Politicians should feel the same embarrassment the driver of a sports car feels when overtaken by a kid on a pushbike Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Occasionally, judges are faced with a terrible dilemma. Before them
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Thousands of people spending single night in custody potentially harmful for individuals but also puts costs on courts and police, crime stats body says Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Almost half of the people that New
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Court found man co-authored true-crime book, appeared on Seven Network and gave interviews to Marie Claire, the Age and Sydney Morning Herald Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A
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Law Council of Australia rejects claims the profession presents a ‘significant risk of money laundering and terrorist financing’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Criminal gangs and corrupt officials may find it easier to launder money in
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Two unfair dismissal cases highlight a changing workplace. A Philippines based legal assistant has just won the right to bring an unfair dismissal case against her former employer. And the case of the stevedore with a medicinal cannabis prescription. Read More Law
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Labor says bill will ban cross-examinations of complainants until cases go to trial Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victims of sexual assault, stalking and family violence in Victoria
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The 60-year-old former army lawyer is unrepentant for leaking documents to the ABC but admits there’s something ‘I do feel guilty about’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast From his new home in Canberra’s Alexander Maconochie Centre,
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Court finds Fairvale high school failed duty of care in case of 14-year-old boy who was assaulted in 2017 Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A student subjected to an unprovoked and lengthy bashing by 12 of
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In his first media interview, Administrative Review Tribunal President Justice Emilios Kyrou outlines some of his new powers. They include the ability to order the publication of low level, routine decisions, which may reveal systemic bureaucratic failures such as the Robodebt disaster.
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Navigating the legal system is confusing at the best of times. But in regional Australia, distance is turning some towns into justice deserts Sign up for the Rural Network email newsletter There is a beautiful wood-panelled courtroom in our local town. It
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