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“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 ...
No Immutable Force: Anticop Founder Tom Raue on the Modern Police Force

No Immutable Force: Anticop Founder Tom Raue on the Modern Police Force

Right now, there is a blanket ban on “authorised” protests across three policing districts covering much of Greater Sydney. New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed on 6 January 2026, that the “public assembly restriction declaration” imposed on Christmas Eve 2025 would continue for another two weeks, and in fact, it’s in place until 24 ...
The Hasbara Royal Commission and the Erasure of Palestinian Australians

The Hasbara Royal Commission and the Erasure of Palestinian Australians

The establishment of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is likely the most significant threat to forging truth in this nation, with the last hope to resist this onslaught of hasbara being a respected former High Court Justice, while the recent removal of a vital Palestinian Australian voice from a writers’ festival, is a clear ...
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, ...

“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 ...

No Immutable Force: Anticop Founder Tom Raue on the Modern Police Force

No Immutable Force: Anticop Founder Tom Raue on the Modern Police Force
Right now, there is a blanket ban on “authorised” protests across three policing districts covering much of Greater Sydney. New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon confirmed on 6 January 2026, that the “public assembly restriction declaration” imposed on Christmas Eve 2025 would continue for another two weeks, and in fact, it’s in place until 24 ...

The Hasbara Royal Commission and the Erasure of Palestinian Australians

The Hasbara Royal Commission and the Erasure of Palestinian Australians
The establishment of the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion is likely the most significant threat to forging truth in this nation, with the last hope to resist this onslaught of hasbara being a respected former High Court Justice, while the recent removal of a vital Palestinian Australian voice from a writers’ festival, is a clear ...

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, ...