The Australian Health Regulator’s Stance on Israel Will Erode Rights and Harm Patients
AHPRA, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, announced last week, alongside Australia’s Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal, that the nation’s national healthcare watchdog has adopted the IHRA working definition on antisemitism, which will not only silence criticism of...
NSW Police Go Ballistic with Drug Dogs on Oxford Street, Again, to Destroy Pride Month
New South Wales police love to kill a party, and this month, it’s been targeting Pride celebrations, by running packs of officers and drug dogs through late night venues on Gadigal land around Sydney’s Oxford Street precinct, which has caused...
The Criminal Offence of Riot in New South Wales
Three men were arrested on Friday, 19 June 2026 and charged with a long list of crimes, including the offence of riot. The arrests were in response to New South Wales police officers having been called out to a park...
Hanson’s Slick Delivery of Her One Nation Vision for Australia Should Alarm Us All
One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson’s address at the National Press Club on 17 June 2026 should have the nation trembling in its boots, as the highly divisive nature of her dystopian and racist vision for a future Australia under her...
The Offence of Throwing Objects at Vehicles in New South Wales
Northern Beaches Police Area Command posted a 26 May 2026 message to its Facebook page calling on parents to “please talk” to their children about how throwing objects at cars is not only a dangerous thing to do but is...
Mandatory Use of Body Worn Cameras Won’t End Police Brutality
The New South Wales Police Force stated on 2 June 2026 that it’s considering making the use of body-worn video cameras mandatory whilst officers are exercising a policing power. Indeed, this a call made by Sydney Criminal Lawyers and many...
Lenient Penalty for First NSW Police Officer Convicted of Aboriginal Death in Custody
The sentencing of New South Wales police sergeant Benedict Bryant over the killing of Dunghutti teenager Jai Kalani Wright took place on 4 June 2026, ending the case that involved the first ever conviction of a NSW law enforcement officer...
Questions Raised About Proposed Medicinal Cannabis Drug Driving Defence in NSW
After 10 years of medicinal cannabis being a legal prescription drug, the New South Wales government has announced that it’s going to introduce a drug driving defence for those prescribed cannabis but are currently unable to drive without risk of...
The Offence of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent to Avoid Arrest in NSW
A 17-year-old boy was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest last week, after he allegedly accelerated a Mazda sedan in the direction of several New South Wales police officers in Sydney’s north on Saturday, 6...
One Nation’s Surge to Number One Involves More Than Just Disaffected Voters
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation has taken out top position in two polls released since Sunday, 31 April 2026. This marks a phenomenal surge for a minor party that positions itself on white nationalism, antiimmigration sentiment and not much else, attracting...
