guilty to the white collar crime of insider trading on 24 January 2024, as the UK billionaire admitted to a United States court that he’d been informing associates about company information not...
Unfinished Business: Invasion Day 2024 in Photos
Standing at the top of Broadway beside Victoria, or Isabel Coe, Park and looking back toward Central, the Invasion Day march rolled all the way up the main western thoroughfare that leads into the city centre, and this crowd, that...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 22 to 28 January 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: When Can Police Search Your Vehicle in New South Wales? Police in our state are not permitted to arbitrarily conduct warrantless vehicle searches. Click here...
Invasion Day 2024 Highlighted the Floundering Western Imperialist Paradigm
“Twenty twenty-four is a very peculiar year for our mob,” said Wiradjuri Badu Island yinaa Lynda-June Coe on opening the Invasion Day rally in Gadigal-Sydney on Friday. “We have just come through a referendum process, which sought to recognise our...
Calls For Greater Scrutiny Of ‘Mr Big’ Police Operations in Australia
Imagine this scenario: You’re approached by a man claiming to be part of an organised criminal gang, who offers you a notable sum of money to do some dodgy deliveries. Strapped for cash, you do a couple of jobs for...