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The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru

The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru

Former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe publicly revealed on 8 November 2025, that on being recruited to be part of a privately-run security operation that launched last week on the island of Nauru and is charged with providing security in respect of a cohort of “unlawful noncitizens”, he learnt that his new employers would actually be members of ...
Critics Call High Time on NSW Police as First Responders, as Labor Contemplates Change

Critics Call High Time on NSW Police as First Responders, as Labor Contemplates Change

“Nearly sixteen weeks ago, I stood at my bedroom window on 15 July at 2.15 am. I watched my partner downstairs, he’s looking at the fire truck, going, “What happened just there?”, said Taite Collins on Gadigal land before Sydney Town Hall on 1 November 2025. Collins was the partner of Colin Burling, whose life was taken at the scene as attending New ...
“The Police Attacked Us”: Activist Josh Lees on Protesting the Indo Pacific Weapons Fest

“The Police Attacked Us”: Activist Josh Lees on Protesting the Indo Pacific Weapons Fest

The images that emerged out of the Palestine Action Group-led protest against the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition on Tuesday 4 November 2025, revealed demonstrators confined within Tumbalong Park behind a barrier and close by the International Convention Centre, where the festival of killing devices was being staged on Gadigal land in ...
NSW Police Authorise Neo-Nazi Protest at State Parliament and Watch On

NSW Police Authorise Neo-Nazi Protest at State Parliament and Watch On

The first authorised neo-Nazi rally to take place in New South Wales occurred last Saturday, 8 November 2025. As per state protocol, White Australia, the rebranded National Socialist Network, had lodged a Form 1 with the NSW Police two weeks prior, which included their aim to demonstrate against the “Jewish Lobby”. This was scrutinised by senior police ...
Landlords to Face Prison for Permitting Use of Premises for Illegal Vape or Tobacco Sales

Landlords to Face Prison for Permitting Use of Premises for Illegal Vape or Tobacco Sales

The New South Wales government introduced new laws which could see commercial property owners facing a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison and/or a fine of up to $165,000 for knowingly permitting a tenant to supply illicit tobacco and/or vaping products to members of the public. The Public Health (Tobacco) Amendment (Landlord Offences) Bill is part ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 November 2025

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 November 2025

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Court Orders Legal Costs in Favour of Man Malicious Prosecuted by NSW Police The Supreme Court ruled in favour of a man falsely imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted over false claims made by a NSW police officer. Click here to read the article The Law, Defences and ...
Proposal to Smoke Out Criminals Via Cutting Off Social Security Is a Breach of Natural Justice

Proposal to Smoke Out Criminals Via Cutting Off Social Security Is a Breach of Natural Justice

The presumption of innocence is a legal maxim that’s increasingly under threat, despite it being a founding principle of the rule of law. The most distinct threat to the concept right now appears in a piece of Albanese government legislation that seeks to provide various police forces with the ability to request the minister cut off social security ...
Australia Is Facing Unprecedented Foreign Threats, With Three Nations Willing to Kill Locally

Australia Is Facing Unprecedented Foreign Threats, With Three Nations Willing to Kill Locally

As he gave the 2025 Lowy Lecture on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall on 4 November 2025, ASIO director general Mike Burgess didn’t exactly convey a carefree future, as the spy boss warned of accelerating threats in three key areas: espionage, foreign interference and politically motivated violence. And on top of that, agents from three other nations ...
Pride in Protest Lead Candidate Luna Choo on Keeping Mardi Gras Honest

Pride in Protest Lead Candidate Luna Choo on Keeping Mardi Gras Honest

“Pride in Protest stands with the Palestinian people and their resistance, including the BDS movement. Shamefully, Mardi Gras is partnering with the company Fuzzy, which is investing in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza genocide,” said Pride in Protest lead candidate for the Mardi Gras board this year Luna Choo. “We will not sponsor ...
Exposing the Institutions Responsible: Gerry Georgatos on Cleveland Dodd’s Death in Custody

Exposing the Institutions Responsible: Gerry Georgatos on Cleveland Dodd’s Death in Custody

Tireless social justice advocate Gerry Georgatos has just completed the soon-to-be officially released novel Cleveland Dodd: Child of the Desert Sunrise, which is an account of the death in custody of 16-year-old Yamatji boy Cleveland Dodd, who died in the custody of WA corrective services, as it was detaining him in an adult prison, which is ...

The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru

The Finks Bikie Gang Is Providing Security for Noncitizens Detained on Nauru
Former Australian Army rifleman Oisin Donohoe publicly revealed on 8 November 2025, that on being recruited to be part of a privately-run security operation that launched last week on the island of Nauru and is charged with providing security in respect of a cohort of “unlawful noncitizens”, he learnt that his new employers would actually be members of ...

Critics Call High Time on NSW Police as First Responders, as Labor Contemplates Change

Critics Call High Time on NSW Police as First Responders, as Labor Contemplates Change
“Nearly sixteen weeks ago, I stood at my bedroom window on 15 July at 2.15 am. I watched my partner downstairs, he’s looking at the fire truck, going, “What happened just there?”, said Taite Collins on Gadigal land before Sydney Town Hall on 1 November 2025. Collins was the partner of Colin Burling, whose life was taken at the scene as attending New ...

“The Police Attacked Us”: Activist Josh Lees on Protesting the Indo Pacific Weapons Fest

“The Police Attacked Us”: Activist Josh Lees on Protesting the Indo Pacific Weapons Fest
The images that emerged out of the Palestine Action Group-led protest against the Indo Pacific International Maritime Exposition on Tuesday 4 November 2025, revealed demonstrators confined within Tumbalong Park behind a barrier and close by the International Convention Centre, where the festival of killing devices was being staged on Gadigal land in ...

NSW Police Authorise Neo-Nazi Protest at State Parliament and Watch On

NSW Police Authorise Neo-Nazi Protest at State Parliament and Watch On
The first authorised neo-Nazi rally to take place in New South Wales occurred last Saturday, 8 November 2025. As per state protocol, White Australia, the rebranded National Socialist Network, had lodged a Form 1 with the NSW Police two weeks prior, which included their aim to demonstrate against the “Jewish Lobby”. This was scrutinised by senior police ...

Landlords to Face Prison for Permitting Use of Premises for Illegal Vape or Tobacco Sales

Landlords to Face Prison for Permitting Use of Premises for Illegal Vape or Tobacco Sales
The New South Wales government introduced new laws which could see commercial property owners facing a maximum penalty of 12 months in prison and/or a fine of up to $165,000 for knowingly permitting a tenant to supply illicit tobacco and/or vaping products to members of the public. The Public Health (Tobacco) Amendment (Landlord Offences) Bill is part ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 November 2025

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 3 to 9 November 2025
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Court Orders Legal Costs in Favour of Man Malicious Prosecuted by NSW Police The Supreme Court ruled in favour of a man falsely imprisoned and maliciously prosecuted over false claims made by a NSW police officer. Click here to read the article The Law, Defences and ...

Proposal to Smoke Out Criminals Via Cutting Off Social Security Is a Breach of Natural Justice

Proposal to Smoke Out Criminals Via Cutting Off Social Security Is a Breach of Natural Justice
The presumption of innocence is a legal maxim that’s increasingly under threat, despite it being a founding principle of the rule of law. The most distinct threat to the concept right now appears in a piece of Albanese government legislation that seeks to provide various police forces with the ability to request the minister cut off social security ...

Australia Is Facing Unprecedented Foreign Threats, With Three Nations Willing to Kill Locally

Australia Is Facing Unprecedented Foreign Threats, With Three Nations Willing to Kill Locally
As he gave the 2025 Lowy Lecture on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall on 4 November 2025, ASIO director general Mike Burgess didn’t exactly convey a carefree future, as the spy boss warned of accelerating threats in three key areas: espionage, foreign interference and politically motivated violence. And on top of that, agents from three other nations ...

Pride in Protest Lead Candidate Luna Choo on Keeping Mardi Gras Honest

Pride in Protest Lead Candidate Luna Choo on Keeping Mardi Gras Honest
“Pride in Protest stands with the Palestinian people and their resistance, including the BDS movement. Shamefully, Mardi Gras is partnering with the company Fuzzy, which is investing in Israeli settlements in the West Bank and the Gaza genocide,” said Pride in Protest lead candidate for the Mardi Gras board this year Luna Choo. “We will not sponsor ...

Exposing the Institutions Responsible: Gerry Georgatos on Cleveland Dodd’s Death in Custody

Exposing the Institutions Responsible: Gerry Georgatos on Cleveland Dodd’s Death in Custody
Tireless social justice advocate Gerry Georgatos has just completed the soon-to-be officially released novel Cleveland Dodd: Child of the Desert Sunrise, which is an account of the death in custody of 16-year-old Yamatji boy Cleveland Dodd, who died in the custody of WA corrective services, as it was detaining him in an adult prison, which is ...