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“An Outsourced Smouldering Wreckage”: Pride in Protest’s Miles Carter on Mardi Gras Afterparty Cancellation

“An Outsourced Smouldering Wreckage”: Pride in Protest’s Miles Carter on Mardi Gras Afterparty Cancellation

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief executive Jesse Matheson announced on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, that the official afterparty has been cancelled. The CEO said the event has been suffering losses recently and the afterparty is a chief reason. But Pride in Protest is querying why it was decided to outsource the afterparty to Gaza genocide ...
“Justice Only Matters If the World Is Watching”: RMCN’s Noor Azizah on the ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case

“Justice Only Matters If the World Is Watching”: RMCN’s Noor Azizah on the ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case

The Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network has been running a social media campaign raising awareness to the fact that the case Gambia has brought against Myanmar for the commission of genocide against the Rohingya people is currently underway in the International Court of Justice. The public hearings were held in the Peace Palace in the Hague over ...
Calling Out the Government’s Claim that Hate Group Laws Won’t Criminalise Criticism of Israel

Calling Out the Government’s Claim that Hate Group Laws Won’t Criminalise Criticism of Israel

In a letter in response to a complaint about the recently enacted ‘prohibited hate groups’ regime, attorney general Michelle Rowland confirmed to the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) that the framework and other hate crime measures passed on 20 January 2026 will not impinge upon Muslim religious leaders’ ability to criticise foreign governments ...
The Offence of Kidnapping in New South Wales

The Offence of Kidnapping in New South Wales

Far-right white nationalists and neo-Nazis were spitballing ideas around kidnapping Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, as well as blowing up mosques, in an online chatgroup in the immediate wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack that saw fifteen murdered. And these discussions took place in a chatroom run by organisers of the antiimmigration ...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 January to 1 February 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 January to 1 February 2026

In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Show of Sovereign Strength on Gadigal for Invasion Day 2026 This year’s demonstration may have been the biggest ever, despite the ongoing threat of a protest ban. Click here to read the article The Public Safety Order Regime in New South Wales Police imposed public safety ...
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 ...

“An Outsourced Smouldering Wreckage”: Pride in Protest’s Miles Carter on Mardi Gras Afterparty Cancellation

“An Outsourced Smouldering Wreckage”: Pride in Protest’s Miles Carter on Mardi Gras Afterparty Cancellation
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras chief executive Jesse Matheson announced on Tuesday, 3 February 2026, that the official afterparty has been cancelled. The CEO said the event has been suffering losses recently and the afterparty is a chief reason. But Pride in Protest is querying why it was decided to outsource the afterparty to Gaza genocide ...

“Justice Only Matters If the World Is Watching”: RMCN’s Noor Azizah on the ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case

“Justice Only Matters If the World Is Watching”: RMCN’s Noor Azizah on the ICJ Rohingya Genocide Case
The Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network has been running a social media campaign raising awareness to the fact that the case Gambia has brought against Myanmar for the commission of genocide against the Rohingya people is currently underway in the International Court of Justice. The public hearings were held in the Peace Palace in the Hague over ...

Calling Out the Government’s Claim that Hate Group Laws Won’t Criminalise Criticism of Israel

Calling Out the Government’s Claim that Hate Group Laws Won’t Criminalise Criticism of Israel
In a letter in response to a complaint about the recently enacted ‘prohibited hate groups’ regime, attorney general Michelle Rowland confirmed to the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC) that the framework and other hate crime measures passed on 20 January 2026 will not impinge upon Muslim religious leaders’ ability to criticise foreign governments ...

The Offence of Kidnapping in New South Wales

The Offence of Kidnapping in New South Wales
Far-right white nationalists and neo-Nazis were spitballing ideas around kidnapping Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, as well as blowing up mosques, in an online chatgroup in the immediate wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack that saw fifteen murdered. And these discussions took place in a chatroom run by organisers of the antiimmigration ...

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 January to 1 February 2026

Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 26 January to 1 February 2026
In case you’ve missed any of them, here’s a rundown of the past week’s articles: Show of Sovereign Strength on Gadigal for Invasion Day 2026 This year’s demonstration may have been the biggest ever, despite the ongoing threat of a protest ban. Click here to read the article The Public Safety Order Regime in New South Wales Police imposed public safety ...

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 ...