Justices Chris Maxwell and Terence Forrest said the ‘oppressive sentencing regime’ ignored evidence and was contrary to public interest Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Victoria’s highest court has delivered a withering assessment of the state’s
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The small Pacific island nation of Vanuatu is behind a campaign to raise the issue of climate change before the International Court of Justice. And how should culturally sensitive historical photographs be handled? A leading US university is sued for allegedly causing
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State government proposes reforms to use of nondisclosure agreements by employers in Australian first Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The use of nondisclosure agreements will be restricted in sexual harassment cases to prevent victim-survivors being
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As the two-month long trial wraps up, Dawson’s barrister has urged the court to find him not guilty of killing his wife in January 1982 Follow our live blog for the latest updatesGet our free news app, morning email briefing and daily
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Former Australian attorney general and foreign minister says prosecution of Witness K’s lawyer Collaery, now abandoned, was ‘indefensible’ Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast The former attorney general and foreign minister Gareth Evans says decency demands
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Centres across Australia struggle with demand as sector awaits reforms indicated by attorney general Mark Dreyfus Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Legal services have turned away dozens of clients amid a funding shortfall affecting the
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Decision by new government to abandon prosecution prompts widespread relief from lawyers and supporters in Australia and Timor-Leste Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Whenever young law clerk Chloe Preston was under pressure, her boss, Bernard
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Defence barrister says Dawson acknowledged his extramarital affair had been hurtful to Lynette, but that he had already paid a heavy price for it Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Christopher Michael Dawson could love two women at
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It was hard to watch the bureaucratic machine perpetrating injustice – Mark Dreyfus must now intervene in the other two cases It was easy to feel hopeless, watching from the sidelines as a brave whistleblower went through hell. For four years now,
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Exclusive: Timor-Leste president welcomes decision to end prosecution of ‘good man’ who helped expose Australian bugging operation Get our free news app, morning email briefing and daily news podcast Timor-Leste’s president, José Ramos-Horta, has welcomed the “wisdom and fairness” of the decision
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