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Sam Iskander, who is accused of stealing $30 million from the mining magnate, gave the gold to someone for “safekeeping”, but doesn’t know where it is, a court has heard.
A man who sexually abused a young girl in foster care is seeking to quash his conviction in the High Court.
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[171] The next complaint in the written submissions refers to “the ChatGPT produced profile of Justice Downes referred to above”…
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[173] There is then another peculiar section containing submissions about my psychological profile. This section is so ridiculous that it does not deserve a substantive response.
[174] The final complaint in the written submissions concerns correspondence received from YouTube in which YouTube notified Mr Kuksal that it had blocked videos about me that he had uploaded to YouTube from audiences in Australia. It is unclear what or how the actions of YouTube could impact upon an application for recusal or why that event supports such a recusal. The videos were taken down at the request of the Australian government.
“During the meeting, Attorney-General Rowland formally presented new IT equipment to the Office of the Solicitor General to help modernise legal practice and strengthen service delivery.”
Today’s FCA livestream - QUD126/2017 & QUD91/2022 & QUD92/2022 Quandamooka Coast Combined Proceeding - YouTube
Catchwords: Application for an unfair dismissal remedy – dismissed for refusing drug and alcohol breath test – reasons for request for test not clearly stated – direction to undertake a test is not reasonable where reason not made clear – sanction for refusing test not stated in drug and alcohol policy – failure to provide written allegation prior to termination meeting – summary dismissal not justified - dismissal unfair – compensation ordered
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