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Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 January 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 January 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Severity Appeal Against Drug Importation Succeeds as Judge Failed to Properly Sentence The judge failed to properly implement ‘instinctive synthesis’ during the sentencing process. Click here to read the article Sydney Rallies Against Trump’s Imperial Assault on Venezuela, ...
NSW Police Fatally Shoot Yet Another Civilian During a Mental Health Callout  

NSW Police Fatally Shoot Yet Another Civilian During a Mental Health Callout  

New South Wales police shot and killed a 49-year-old man on Darkinjung land in the state’s Central Coast town of Springfield at 3.30 pm on Wednesday, 7 January 2026, after a mental health check turned into a siege situation. This killing of a civilian having a mental health episode by police marks just one death among many of late, which has made this ...
NSW Government’s Proposal to Criminalise the Public Display of Political Slogans Is Concerning

NSW Government’s Proposal to Criminalise the Public Display of Political Slogans Is Concerning

A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into prohibiting slogans that incite hatred is accepting public submissions until Monday, 12 January 2026. This inquiry is further continuing the Minns government’s yearlong addiction to kneejerk legislating primarily to respond to pro-Palestine/anti-Gaza genocide protests, along with staged hate crimes and most ...
The Ban on “Authorised” Protest and Suppression of Political Dissent Continues in NSW

The Ban on “Authorised” Protest and Suppression of Political Dissent Continues in NSW

New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon announced on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, that he’d come to the decision to reimpose the official prohibition on all authorised protests for another 14 day period across three policing areas in Greater Sydney. This blanket ban on approved demonstrations continues to be in place because of the 14 December 2025 ...
Sydney Rallies Against Trump’s Imperial Assault on Venezuela, Despite Protest Ban

Sydney Rallies Against Trump’s Imperial Assault on Venezuela, Despite Protest Ban

Hundreds gathered on Gadigal land before Sydney Town Hall on Sunday, 4 January 2026, to protest the Trump administration’s military assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. The rally occurred despite an official two-week blanket ban on protest being in place across a large section of Greater Sydney, ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 December to 4 January 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 December to 4 January 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Special Terrorism Policing Powers Triggered by the Bondi Beach Massacre Explained New legislation confers sweeping powers upon police to suppress fundamental civil liberties. Click here to read the article The Offence of Threatening or Committing a Terrorist Act in ...
Fallout from Gaza Genocide Used to Justify Increasingly Repressive Regime in NSW

Fallout from Gaza Genocide Used to Justify Increasingly Repressive Regime in NSW

The United Nations recognised Israel is perpetrating genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza in September 2025, despite sustained denials by Israel and its allies. The illegal mass murder and attempts to hide it have too caused broad social upheaval, rising divisions and circulating disinformation right across the western world that’s dramatically ...
NSW Government Considers Permitting Armed Jewish Private Security at Public Events

NSW Government Considers Permitting Armed Jewish Private Security at Public Events

In his post-Bondi Beach massacre Sky News interview, New South Wales premier Chris Minns told host Sharri Markson that he’s considering whether to permit Jewish organisation Community Security Group to be armed whilst working events in public places. So, this could mean armed officers in public working for CSG, which has known links to the Israeli ...
Governments Likely to Use Bondi Massacre to Justify AI-Powered Mass Surveillance

Governments Likely to Use Bondi Massacre to Justify AI-Powered Mass Surveillance

In the immediate aftermath of the Bondi massacre, questions turned to how intelligence and policing systems had not detected an ISIS-inspired father and son plotting a mass murder at a high-profile Jewish festival, with an arsenal of legal firearms. The response has unsurprisingly been the launch of inquiries, both nationally and at the state level, ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 January 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 5 to 11 January 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Severity Appeal Against Drug Importation Succeeds as Judge Failed to Properly Sentence The judge failed to properly implement ‘instinctive synthesis’ during the sentencing process. Click here to read the article Sydney Rallies Against Trump’s Imperial Assault on Venezuela, ...

NSW Police Fatally Shoot Yet Another Civilian During a Mental Health Callout  

NSW Police Fatally Shoot Yet Another Civilian During a Mental Health Callout  
New South Wales police shot and killed a 49-year-old man on Darkinjung land in the state’s Central Coast town of Springfield at 3.30 pm on Wednesday, 7 January 2026, after a mental health check turned into a siege situation. This killing of a civilian having a mental health episode by police marks just one death among many of late, which has made this ...

NSW Government’s Proposal to Criminalise the Public Display of Political Slogans Is Concerning

NSW Government’s Proposal to Criminalise the Public Display of Political Slogans Is Concerning
A New South Wales parliamentary inquiry into prohibiting slogans that incite hatred is accepting public submissions until Monday, 12 January 2026. This inquiry is further continuing the Minns government’s yearlong addiction to kneejerk legislating primarily to respond to pro-Palestine/anti-Gaza genocide protests, along with staged hate crimes and most ...

The Ban on “Authorised” Protest and Suppression of Political Dissent Continues in NSW

The Ban on “Authorised” Protest and Suppression of Political Dissent Continues in NSW
New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon announced on Tuesday, 6 January 2026, that he’d come to the decision to reimpose the official prohibition on all authorised protests for another 14 day period across three policing areas in Greater Sydney. This blanket ban on approved demonstrations continues to be in place because of the 14 December 2025 ...

Sydney Rallies Against Trump’s Imperial Assault on Venezuela, Despite Protest Ban

Sydney Rallies Against Trump’s Imperial Assault on Venezuela, Despite Protest Ban
Hundreds gathered on Gadigal land before Sydney Town Hall on Sunday, 4 January 2026, to protest the Trump administration’s military assault on Venezuela and the kidnapping of president Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. The rally occurred despite an official two-week blanket ban on protest being in place across a large section of Greater Sydney, ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 December to 4 January 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 29 December to 4 January 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: The Special Terrorism Policing Powers Triggered by the Bondi Beach Massacre Explained New legislation confers sweeping powers upon police to suppress fundamental civil liberties. Click here to read the article The Offence of Threatening or Committing a Terrorist Act in ...

Fallout from Gaza Genocide Used to Justify Increasingly Repressive Regime in NSW

Fallout from Gaza Genocide Used to Justify Increasingly Repressive Regime in NSW
The United Nations recognised Israel is perpetrating genocide against the Palestinians of Gaza in September 2025, despite sustained denials by Israel and its allies. The illegal mass murder and attempts to hide it have too caused broad social upheaval, rising divisions and circulating disinformation right across the western world that’s dramatically ...

NSW Government Considers Permitting Armed Jewish Private Security at Public Events

NSW Government Considers Permitting Armed Jewish Private Security at Public Events
In his post-Bondi Beach massacre Sky News interview, New South Wales premier Chris Minns told host Sharri Markson that he’s considering whether to permit Jewish organisation Community Security Group to be armed whilst working events in public places. So, this could mean armed officers in public working for CSG, which has known links to the Israeli ...

Governments Likely to Use Bondi Massacre to Justify AI-Powered Mass Surveillance

Governments Likely to Use Bondi Massacre to Justify AI-Powered Mass Surveillance
In the immediate aftermath of the Bondi massacre, questions turned to how intelligence and policing systems had not detected an ISIS-inspired father and son plotting a mass murder at a high-profile Jewish festival, with an arsenal of legal firearms. The response has unsurprisingly been the launch of inquiries, both nationally and at the state level, ...