Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 July to 4 August 2024

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

Should Schools Be Prohibited from Informing Parents of a Child’s Change in Gender Identity?

A Californian law which prohibits schools from requiring teachers to notify parents where a student asks to change their biological gender has triggered worldwide debate.

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Ten Weird Criminal Laws of the World – Part 1

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Guideline Judgments in New South Wales: Enhancing Consistency in Sentencing

The courts have delivered guidelines which seek to ensure those who commit certain similar offences receive sentences that are broadly consistent.

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Where the Bloody Hell is the Islamophobia Envoy? Labor’s Biased Social Cohesion Debacle

The PM recently announced he would appoint an antisemitism as well as an Islamophobia envoy, but while he appointed the former he seems to have forgotten all about the latter.

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White Supremacist Active Clubs Have Long Operated Here, Yet Have Been Ignored

Australian far-right extremists have long operated from within white supremacist clubs, but unlike those labelled Muslim extremists have largely been ignored by law enforcement.

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Ten Weird Criminal Laws of the World – Part 2

Bans on high heels, feeding pigeons and swearing, and the mandatory wearing of speedos are some of the rules you could come across when travelling abroad.

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“Our Actions Are Having a Political Impact”: Disrupt Wars’ Nathalie Farah on Rising Direct Action

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“No Jurisdiction Over First Nations”: Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta on Sovereigns of Country

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The Criminal Offence of Forced Marriage in Australia

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Congress’ Thinktank Flags AUKUS Alternative: US Submarine Base in WA and no Australian Subs

The thinktank suggests the US run its own fleet of nuclear-powered submarines in Western Australia and we have none of our own.

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NSW Policemen Assault Women and Girls at Shopping Centre

The police commissioner is being called upon to take action against two officers who assaulted several brawling females at a shopping centre on the south coast.

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White Supremacist Terrorist Attacks Are Trending in NSW: Three Incidents in Four Weeks

There are calls for police to pursue white supremacists with the same vigour as they have gone after Muslim youths suspected of thought crimes.

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The Current Criticism of Israeli Zionism Is in No Way an Antisemitic Hate Crime

The false narrative by the mainstream media, politicians and police that criticism of the genocide amounts to antisemitism diverts attention and enables the atrocities.

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