Zarah Garde-Wilson

Garde-Wilson was born in 1978, the second of two children of Gregory John Garde Wilson and Judith Kemp. She received secondary education at Fairholme College, in Toowoomba, Queensland. She commenced studies in law at James Cook University and at 20, Garde-Wilson moved to Perth, Western Australia, to complete her studies at the University of Western Australia, where she resided at St George’s College and graduated with a Bachelor of Laws in 1998.

Garde-Wilson was romantically involved with Lewis Caine, a notable figure in Melbourne's underworld, who was murdered on May 8, 2004.{{Cite web |last=Grand |first=Chip Le |date=2021-05-21 |title=The last night of Lewis Caine |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-last-night-of-lewis-caine-20210518-p57t0p.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610112424/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-last-night-of-lewis-caine-20210518-p57t0p.html |url-status=live }} Caine, also known by the aliases Sean Vincent and Adrian Bligh,{{Cite web |date=2004-05-13 |title=Dumped body identified as convicted killer |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/dumped-body-identified-as-convicted-killer-20040513-gdiwy5.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.smh.com.au/national/dumped-body-identified-as-convicted-killer-20040513-gdiwy5.html |url-status=live }} had extensive connections within the Melbourne criminal milieu, which were often highlighted in media reports about his life and death.{{Cite web |last=Grand |first=Chip Le |date=2021-05-21 |title=New evidence raises fresh doubt over who killed Lewis Moran |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-evidence-raises-fresh-doubt-over-who-killed-lewis-moran-20210518-p57sz7.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/new-evidence-raises-fresh-doubt-over-who-killed-lewis-moran-20210518-p57sz7.html |url-status=live }}

Zarah Garde-Wilson is a mother to three children. She gave birth to her daughter Samantha in late 2008, and twins Max and Sophie in September 2010.{{Cite web |last=Team |first=Mamamia |date=2017-12-09 |title=Where are the women of Underbelly now? |url=https://www.mamamia.com.au/women-of-underbelly/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=Mamamia |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190910125401/https://www.mamamia.com.au/women-of-underbelly/ |url-status=live }}

In 2024, Garde-Wilson was listed among "The 8 best criminal lawyers in Melbourne" by The Canberra Times.{{Cite web |date=2024-01-31 |title=The 8 best criminal lawyers in Melbourne |url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8504921/the-8-best-criminal-lawyers-in-melbourne/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Canberra Times |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8504921/the-8-best-criminal-lawyers-in-melbourne/ |url-status=live }}

Garde-Wilson took up an article clerkship at the law firm Pryles & Defteros, working on criminal defence. After being admitted as a solicitor and barrister of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 2002, Garde-Wilson began practising law independently in 2004.

Garde-Wilson became a significant figure during the Melbourne gangland killings through her representation of individuals linked to these events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/news/glamorous-gangland-lawyer-hits-back/news-story/392e2d7fca67f2bb3bcd7e0d3f77bfa8|title="Glamorous gangland lawyer hits back," News.com.au, December 5, 2018|accessdate=17 December 2024}} She acted for several persons investigated by the Victoria Police from 1998 to 2006 and came into the public eye during the high-profile trials of Carl Williams and Tony Mokbel. During this time, Garde-Wilson became aware that fellow barrister, Nicola Gobbo, had been recruited by Victoria Police as an informant against her own clients.{{Cite news |date=5 December 2018 |title=Glamorous gangland lawyer the mastermind behind exposing police |url=https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/glamorous-gangland-lawyer-the-mastermind-behind-exposing-police/cjpakrexp00040hnw4yzohqm9 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Nine News}}{{Cite web |last1=Vedelago |first1=Chris |last2=Houston |first2=Cameron |last3=Mills |first3=Tammy |date=1 March 2019 |title=The harder they fall: Nicola Gobbo, from gangland lawyer to family outcast |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-harder-they-fall-nicola-gobbo-from-gangland-lawyer-to-family-outcast-20190301-p5113d.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=The Age |language=en-AU |archive-date=2 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241102061805/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/the-harder-they-fall-nicola-gobbo-from-gangland-lawyer-to-family-outcast-20190301-p5113d.html |url-status=live }}

Garde-Wilson was the girlfriend of convicted murderer Lewis Caine,{{Cite web |date=18 November 2005 |title=Guilty lawyer tells of love for gangster |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/guilty-lawyer-tells-of-love-for-gangster-20051118-gdmgqd.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.smh.com.au/national/guilty-lawyer-tells-of-love-for-gangster-20051118-gdmgqd.html |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2004-05-13 |title=Dead man had links to city's underworld |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/dead-man-had-links-to-citys-underworld-20040513-gdxua9.html |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=20 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920004941/https://www.theage.com.au/national/dead-man-had-links-to-citys-underworld-20040513-gdxua9.html |url-status=live }} who was murdered in the gangland killings.{{Cite news |date=2010-04-19 |title=Chronology of Melbourne's gangland war |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-04-19/chronology-of-melbournes-gangland-war/401850 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=15 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240615025954/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-04-19/chronology-of-melbournes-gangland-war/401850 |url-status=live }}

In 2005, Garde-Wilson was found guilty of Contempt of court after refusing to testify in the trial of the two men charged with the murder of her boyfriend Lewis Caine, claiming that she feared for her life.{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Tammy |date=2021-03-18 |title=Zarah Garde-Wilson loses bid to find who was behind bad Google reviews |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/zarah-garde-wilson-loses-bid-to-find-who-was-behind-bad-google-reviews-20210318-p57byd.html |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=30 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530192411/https://www.smh.com.au/national/victoria/zarah-garde-wilson-loses-bid-to-find-who-was-behind-bad-google-reviews-20210318-p57byd.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Gregory |first=Peter |date=26 June 2007 |title=Underworld lawyer loses legal battle |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/underworld-lawyer-loses-legal-battle-20070626-ge57sf.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |website=The Age |language=en-au |archive-date=23 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223035224/https://www.theage.com.au/national/underworld-lawyer-loses-legal-battle-20070626-ge57sf.html |url-status=live }}

Garde-Wilson's role in uncovering the Lawyer X scandal originated from her first-hand experiences during the Melbourne gangland wars. As a criminal defence lawyer, she represented several high-profile clients who were unknowingly compromised by their own attorney, Nicola Gobbo, who was secretly acting as a police informant under the codename "Informer 3838".{{Cite web |last=Estcourt |first=David |date=2024-02-10 |title=Gobbo played double agent in risky underworld game with Mokbel |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gobbo-plays-double-agent-in-risky-underworld-game-with-mokbel-20240208-p5f3cc.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075053/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/gobbo-plays-double-agent-in-risky-underworld-game-with-mokbel-20240208-p5f3cc.html |url-status=live }} Garde-Wilson's concerns about leaks within the legal system and her public questioning of the legal integrity of Victoria Police began to intensify during the late 2000s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/informer-3838-royal-commission-to-examine-how-gangland-lawyer-turned-on-her-clients/news-story/821bdc87297abce011576845c1a7da5e|title=Royal commission to examine how gangland lawyer turned on clients|accessdate=17 December 2024|archive-date=8 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103353/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/crime/informer-3838-royal-commission-to-examine-how-gangland-lawyer-turned-on-her-clients/news-story/821bdc87297abce011576845c1a7da5e|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |title="'Tip of the iceberg': Gangland lawyer claims she tried to expose Informer 3838," The Age, December 4, 2018 |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tip-of-the-iceberg-gangland-lawyer-claims-she-tried-to-expose-informer-3838-20181204-p50k8b.html#:~:text=Ms%20Garde%2DWilson%20revealed%20she,A%20Current%20Affair%20on%20Tuesday. |work=The Age |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075049/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/tip-of-the-iceberg-gangland-lawyer-claims-she-tried-to-expose-informer-3838-20181204-p50k8b.html#:~:text=Ms%20Garde%2DWilson%20revealed%20she,A%20Current%20Affair%20on%20Tuesday. |url-status=live }} However, her calls for broader public and legal scrutiny that eventually exposed Nicola Gobbo's role as "Informer 3838" escalated significantly around 2018 when the media first publicly disclosed Gobbo's role as an informant.{{Cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-01/lawyer-x-informer-3838-identity-revealed-nicola-gobbo/10826958|title='If this gets out, say nice things at my eulogy': Lawyer X's identity revealed|newspaper=ABC News |date=1 March 2019|accessdate=17 December 2024|via=www.abc.net.au|archive-date=10 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075053/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-01/lawyer-x-informer-3838-identity-revealed-nicola-gobbo/10826958|url-status=live}}

Following the revelations surrounding Nicola Gobbo's dual role as a lawyer and a police informant, the Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants was established. Garde-Wilson provided testimony during this inquiry, which scrutinized the conduct of Victoria Police and the implications of using a legal professional as an informant. In response to the Commission's findings and the subsequent impact on public trust in the justice system,{{Cite web |title=Royal Commission into the Management of Police Informants |url=http://www.rcmpi.vic.gov.au/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=rcmpi.vic.gov.au |language=en-AU}} Garde-Wilson, along with other prominent Australian lawyers, called for significant reforms.{{Cite news |date=2023-07-17 |title=Lawyers condemn comments from Daniel Andrews over Lawyer X special investigation |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/lawyer-x-office-of-special-investigator-closes/102612188 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}} In July 2023, following the closure of the Lawyer X Office of the Special Investigator, these legal practitioners, including Garde-Wilson, demanded an official apology from former Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, emphasizing the need for reforms to restore integrity within the judicial system.

In 2005, she represented Carl Williams, a key figure in the Melbourne gangland killings, who was convicted of multiple murders. Another significant case involved defending Tony Mokbel, a notorious drug lord who was eventually convicted of large-scale drug trafficking.

In 2016, Garde-Wilson filed an appeal for the first Lawyer X case concerning convicted trafficker Rob Karam, who was involved in Australia's largest MDMA importation known as the "Tomato Tins" case.{{Cite news |last=Beatty |first=Liam |date=13 December 2023 |title=Drug kingpin's hopes for freedom dashed |url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/rob-karam-drug-kingpins-appeal-dismissed-amid-lawyerx-fallout/news-story/957a6d7ff2910b39cb9565ba9fd8f0f5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214000304/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/rob-karam-drug-kingpins-appeal-dismissed-amid-lawyerx-fallout/news-story/957a6d7ff2910b39cb9565ba9fd8f0f5 |archive-date=14 December 2023 |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=News.com.au |language=en-AU |url-status=live }} Convicted in 2012, Karam was implicated in smuggling 4.4 tonnes of ecstasy pills, valued at $122 million,{{Cite news |date=2014-07-04 |title=Men jailed for importing $122m of ecstasy in tomato tins |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-04/men-jailed-for-importing-ecstasy-in-italian-tomato-tins/5571916 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075056/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-07-04/men-jailed-for-importing-ecstasy-in-italian-tomato-tins/5571916 |url-status=live }} hidden in tomato tins – a scheme purportedly orchestrated by the Calabrian Mafia.{{Cite web|url=https://heraldsun.com.au/news/national/worlds-biggest-ecstasy-bust-how-a-google-search-foiled-aussie-tomato-tin-mafias-drug-plots/news-story/0db0ce6a9d6d61706420b975484ba7ea|title=Mafia gangs, tinned tomatoes and $13 billion in drugs|accessdate=17 December 2024}} This case drew significant media attention due to the scale of the drug importation and the controversial involvement of Nicola Gobbo, who provided information to police about her clients, including Karam.{{Cite news |date=2023-12-14 |title=Court rejects tomato-tin ecstasy importer's appeal to have conviction overturned |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/tomato-tin-ecstasy-drug-gobbo-lawyer-x/103227542 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075055/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-14/tomato-tin-ecstasy-drug-gobbo-lawyer-x/103227542 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |date=2019-08-08 |title=Papers that led to tomato tin ecstasy bust were fed to police by Gobbo, inquiry hears |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-08/gobbo-gave-police-tomato-tin-bust-documents-royal-commission/11396570 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU}}

In 2019, Athar Almatrah was represented by Garde-Wilson in a case involving an alleged setup using a fake Instagram account to ambush Rocco Curra, a member of the Mongols motorcycle gang.{{Cite web |date=2023-06-07 |title=Bikie girlfriend jailed for setting up ambush shooting |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-crime-news-bikie-girlfriend-jailed-for-setting-up-ambush-shooting/58dd19c7-c010-48d1-a525-7cbc48dc24ff |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=9news.com.au |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075048/https://www.9news.com.au/national/melbourne-crime-news-bikie-girlfriend-jailed-for-setting-up-ambush-shooting/58dd19c7-c010-48d1-a525-7cbc48dc24ff |url-status=live }} During the proceedings, Garde-Wilson disputed the evidence against Almatrah, challenging the claims about her client's intent and the credibility of the testimony from co-accused individuals.{{Cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/melbourne-woman-allegedly-used-fake-instagram-account-to-lure-bikie-to-nearfatal-ambush/news-story/2d701eda4c0e5fc30cd3110924dd8c9f|title=Melbourne woman allegedly used fake Instagram account to lure bikie to near-fatal ambush, News.com, December 22, 2020.|newspaper=Newscomau |accessdate=17 December 2024|archive-date=8 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508124042/https://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/courts-law/melbourne-woman-allegedly-used-fake-instagram-account-to-lure-bikie-to-nearfatal-ambush/news-story/2d701eda4c0e5fc30cd3110924dd8c9f|url-status=live}}

In 2022, Garde-Wilson represented Osman El-Houli in the Supreme Court of Queensland, where he was acquitted of charges related to an alleged 400kg cocaine smuggling plot.{{Cite web |title=Truckie charged over alleged 400kg coke smuggling plot found not guilty, The Courier Mail, May 26, 2023. |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-qld/truckie-at-centre-of-alleged-400kg-coke-smuggling-plot-found-not-guilty/news-story/357b8938537b17c46371436228c5552a |accessdate=17 December 2024}}{{Cite web |last=Clark |first=Laine |date=26 May 2023 |title=Truck driver found not guilty over 400kg cocaine plot |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/truck-driver-found-not-guilty-over-400kg-cocaine-plot/160bc933-7a23-47ca-a58f-5458f2d27965 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.9news.com.au/national/truck-driver-found-not-guilty-over-400kg-cocaine-plot/160bc933-7a23-47ca-a58f-5458f2d27965 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=10 June 2024 |website=Nine News}} El-Houli was accused of driving from Melbourne to Queensland to collect the cocaine, but the jury found him not guilty after deliberating for four hours and he was acquitted of all charges.

In 2022, Garde-Wilson acted as the defence attorney for Tony Larussa before the Court of Appeal in Western Australia.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=West Aussie cattle farmer a secret meth kingpin |url=https://thewest.com.au/news/court-justice/tony-larussa-gingin-cattle-breeder-sentenced-over-10kg-ice-bust--c-7636976 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The West Australian |language=en}} Tony Larussa, initially sentenced over involvement in a methamphetamine operation, successfully appealed the conviction and was acquitted of all charges.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-25 |title=The country cattle breeder turned WA meth kingpin |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/up-late-with-ben-harvey-tony-larussa-the-country-cattle-breeder-turned-wa-meth-kingpin--c-7640612 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/crime/up-late-with-ben-harvey-tony-larussa-the-country-cattle-breeder-turned-wa-meth-kingpin--c-7640612 |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=PerthNow |language=en}}

In 2024, Garde-Wilson represented reputed Melbourne underworld boss Fadi Haddara who faced legal proceedings regarding firearms charges.{{Cite web |last=Juanola |first=Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual |date=2024-04-12 |title=When the head of a crime family found trackers on his car, he knew the game was up |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/when-the-head-of-a-crime-family-found-trackers-on-his-car-he-knew-the-game-was-up-20240410-p5fimj.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/when-the-head-of-a-crime-family-found-trackers-on-his-car-he-knew-the-game-was-up-20240410-p5fimj.html |archive-date=10 June 2024 |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Age |language=en}} The charges included possession of unregistered firearms and handling a stolen Glock handgun.{{Cite web |last=Juanola |first=Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual |date=2023-12-15 |title=Guns seizure leads to arrest of alleged gangland boss targeted in tobacco firebombings |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/firearms-find-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-gangland-boss-targeted-in-tobacco-firebombings-20231215-p5erso.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075048/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/firearms-find-leads-to-arrest-of-alleged-gangland-boss-targeted-in-tobacco-firebombings-20231215-p5erso.html |url-status=live }}

In 2020, Garde-Wilson initiated legal action against Google,{{Cite web |title=Communications Law Bulletin |url=https://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/CommsLawB/2020/ |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=austlii.edu.au |language=en |archive-date=23 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240623060337/http://www4.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/CommsLawB/2020/ |url-status=live }} aiming to unmask an anonymous online reviewer she suspected was a rival trying to damage her reputation.{{Cite news |date=2020-02-19 |title=Barrister launches court action to unmask Google reviewer she suspects is rival lawyer |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/gangland-lawyer-zarah-garde-wilson-court-action-against-google/11982866 |access-date=2024-06-10 |work=ABC News |language=en-AU |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075047/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-20/gangland-lawyer-zarah-garde-wilson-court-action-against-google/11982866 |url-status=live }} In the case, Justice Bernard Murphy had ordered Google, which didn’t object to the application, to provide the registration information of the account along with IP addresses of the reviewer, however it wasn’t enough to identify who was behind the posts.{{Cite web |last=Mills |first=Tammy |date=2021-03-18 |title=Zarah Garde-Wilson loses bid to find who was behind bad Google reviews |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/zarah-garde-wilson-loses-bid-to-find-who-was-behind-bad-google-reviews-20210318-p57byd.html |access-date=2024-06-26 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075052/https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/zarah-garde-wilson-loses-bid-to-find-who-was-behind-bad-google-reviews-20210318-p57byd.html |url-status=live }} Garde-Wilson tried to get more information including phone numbers and email addresses used to recover account details when they were lost or verify the account when it was created. Google claimed that due to the length of time since the account was deleted, any relevant data associated with the reviewer had been “permanently deleted”. Ms Garde-Wilson said in a statement to The Age newspaper that she would issue proceedings against Google for destroying the account data and failing to save the reviewer's information in a 'timely way'.

In June 2021, Garde-Wilson initiated a defamation lawsuit against Avi Yemini,{{Cite web |title=210+ notable Australian defamation battles |url=https://www.maynereport.com/articles/2009/03/10-1024-2493.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=maynereport.com |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075048/https://www.maynereport.com/articles/2009/03/10-1024-2493.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Pick |first=T. J. I. |title=Alt-right activist Avi Yemini sued by Melbourne gangland lawyer over defamatory post |url=https://thejewishindependent.com.au/alt-right-activist-avi-yemini-sued-by-melbourne-gangland-lawyer-over-defamatory-post |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=thejewishindependent.com.au |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075052/https://thejewishindependent.com.au/alt-right-activist-avi-yemini-sued-by-melbourne-gangland-lawyer-over-defamatory-post |url-status=live }} a far-right provocateur associated with the Canadian-based far-right website Rebel News.Avi Yemini far-right:

• {{cite news |last1=McGowan |first1=Michael |date=24 September 2021 |title=Workers' rights or the far right: who was behind Melbourne's pandemic protests? |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/25/workers-rights-or-the-far-right-who-was-behind-melbournes-pandemic-protests |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231224034655/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/sep/25/workers-rights-or-the-far-right-who-was-behind-melbournes-pandemic-protests |archive-date=24 December 2023 |access-date=25 December 2023 |work=The Guardian}}
• {{Cite news |last=Gillespie |first=Eden |date=18 November 2024 |title=Queensland Muslims ask for police protection over New Zealand far-right activist's pro-Israel protest |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/18/queensland-muslims-ask-for-police-protection-over-new-zealand-far-right-activists-pro-israel-protest |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240326072158/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/18/queensland-muslims-ask-for-police-protection-over-new-zealand-far-right-activists-pro-israel-protest |archive-date=26 March 2024 |access-date=1 December 2024 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}
• {{cite web |date=21 June 2024 |title=Australian far-right figure Avi Yemini gets visa to visit Brian Tamaki in New Zealand |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/avi-yemini-australian-conspiracy-theorist-gets-visa-to-nz-to-visit-brian-tamaki/EBPW4XCL2RCUFHZCLUEKGYLVHE/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621060442/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/avi-yemini-australian-conspiracy-theorist-gets-visa-to-nz-to-visit-brian-tamaki/EBPW4XCL2RCUFHZCLUEKGYLVHE/ |archive-date=21 June 2024 |access-date=13 July 2024 |publisher=The New Zealand Herald}}Rebel News:

• {{cite book |last1=Perry |first1=Barbara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CDiqDwAAQBAJ |title=Right-Wing Extremism in Canada |last2=Scrivens |first2=Ryan |date=19 August 2019 |publisher=Springer International |isbn=978-3-030-25169-7 |page=37 |language=en |quote=In 2015, he established Rebel Media, a far-right outlet that regularly features global and domestic "stars" of the nationalist movement. |access-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240502080625/https://books.google.com/books?id=CDiqDwAAQBAJ |archive-date=2 May 2024 |url-status=live |via=Google Books}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Titley |first1=Gavan |date=2 July 2020 |title=The distribution of nationalist and racist discourse |url=https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/15483/1/GT-distribution-2020.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Multicultural Discourses |publisher=Taylor & Francis |volume=15 |issue=3 |page=7 |doi=10.1080/17447143.2020.1780245 |s2cid=221521303 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211173029/https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/15483/1/GT-distribution-2020.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2022 |access-date=22 February 2022 |quote=Far-right Twitter accounts come and go, often generating significant traction without any obvious relation to organised movements. As a stage of his reinvention of self after the EDL, its leader Stephen Yaxley-Lennon ('Tommy Robinson') reinvented himself as a journalist, working for the Canadian far-right media company Rebel Media.}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Mirrlees |first1=Tanner |date=3 August 2018 |title=The Alt-right's Discourse on "Cultural Marxism": A Political Instrument of Intersectional Hate |url=https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5403/pdf_55 |url-status=live |journal=Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice |language=en |publisher=Mount Saint Vincent University |volume=39 |issue=1 |pages=61 |issn=1715-0698 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201120536/https://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5403/pdf_55 |archive-date=1 December 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |quote=The Rebel Media, a far-right news organization, published articles by Canadian alt-right propagandists such as: "Want to sop cultural Marxist indoctrination? Cut public funding of universities" (Nicholas 2017); "Social justice is socialism in disguise" (Goldy 2016); and "How progressives use our kids for Marxist social experiments" (Goldy 2017).}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Perry |first1=Barbara |last2=Mirrlees |first2=Tanner |last3=Scrivens |first3=Ryan |date=27 February 2019 |title=The Dangers of Porous Borders |url=https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/issue/1/file/5/ |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Hate Studies |publisher=Gonzaga University |volume=14 |issue=1 |page=61 |doi=10.33972/jhs.124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809030259/https://jhs.press.gonzaga.edu/issue/1/file/5/ |archive-date=9 August 2020 |access-date=21 October 2020 |quote=Far-right Canadian media outlets, for instance, have bombarded its subscribers with all kinds of pro-Trump, racist and xenophobic dialogue, both before and after Trump's victory. Rebel Media, a popular far-right online media platform run by Ezra Levant, a controversial Canadian far-right political activist, writer and broadcaster, has been an outright supporter of Trump, publishing countless extreme-right leaning articles on why to support him. |doi-access=free}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Zhang |first1=Xinyi |last2=Davis |first2=Mark |date=7 June 2022 |title=E-extremism: A conceptual framework for studying the online far right |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448221098360 |url-status=live |journal=New Media & Society |language=en |publisher=SAGE |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=2954–2970 |doi=10.1177/14614448221098360 |issn=1461-4448 |s2cid=249482748 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001053404/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448221098360 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |access-date=5 September 2022 |quote=Beyond US-based far-right news websites such as Breitbart, Infowars and Epoch Times, other alternative online media outlets include Australia-based XYZ and The Unshackled, Canada-based Rebel News and UK-based Politicalite.com and PoliticalUK.co.uk, just to name a few, which operate as far-right metapolitical channels and counter-publics that strive to influence mainstream culture and discourse (Holt, 2019).}}
• {{Cite news |last=Gilligan |first=Andrew |date=5 August 2018 |title=Tommy Robinson winds up bigots and the cash floods in |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/tommy-robinson-winds-up-the-bigots-and-the-cash-floods-in-6kffsh8rk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220203042057/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tommy-robinson-winds-up-the-bigots-and-the-cash-floods-in-6kffsh8rk |archive-date=3 February 2022 |access-date=3 February 2022 |work=The Times |language=en |issn=0140-0460 |quote=All four, including Robinson himself, were employees of The Rebel Media, a Toronto-based far-right website.}}
• {{cite news |last=Scott |first=Mark |date=16 May 2017 |title=U.S. Far-Right Activists Promote Hacking Attack Against Macron |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-hack-french-election-marine-le-pen.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729070820/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/06/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-hack-french-election-marine-le-pen.html |archive-date=29 July 2017 |access-date=10 July 2017 |newspaper=The New York Times |quote=Jack Posobiec, a journalist with the far-right news outlet The Rebel, was the first to use the hashtag with a link to the hacked documents online, which was then shared more widely by WikiLeaks.}}
• {{cite web |last=Craig |first=Sean |date=19 August 2017 |title=A fight over a four-bedroom house: The Rebel Media meltdown and the full recording at the centre of the controversy |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3680438/a-fight-over-a-four-bedroom-house-the-rebel-media-meltdown-and-the-full-recording-at-the-centre-of-the-controversy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903093316/http://globalnews.ca/news/3680438/a-fight-over-a-four-bedroom-house-the-rebel-media-meltdown-and-the-full-recording-at-the-centre-of-the-controversy/ |archive-date=3 September 2017 |access-date=29 September 2017 |work=Global News |quote=With politicians including Conservative heavyweights Andrew Scheer and Brian Jean swearing off appearances and a raft of exits by prominent contributors, Ezra Levant's far-right video and commentary network The Rebel spent the last week in damage control, trying to distance itself from the extremist alt-right movement whose values many have alleged the site's content too often sympathized with.}} The case was filed in the Federal Court of Australia under the title "ZARAH GARDE-WILSON v AVI YEMINI & ANOR". The proceedings concluded with a settlement in October 2021, although the specific terms of the settlement were not made public.{{Cite web |last=Hutchinson |first=Stephen Brook, Samantha |date=2021-10-13 |title=Gangland lawyer and alt-right activist settle defamation case |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/gangland-lawyer-and-alt-right-activist-settle-defamation-case-20211013-p58zqi.html |access-date=2024-06-10 |website=The Age |language=en |archive-date=10 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240610075051/https://www.theage.com.au/national/gangland-lawyer-and-alt-right-activist-settle-defamation-case-20211013-p58zqi.html |url-status=live }}

Zarah Garde-Wilson's presence in popular culture is notably marked by her portrayals in two significant Australian television series. In 2008, she was portrayed by Kestie Morassi in the series Underbelly. Later, in 2014, Zoe Cramond played her in Fat Tony & Co. These portrayals contributed to her recognition beyond the legal sphere, highlighting her connections to high-profile criminal cases and bringing her career to the attention of a broader audience.

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