Judge notes ‘compassion and understanding’ of Erin Bentley’s family, who requested driver Liam Murray not be sent to prison Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A lawyer
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The federal court dismissed the case brought by Save the Children and ruled that the government had no legal obligation to bring them home Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or
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Ankle bracelets only ‘produce slight discomfort or embarrassment’ and can be hidden under clothes, commonwealth tells high court Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Curfews imposed on
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The federal court ruling grants traditional owners a number of rights over 365,345 hectares of land in south-east Queensland Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast On Monday,
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Exclusive: Disabled people, DV victims also at risk after broken promise to pass new anti-discrimination laws, advocates say Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Queensland government
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NSW court of criminal appeal orders new trial, which would be former NRL star’s fourth, but whether he faces another will be up to prosecutors Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The former NRL star
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Traditional owners have welcomed an announcement by Parks Australia that it would plead guilty to damaging a sacred site at Gunlom Falls in Kakadu National park. The move follows a landmark High Court decision which found that statutory bodies can be held
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Average time taken to finalise domestic family violence matters in local courts balloons to 266 days, as legal services cry out for more funding Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A quarter of all matters
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Exclusive: Queensland attorney general Yvette D’Ath hoping to avoid ‘a fight with the churches’ before state election, source says Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The Queensland attorney general, Yvette D’Ath, is pushing to water
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Exclusive: Safwat Abdel-Hady may now be able to pursue damages for false imprisonment after court found his detention was not authorised by Migration Act Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast A non-citizen convicted of offences
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