Police Should Not Decide Bail for Fellow Officers: An Interview with Former NSW Magistrate David Heilpern
Former New South Wales Magistrate David Heilpern is calling for an overhaul of the NSW police bail system as it continues to see police officers making the decision on whether their fellow officers who fall foul of the law should...
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The New South Wales Police Force launched yet another regional youth crime crackdown on 19 March 2025, as deputy commissioner Paul Pisanos told Nine’s Today that the new Operation Soteria has been put into effect to address what police see...
Next in Donald Trump’s Authoritarian Crosshairs: Law Firms and Lawyers
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Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 17 to 23 March 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Exorbitant Tobacco Taxes Lead to Organised Crime and Endanger the Public The recent seizure of a $35 million tobacco crop is the latest example of...
NSW Government Refuses to Repeal Hoax-Based Antisemitism Laws
The fallout from the recent Australian federal police admission that it had been aware soon after the 19 January 2025 discovery of a caravan laden with explosives and an antisemitic note in the northwestern Sydney suburb of Dural that the...
Dutton Is Set to Go on a Deportation Rampage, Potentially Targeting Pro-Palestinians
In his time heading up the Immigration and Home Affairs portfolios, Peter Dutton excelled at deporting noncitizens from this country. Of late, the Liberal opposition leader has been waxing lyrical to the press about the 6,000-odd noncitizens he turfed out...
The People’s Inquiry into Free Speech on Palestine: Interview with National Union of Student’s James McVicar
Australian Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi announced on 7 March 2025, that she’ll be joining with Students for Palestine, as well as members of APAN (the Australia Palestine Advocacy Network), the Jewish Council of Australia and the National Union of Students...
Despite a UN Order, Australia Is Continuing to Deny the Wunna Nyiyaparli Their Existence
The Wunna Nyiyaparli people of Western Australia’s eastern Pilbara region are currently being shafted by the Australian government to placate mining interests in the region, and despite the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR) having ordered the Australian government in mid-2023...
The Power Lies with the People: Krakouer and Payman on Voting Australia’s Voice
Megan Krakouer is a prominent social justice figure in Boorloo-Perth, across Western Australia, and more broadly, right across the entire continent. Krakouer was awarded City of Perth Community Citizen of the Year 2023, in recognition of her contributions in terms...
Trump Predictably Stabs Australia in the Back
During Donald Trump’s previous term as president, Australia was granted exemptions to a range of trade sanctions, in recognition of our nation’s close allegiance with the United States - which has included surrendering control of the military facility at Pine...
