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The Erosion of Australia’s Responsibility to Its People: ISIS Brides, IDF Returnees and Gaza Activists

The Erosion of Australia’s Responsibility to Its People: ISIS Brides, IDF Returnees and Gaza Activists

Four Australian women and nine children, known collectively as the “ISIS brides”, arrived back in Australia on 7 May 2026. Three of the women were promptly charged and remanded over domestic crimes that carry universal jurisdiction, which stands in stark contrast to the potentially hundreds of locals who’ve returned from fighting in a UN declared ...
Modern Labor Is “Quite Comfortable” With the Trump-Netanyahu Agenda, Says Shoebridge

Modern Labor Is “Quite Comfortable” With the Trump-Netanyahu Agenda, Says Shoebridge

A common quip that does the rounds of the internet of late, has been that Australian foreign minister Penny Wong is “deeply concerned” following yet another catastrophic event on the global stage, whilst as for PM Anthony Albanese, when he’s questioned about Washington’s actions, he reiterates that he’s already stated that he won’t be commenting on ...
All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians

All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians

Most of us understand the concept of Big Brother from George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother heads the Ingsoc government that runs Oceania, which is notable for the all-seeing-eye system it’s developed, in which citizens have no privacy. But most of us aren’t aware that this all-pervasive surveillance network is now being ...
Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding

Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding

Australian defence minister Richard Marles announced that the government will raise military spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2033, during a 16 April 2026 speech at the National Press Club, whilst health minister Mark Butler addressed the same venue on 22 April, spruiking heavy cuts to disabilities support, and taken together this reflects the agenda of ...
Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms

Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms

A coalition of 16 New South Wales legal and rights organisations is calling on NSW corrections minister Anoulack Chanthivong to urgently ensure that Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) actions the 34 recommendations the NSW Ombudsman advised it implement in respect to inmate discipline in August 2024, along with three recent supplementary guidance’s the ...
Mardi Gras’s Anti-Trans and Antigenocide Turn Is Trumpian, Says Pride and Protest’s Miles Carter

Mardi Gras’s Anti-Trans and Antigenocide Turn Is Trumpian, Says Pride and Protest’s Miles Carter

This year’s Sydney Mardi Gras parade was something of a travesty. The Mardi Gras board banned the pro-trans rights/antigenocide Pride in Protest contingent from marching at the last minute, while NSW police officers then brutalised marchers from other floats over waving Palestinian flags. So, Pride in Protest is petitioning for and demanding an ...
Antisemitism Interim Report Finds No Legislative or Systems Gaps, But the Stickler Is Still to Come

Antisemitism Interim Report Finds No Legislative or Systems Gaps, But the Stickler Is Still to Come

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion interim report outlines that there could have been a heavier police presence on Gadigal land at the Jewish event at Bondi Beach, when the 14 December 2025 mass murder took place, and it’s too found that there were no gaps in federal or state “legal and regulatory” or “legislative and authorising” ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 April to 3 May 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 April to 3 May 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Public Nuisance at a War Memorial or Internment Site in NSW A man is facing court for allegedly heckling an Aboriginal veteran at an ANZAC Day dawn service. Click here to read the article NSW Aboriginal Land Council Lodges Discrimination Complaint Against ...
No Apologies: Threat of Police Violence Stands After Protest Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

No Apologies: Threat of Police Violence Stands After Protest Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

New South Wales premier Chris Minns’ blanket ban on street protests was struck down by the NSW Supreme Court on 16 April 2026. Such a prohibition being in place on 9 February this year, prevented 20,000-odd constituents from conducting a march on Gadigal land through the Sydney CBD. And as protesters stood their ground, 3,000 NSW police officers bashed ...

The Erosion of Australia’s Responsibility to Its People: ISIS Brides, IDF Returnees and Gaza Activists

The Erosion of Australia’s Responsibility to Its People: ISIS Brides, IDF Returnees and Gaza Activists
Four Australian women and nine children, known collectively as the “ISIS brides”, arrived back in Australia on 7 May 2026. Three of the women were promptly charged and remanded over domestic crimes that carry universal jurisdiction, which stands in stark contrast to the potentially hundreds of locals who’ve returned from fighting in a UN declared ...

Modern Labor Is “Quite Comfortable” With the Trump-Netanyahu Agenda, Says Shoebridge

Modern Labor Is “Quite Comfortable” With the Trump-Netanyahu Agenda, Says Shoebridge
A common quip that does the rounds of the internet of late, has been that Australian foreign minister Penny Wong is “deeply concerned” following yet another catastrophic event on the global stage, whilst as for PM Anthony Albanese, when he’s questioned about Washington’s actions, he reiterates that he’s already stated that he won’t be commenting on ...

All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians

All-Pervasive Palantir-Built Surveillance System Is Monitoring Australians
Most of us understand the concept of Big Brother from George Orwell’s 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Big Brother heads the Ingsoc government that runs Oceania, which is notable for the all-seeing-eye system it’s developed, in which citizens have no privacy. But most of us aren’t aware that this all-pervasive surveillance network is now being ...

Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding

Albanese Follows Trump’s Lead by Increasing Military Spending Whilst Cutting Disability Funding
Australian defence minister Richard Marles announced that the government will raise military spending to 3 percent of GDP by 2033, during a 16 April 2026 speech at the National Press Club, whilst health minister Mark Butler addressed the same venue on 22 April, spruiking heavy cuts to disabilities support, and taken together this reflects the agenda of ...

Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms

Civil Society Calls on Corrective Services NSW to Implement Ombudsman Prison Reforms
A coalition of 16 New South Wales legal and rights organisations is calling on NSW corrections minister Anoulack Chanthivong to urgently ensure that Corrective Services NSW (CSNSW) actions the 34 recommendations the NSW Ombudsman advised it implement in respect to inmate discipline in August 2024, along with three recent supplementary guidance’s the ...

Mardi Gras’s Anti-Trans and Antigenocide Turn Is Trumpian, Says Pride and Protest’s Miles Carter

Mardi Gras’s Anti-Trans and Antigenocide Turn Is Trumpian, Says Pride and Protest’s Miles Carter
This year’s Sydney Mardi Gras parade was something of a travesty. The Mardi Gras board banned the pro-trans rights/antigenocide Pride in Protest contingent from marching at the last minute, while NSW police officers then brutalised marchers from other floats over waving Palestinian flags. So, Pride in Protest is petitioning for and demanding an ...

Antisemitism Interim Report Finds No Legislative or Systems Gaps, But the Stickler Is Still to Come

Antisemitism Interim Report Finds No Legislative or Systems Gaps, But the Stickler Is Still to Come
The Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion interim report outlines that there could have been a heavier police presence on Gadigal land at the Jewish event at Bondi Beach, when the 14 December 2025 mass murder took place, and it’s too found that there were no gaps in federal or state “legal and regulatory” or “legislative and authorising” ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 April to 3 May 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 27 April to 3 May 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Offence of Public Nuisance at a War Memorial or Internment Site in NSW A man is facing court for allegedly heckling an Aboriginal veteran at an ANZAC Day dawn service. Click here to read the article NSW Aboriginal Land Council Lodges Discrimination Complaint Against ...

No Apologies: Threat of Police Violence Stands After Protest Ban Ruled Unconstitutional

No Apologies: Threat of Police Violence Stands After Protest Ban Ruled Unconstitutional
New South Wales premier Chris Minns’ blanket ban on street protests was struck down by the NSW Supreme Court on 16 April 2026. Such a prohibition being in place on 9 February this year, prevented 20,000-odd constituents from conducting a march on Gadigal land through the Sydney CBD. And as protesters stood their ground, 3,000 NSW police officers bashed ...