Former Liberal senator launches claim in effort to obtain more than $1m in damages and legal costs Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Linda Reynolds has launched bankruptcy
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The High Court has unanimously upheld the use of police evidence obtained by monitoring an encrypted messaging app used by organised criminals. The decision is a huge victory for policing, but does it raise questions about the breadth of Australia’s surveillance laws?
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University of Sydney and two academics facing racial discrimination case after colleagues accuse them of racist hate speech Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A lawyer acting for
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Eve’s mother saw VAD as a way to reclaim bodily autonomy and dignity, but gaining approval to use the scheme took nine ‘traumatic’ weeks Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily
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Company tells Senate inquiry ban will be ‘extremely difficult to enforce’, will have ‘unintended consequences’ and won’t make children safer Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Google has
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Case taken by academics against two colleagues and the university is considered a major test case for hate speech in Australia Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The
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Greens MP Sue Higginson says Icac confirmed to her it had not reviewed the bill, but had given general advice on some elements of it Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or
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DPP alleges sentencing judge ‘erred’ when finding triple-murderer could be held in solitary confinement ‘for years’ The Victorian director of public prosecutions is appealing Erin Patterson’s sentence because a judge erred in finding she was likely to spend “years to come” in
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Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app
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James Cullen, who was summonsed to appear before Rosehill inquiry, says 1901 law that enables parliament to compel witnesses is unconstitutional Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The
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