Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 August 2024
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Guideline Judgment on Sentencing Principal and Additional Offences There is a mechanism whereby a person who intends to plead guilty to an offence can...
Wong Turns to Blatant Gaslighting on Gaza, as Majors Attempt to Out Scum Each Other
A series of tweets from Australian foreign minister Penny Wong regarding the ongoing 10-month-long Israeli perpetrated mass slaughter and coordinated starvation of the 2.3 million Palestinians living in Gaza, reveal a minister making assertions that given the broader context are...
AUKUS 2.0: Albanese Drives It Like He Stole It, and Then Gives It Away to the US
On his jaunt to the US last week, not only did defence minister Richard Marles glorify the US presence across the entire Australian military domain at the AUSMIN, but he also signed an updated version of the AUKUS Exchange of...
The UK Far Right Riots Should Be of Concern, as Australia Is Awash with White Nationalists
The streets of the UK have been flooded with far-right rioting, looting and vicious targeted attacks upon Muslims and immigrants, as well as their properties and businesses, which was sparked by the killing of three girls and misinformation regarding the...
AUSMIN Further Confirmed Labor’s Tossed the Keys to Australian Defence to the Pentagon
Australian defence minister Richard Marles made an extremely telling quip during opening remarks at this year’s AUSMIN conference, and that was to state that Australia is “experiencing a navy takeover of our defence force”, and by that he kiddingly meant...
The Current Criticism of Israeli Zionism Is in No Way an Antisemitic Hate Crime
Rastafarianism is way of life and culture born out of the African communities brought to Jamaica to be treated as slaves by the Spanish over the 18th century. This belief system emerged from the synthesis of the Bible’s Old Testament,...
Congress’ Thinktank Flags AUKUS Alternative: US Submarine Base in WA and no Australian Subs
When then PM Scott Morrison imposed the AUKUS pact and submarine deal upon the Australian constituency in September 2021, the fanfare and the hype of the announcement did leave the viewer with the impression that the nation would be acquiring...
“Our Actions Are Having a Political Impact”: Disrupt Wars’ Nathalie Farah on Rising Direct Action
Direct actions out the front of weapons manufacturers in Australian suburbia, which are prompted due to the production of essential parts for weapons being utilised in the Gaza genocide that’s seen Israel annihilate around 40,000 Palestinians, have been taking place...
Where the Bloody Hell is the Islamophobia Envoy? Labor’s Biased Social Cohesion Debacle
PM Anthony Albanese announced to the public on 9 July that he was appointing Jillian Segal as “Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism in Australia”, in line with the claims over rising antisemitism and Islamophobia in this country since last October,...
Should Schools Be Prohibited from Informing Parents of a Child’s Change in Gender Identity?
The youth transgender debate has flared up across the United States and beyond in recent weeks, with the state government of California passing legislation which prohibits schools from requiring teachers and other staff members to inform parents of the gender...
