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LawThe NSW Court of Appeal is about to hand down the most important protest rights judgment in Australian legal history
The question before Bell CJ, Ward P, and Free JA: does a blanket protest ban covering 5.2 million people breach the implied constitutional freedom of political communication?
LawThe Complaining Prosecutor
The ODPP leaked a child’s name to a commercial radio station. The judge reported it to a parliamentary committee. The ODPP used that report to seek her removal from her cases.
InvestigationThe Rabbit Hole You Didn’t Know You Were In
Both Christianity and Judaism have end-of-the-world traditions that say antisemitism isn’t just bad—it’s necessary. Some of the organisations shaping Australia’s response hold beliefs that require it to continue.
PolicyInterim Submission to the Royal Commission
This submission identifies the specific, documented system failures that allowed the Bondi attack to occur, and proposes twelve reforms capable of preventing the next one. None requires restricting political speech.
CasesThe Repost That Broke Australian Law
The CEO of the Zionist Federation is suing Mary Kostakidis—the woman who taught a generation of Australians about the world—for pressing retweet. The case is Cassuto v Kostakidis. Here is everything you need to know.
Free SpeechThe Strategy That Makes Jews Less Safe
Antisemitism hit record highs while lobby groups achieved everything they wanted. Speech bans. Firings. Festival cancellations. 2,062 incidents in a year. What if the strategy isn’t about protecting Jews at all?
Free SpeechWhose River? Whose Sea?
Huckabee said “it would be fine if they took it all”—from the Nile to the Euphrates. That’s six countries and 200 million people. Nobody called it genocidal.
Free SpeechNobody Checked
25,000 signatures. 24.5 million views. The man who launched the campaign against Grace Tame was convicted of assaulting his ex-wife. Nobody checked.
LawFrom the Nile to the Euphrates
American evangelical theology is writing Australian criminal law. When did we become enforcers of Genesis 15:18? What does any of this have to do with us?
LawThe Lawyers Who Lost to Lattouf
A conveyancing lawyer, a senior counsel, and 156 others organised a campaign to silence a journalist. The Federal Court found it was unlawful.
Free SpeechGrace Tame Doesn’t Need Me to Defend Her
They made her Australian of the Year for refusing to stay silent. Then she spoke about Palestine.
Political EconomyEveryone Has a Theory Except Us
Australia is caught between two superpowers with civilisational projects. It doesn't have one of its own.
SatireBrave New Laws Keep Aussies Safe as Whingers Complain
Nobody can explain what any of this has to do with a father and son who walked onto a beach with firearms. But everyone agrees something had to be done.
MediaEmail to the ABC: "Bondi: Path to Terror — a missed opportunity"
Ten months, the full resources of the ABC, and they produced a repackaged episode and a school friend who called Naveed Akram 'quiet.'
InvestigationPeripheral Figure: Part 2 — The 'Dissipated Threat'
The system knew about all of them. It watched. It documented. It failed to act.
InvestigationPeripheral Figure: Part 1 — Inside the Network That Made a Terrorist
Court documents reveal not a loose collection of angry young men. It was an ecosystem. A machine for manufacturing extremists.
PolicyAfter Bondi: The Conversation We're Not Having
Before Bondi, the most serious attacks on Jewish Australians were directed by Iran using criminal proxies. Yet the policy response targets protesters, not the intelligence failures.
Data & PolicyAntisemitism in Australia: What the Data Shows and What It Doesn't
The numbers are stark. The methodology deserves scrutiny.
National SecurityAfter Bondi: Will Australia Learn from the War on Terror, or Repeat It?
The emotional logic is familiar: atrocity demands action, and action means expanding state power. But examine what actually happened.
LawWe're Different. And If You Don't Understand the Separation of Powers, You Don't Know Jill
You're not just an employee with a law degree. You're a constitutional actor.
ReferenceIntifada: Global Usage in Mainstream Sources
A comprehensive list of credible sources documenting the use of “intifada” in uprisings around the world—not just Palestine.