In the Press
Freedom Of Speech? Activist Faces Prison For Postering Macquarie Statue
A piece of A4 paper, quoting Governor Lachlan Macquarie, has become centrepiece of a controversial freedom of speech trial - pitting Xenophon Davis client, and human rights activist, Stephen Langford against the NSW Attorney General’s office.
Mark Davis: David McBride's prosecution is not in the public interest
I hope Mr McBride does not face a court room. Let alone a jail cell. But at the moment, that is exactly what he's facing. There's no - we're getting no whispers, no signs at all, we're preparing for trial.
Julian Hill: The political persecution of Julian Assange is unconscionable
Eleven days from now, an Australian citizen will fight for his life in a London court as the United States government seeks his extradition. If this Australian is extradited and manages to escape execution, he will still face an effective death sentence in the US, confined in extreme isolation for 175 years.
Afghan Files Whistleblower Launches Unprecedented Challenge Against Prosecution
Lawyers for a military whistleblower, whose leaks exposed alleged war crimes, will attempt to force authorities to drop criminal charges by taking what they describe as unprecedented civil action.
Telstra's Ties To Chinese Communist Party Expose Government's Huawei Hypocrisy
Ericsson and Nokia are both deeply enmeshed in corporate partnerships with the Chinese Communist party.
'National Security' Or Economic Protectionism: What's Really Driving Trump's Huawei Hysteria?
The US is scrambling to catch-up on 5G. It seems that ‘National Security’ is being used as a smokescreen for raw old school protectionism.
Abuse Of Power: New Anti-Terror Laws Used To Target Marijuana Activist
The terrifying story of George Dixon's encounter with New South Wales' draconian Anti-Terror legislation.
The Aquarian ‘terrorist’
“When this legislation was first mooted this was to stop Al Qaeda … not to turn upon marijuana activists or people who perhaps are rude or abusive to police.” Mark Davis.
Australian Parliament Hatches Nostalgic 5G Plan
Nearly two years since the Turnbull Government threw the 5G roll-out into disarray by blocking Huawei, the government is still grappling with how the technology is going to be deployed.
Death By Budget Cuts: The NSW Government’s War On ICAC
A Parliamentary Committee has warned that NSW’s Government oversight bodies are no longer able to fulfill their “statutory and constitutional functions."
Democracy Suspended, NSW Government Rules By Decree
Emergency legislation gives the Attorney General power to change legislation without first having to subject the changes to a parliamentary vote.
We Can’t Arrest Our Way Out Of A Pandemic
In the absence of any coherent policies to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, State Premiers are falling over themselves to create new fines and prison terms.
Mark Davis speech at Sydney Assange Rally
With a shout out to George Christensen (Qld MP Nat) for stepping into the political void.
George The Terrorist
A Sydney lawyer claims anti-terror laws designed to protect us against #AlQaeda and the like – are now being used against troublesome political activists. A big new twist today in the case of #GeorgeTheTerrorist
Busted for marijuana at Nimbin labelled a terrorist
Busted for marijuana at Nimbin now labelled a terrorist by police and prosecutors. Dickson, 43, from Black Forest in Adelaide, is under a NSW control order as a “high-risk terrorist offender.”
Foreign Fighter Sentence
Mehmet Biber was charged as a ‘Foreign Fighter’ in Syria despite never fighting. He did join a group in Syria opposed to President Assad but it was part of the local opposition, not a terrorist group. It was not ISIS or Al Nusra. Facing a penalty of imprisonment for 20 years, Biber was sentenced to 2.5 years non-parole. Mark Davis speaks after the sentence.
Mark Davis on the arrest of Julian Assange
“Politicians in this country, need to be quite cautious about how the Australian public react to the abandonment of Julian Assange.” Lawyer and journalist Mark Davis on the arrest of the WikiLeaks co-founder.