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Seriously? Theo Has Been Arrested, Charged and Remanded Over a Satirical Tweet

Seriously? Theo Has Been Arrested, Charged and Remanded Over a Satirical Tweet

Sydney Criminal Lawyers received a text message on the evening of Monday, 26 January 2026, querying whether a linked article was referring to Theo: the Botany man at the centre of a disturbing 2024 incident involving a homemade bomb left in his carport that wasn’t taken seriously by authorities. And as it was him in the article, it seems the New South ...
Attempted Terrorism Attack at Boorloo-Perth First Nations Rally Deplorably Downplayed

Attempted Terrorism Attack at Boorloo-Perth First Nations Rally Deplorably Downplayed

A 31-year-old white man threw a homemade bomb into a crowd of 2,500 people at a Boorloo-Perth Invasion Day protest on 26 January 2026. The authorities then labelled the incident a “potential mass casualty event”. However, the targeted attack against First Nations peoples and their allies was subsequently treated like a trifle matter, until public ...
Calls for the AFP to Investigate the Israeli President for Inciting Genocide Ahead of Visit

Calls for the AFP to Investigate the Israeli President for Inciting Genocide Ahead of Visit

The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and Palestinian legal organisations Al-Haq and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights have called on the Australian federal police (AFP) to investigate Israeli president Isaac Herzog over his alleged role in inciting genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, ahead of his just confirmed ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 January 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 January 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Appeal Against Sentence for Firearm Offences Succeeds as Judge Did Not Properly Discount The appeals court reduced the defendant’s sentence after finding that the judge incorrectly applied sentencing discounts for his guilty pleas. Click here to read the article Death in ...
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 ...

Seriously? Theo Has Been Arrested, Charged and Remanded Over a Satirical Tweet

Seriously? Theo Has Been Arrested, Charged and Remanded Over a Satirical Tweet
Sydney Criminal Lawyers received a text message on the evening of Monday, 26 January 2026, querying whether a linked article was referring to Theo: the Botany man at the centre of a disturbing 2024 incident involving a homemade bomb left in his carport that wasn’t taken seriously by authorities. And as it was him in the article, it seems the New South ...

Attempted Terrorism Attack at Boorloo-Perth First Nations Rally Deplorably Downplayed

Attempted Terrorism Attack at Boorloo-Perth First Nations Rally Deplorably Downplayed
A 31-year-old white man threw a homemade bomb into a crowd of 2,500 people at a Boorloo-Perth Invasion Day protest on 26 January 2026. The authorities then labelled the incident a “potential mass casualty event”. However, the targeted attack against First Nations peoples and their allies was subsequently treated like a trifle matter, until public ...

Calls for the AFP to Investigate the Israeli President for Inciting Genocide Ahead of Visit

Calls for the AFP to Investigate the Israeli President for Inciting Genocide Ahead of Visit
The Australian Centre for International Justice (ACIJ) and Palestinian legal organisations Al-Haq and Al Mezan Centre for Human Rights have called on the Australian federal police (AFP) to investigate Israeli president Isaac Herzog over his alleged role in inciting genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, ahead of his just confirmed ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 January 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 19 to 25 January 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Appeal Against Sentence for Firearm Offences Succeeds as Judge Did Not Properly Discount The appeals court reduced the defendant’s sentence after finding that the judge incorrectly applied sentencing discounts for his guilty pleas. Click here to read the article Death in ...

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 ...