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ASIO’s “Police State” Compulsory Questioning Powers to Be Made Permanent
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (1347+ words) Legislation set to make ASIO's "compulsory questioning powers" permanent is before the Senate, after passing the lower house in mid-February 2026. And that it is Labor championing this reform, which will further broaden the scope of the nation's chief spying agency's…...
Wiradjuri Nation to Charge Compensation to Mining Interests, Explains Paul Towney
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (1538+ words) Proud Wiradjuri descendant Paul Towney earlier this year commenced his campaign to raise awareness about a 2024 Federal Court of Australia ruling that found native title rights had not been extinguished in respect of land grants issued in the early 1820s. Towney…...
Third Man Charged with Murder Over Drive-By Shooting in Sydney
7+ mon, 4+ week ago (719+ words) A third man has been charged with murder as investigations continue into the fatal shooting of a 65-year old woman in Sydney's south west." Campbelltown City Police Area Command established Strike Force Apslawn following a drive-by shooting which occurred at…...
Pseudo-Cops Enforcing Bylaws Are Starting to Appear on Australian Streets
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (1121+ words) City of Melbourne council has embarked upon a law enforcement experiment that involves security guards carrying out policing functions that on-the-beat officers usually perform to plug an inner city gap that the state government is considered to be failing to,…...
“Australia Unites” Rallies Mobilise Again, as Social Cohesion Increasingly Fractures
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1098+ words) Australia Unites Against Government Corruption rallies are taking place nationwide this Saturday, 13 September 2025. These events are being staged by a coalition of groups associated with the Freedom movement, which led antiimmigration marches in city centres on 31 August 2025 that were marked…...
National Day of Action Organised to Oppose Rising Racism and Fascism
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1086+ words) First Nations organisations are leading the Sovereignty Never Ceded National Day of Action taking place across the continent this Saturday, 13 September 2025. The rallies are a direct response to the 31 August antiimmigration rallies, which saw racist sentiment topple over into fascist…...
Police Minister in a Tither About Climate Activist Workshop, But Not Police Assaults on Civilians
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (1265+ words) Rising Tide is a Newcastle-based climate group, which for the last two years has held formidable and successful climate action festivals on Awabakal land at the NSW regional town's Nobby's Beach, which have involved everyday concerned citizens taking to Newcastle…...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 1 to 7 September 2025
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (280+ words) In case you've missed any of them, here's a rundown of the past week's articles: The appeal court found that the trial judge had misdirected the jury by failing to separately address the two mental elements of the offence. Far…...
Antisemitism Envoy Plans to Make All Australians Complicit in Gaza Genocide
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1079+ words) As Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese stood beside Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism Jillian Segal on 10 July 2025, the public was not merely dumbfounded as to the draconian nature of the plan the ASCECA unveiled, which is supposed to combat…...
Sydney Criminal Lawyers® Weekly Rundown – Articles from 30 June to 6 July 2025
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (288+ words) In case you've missed any of them, here's a rundown of the past week's articles: Former NSW Magistrate David Heilpern explains that the new regime whereby city magistrates decide regional bail matters is flawed and problematic. The court refused bail…...