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

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Recent Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Highlight Surging Crisis

“It is unacceptable that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are still dying in custody more than 30 years on from the Royal Commission”.

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Arrest of ‘North Shore Rapist’ Leads to Calls for Better Community Protection

Many are outraged Graham James Kay was in the community despite continuing to offend after serving 18 years for a spate of sexual assaults.

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New NSW Hate Crimes and Antiprotest Laws Are “Downright Dangerous to Our Democracy”

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The Antisemitism Summit’s Law-and-Order Action Plan Will Destroy Our Freedoms

The supposed ‘antisemitism crisis’ is being used to pass laws which further erode fundamental civil liberties.

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Dutton Plans to Deport Noncitizens Over Past Antisemitic Conduct

Peter Dutton has vowed to make antisemitism a specific ground for deportation, with the proposed change to encompass conduct from October 2023.

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Despite Judicial Criticism, NSW Government is Determined to Extend Youth Bail Refusal Law

The Minns government fails to “understand sending young people to prison leads to more and more serious offending when those young people mature.”

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Climate-Friendly, Progressive and Local: Interview with Greens Candidate for Sydney Luc Velez

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Dumping Desperate Refugees in Foreign Countries Is Back: Interview with Senator David Shoebridge

“[T]his is a gross breach by Australia of our international obligations to provide protection to people who have a well-founded fear of persecution”.

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