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The Federal Government’s Crackdown on Free Speech Affects All Australians

The Federal Government’s Crackdown on Free Speech Affects All Australians

The two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice, have all been set in place following two ISIS-fuelled killers murdering fifteen people at ...
Call for Special General Meeting as Mardi Gras Rejects Centring Trans Rights

Call for Special General Meeting as Mardi Gras Rejects Centring Trans Rights

At the 25 November 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) annual general meeting, Pride in Protest moved three successful resolutions, including recommending that transgender rights be a central focus of the 2026 event. However, following a 50 day delay on confirming the status of these motions, the Mardi Gras Board has now determined to reject ...
The New Federal Hate Group Laws: Further Empowering the Government to Silence Dissent  

The New Federal Hate Group Laws: Further Empowering the Government to Silence Dissent  

The Albanese government managed to catapult its two combatting antisemitism bills through both chambers of federal parliament on 20 January 2026, and with the removal of the dubious incitement of racial hatred offence, the listed hate group regime has risen to the fore as the most dangerous laws within the package of kneejerk measures passed post-Bondi ...
The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW

The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW

New South Wales police officers arrested a 26-year-old woman at her home on Wallumedegal land in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank at 4.30 pm on 22 December 2025, and she was subsequently charged at Gladesville police station over allegedly making an offensive phone call to a well-known nutritionist, but as the case went to court last week, it appears ...
Albanese Is Facilitating Trump’s Brazen Contraventions of International Law

Albanese Is Facilitating Trump’s Brazen Contraventions of International Law

With the 3 January 2026 kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, the US Trump administration signalled the death knell of the edifice of international law established since World War II. And it must be understood that whilst western leaders, like Australian PM Anthony Albanese, have not directly been involved, their silence on ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 January 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Appeal Against Sentence Succeeds Due to the Principle of Parity The defendant was resentenced for a robbery offence after he received nearly double the sentence of his co-defendant. Click here to read the article The Offence of Engaging in Acts of Child Prostitution in New ...
Stamping Out Hate with Draconian Laws Is a Rush to the Bottom in Terms of Rights

Stamping Out Hate with Draconian Laws Is a Rush to the Bottom in Terms of Rights

When it came time for the Australian home affairs minister to address the press in relation to the omnibus combating antisemitism bill, Tony Burke pointed to a number of key aspects of the legislation. These involve the listing of hate groups, and the ability to refuse to grant or cancel visas in respect of individuals found to be harbouring “racial ...
Federal Government’s Antisemitism Hate Bill Threatens to Further Erode Civil Liberties

Federal Government’s Antisemitism Hate Bill Threatens to Further Erode Civil Liberties

Federal parliament is convening for special sitting days on 19 and 20 January 2026, with the aim of passing new hate crime laws and gun measures contained in an omnibus bill, which taken together with a swag of other post-Bondi Beach massacre polices, reveals that the creep towards authoritarianism in this country is reaching fever pitch. The exposure ...
“That Sort of Stepping Up”: Gaza Flotilla Participant Juliet Lamont on Centring Palestinian Lives

“That Sort of Stepping Up”: Gaza Flotilla Participant Juliet Lamont on Centring Palestinian Lives

Documentary filmmaker Juliet Lamont is one brave soul. After having risked it all sailing amongst the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the siege of Gaza in October 2025 and then being kidnapped off the high seas by the Israeli military and detained in the notorious Ktzi’ot prison, she’s just left New South Wales bound for Sicily to commence organising ...

The Federal Government’s Crackdown on Free Speech Affects All Australians

The Federal Government’s Crackdown on Free Speech Affects All Australians
The two federal combating antisemitism bills, the New South Wales laws providing the means to shutdown street protests and move on stationary public assemblies, along with the envoy’s plan to combat antisemitism and the Royal Commission into the same prejudice, have all been set in place following two ISIS-fuelled killers murdering fifteen people at ...

Call for Special General Meeting as Mardi Gras Rejects Centring Trans Rights

Call for Special General Meeting as Mardi Gras Rejects Centring Trans Rights
At the 25 November 2025 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras (SGLMG) annual general meeting, Pride in Protest moved three successful resolutions, including recommending that transgender rights be a central focus of the 2026 event. However, following a 50 day delay on confirming the status of these motions, the Mardi Gras Board has now determined to reject ...

The New Federal Hate Group Laws: Further Empowering the Government to Silence Dissent  

The New Federal Hate Group Laws: Further Empowering the Government to Silence Dissent  
The Albanese government managed to catapult its two combatting antisemitism bills through both chambers of federal parliament on 20 January 2026, and with the removal of the dubious incitement of racial hatred offence, the listed hate group regime has risen to the fore as the most dangerous laws within the package of kneejerk measures passed post-Bondi ...

The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW

The Offence of Use Carriage Service to Menace, Harass or Cause Offence in NSW
New South Wales police officers arrested a 26-year-old woman at her home on Wallumedegal land in the Sydney suburb of Meadowbank at 4.30 pm on 22 December 2025, and she was subsequently charged at Gladesville police station over allegedly making an offensive phone call to a well-known nutritionist, but as the case went to court last week, it appears ...

Albanese Is Facilitating Trump’s Brazen Contraventions of International Law

Albanese Is Facilitating Trump’s Brazen Contraventions of International Law
With the 3 January 2026 kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, the US Trump administration signalled the death knell of the edifice of international law established since World War II. And it must be understood that whilst western leaders, like Australian PM Anthony Albanese, have not directly been involved, their silence on ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 12 to 18 January 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Appeal Against Sentence Succeeds Due to the Principle of Parity The defendant was resentenced for a robbery offence after he received nearly double the sentence of his co-defendant. Click here to read the article The Offence of Engaging in Acts of Child Prostitution in New ...

Stamping Out Hate with Draconian Laws Is a Rush to the Bottom in Terms of Rights

Stamping Out Hate with Draconian Laws Is a Rush to the Bottom in Terms of Rights
When it came time for the Australian home affairs minister to address the press in relation to the omnibus combating antisemitism bill, Tony Burke pointed to a number of key aspects of the legislation. These involve the listing of hate groups, and the ability to refuse to grant or cancel visas in respect of individuals found to be harbouring “racial ...

Federal Government’s Antisemitism Hate Bill Threatens to Further Erode Civil Liberties

Federal Government’s Antisemitism Hate Bill Threatens to Further Erode Civil Liberties
Federal parliament is convening for special sitting days on 19 and 20 January 2026, with the aim of passing new hate crime laws and gun measures contained in an omnibus bill, which taken together with a swag of other post-Bondi Beach massacre polices, reveals that the creep towards authoritarianism in this country is reaching fever pitch. The exposure ...

“That Sort of Stepping Up”: Gaza Flotilla Participant Juliet Lamont on Centring Palestinian Lives

“That Sort of Stepping Up”: Gaza Flotilla Participant Juliet Lamont on Centring Palestinian Lives
Documentary filmmaker Juliet Lamont is one brave soul. After having risked it all sailing amongst the Global Sumud Flotilla to break the siege of Gaza in October 2025 and then being kidnapped off the high seas by the Israeli military and detained in the notorious Ktzi’ot prison, she’s just left New South Wales bound for Sicily to commence organising ...