Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 January to 2 February 2025

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles:

Sovereignty Day Rally on Gadigal Land 26 January 2025: In Photos

An outpouring of over 10,000 First Nations people and their allies gathered on unceded Gadigal land in Sydney’s Belmore Park to rally on Sovereignty Day.

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Drug User Convicted of Manslaughter for Supplying Drugs Causing Death Succeeds on Appeal

A young man convicted of manslaughter for causing the death of a friend with shared drugs was acquitted on appeal.

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First Nations Rally on Gadigal Asserts Aboriginal Sovereignty This 26th of January

Thousands of First Nations peoples and their allies gathered on Gadigal to remind white Australia that Aboriginal sovereignty has never been ceded.

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Escalating Neo-Nazis Demonstrations Rear Their Heads Again on 26 January 2025

Far right extremists are increasingly coming out of the woodwork to spread their message of hate.

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DNA Profiling Is Key to Modern Criminal Investigation: Interview with DNA Expert Helen Roebuck

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NSW Police Officers Continue to Engage in Misconduct with Impunity

An incident whereby a police sergeant filmed and shared images of a junior officer urinating exemplifies how police get away with crimes others are prosecuted for.

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It’s About Self-Representation, Not Protest: Independent Dr Ziad Basyouny on Taking Watson

The independent candidate “stands for affordable housing, strong public healthcare, a humane and just immigration system and… equality, dignity and justice for all”.

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Foreign Actors and Criminals Rather than Local Protesters Are Likely Behind Antisemitic Attacks

Evidence is mounting that recent antisemitic attacks are the result of foreign interference, and nothing to do with any local pro-Palestinian movement.

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Police Brutality at Disrupt Land Forces Protests Goes Unchecked in Victoria

Victorian authorities have turned a blind eye to clear evidence of excessive force including the indiscriminate deployment of rubber bullets and capsicum spray.

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