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New battle looms for Ben Roberts-Smith after High Court rejects defamation appeal [Capital Brief paywall]
Ben Roberts-Smith has lost his final appeal in a defamation battle. But his legal fights might not end there.
Prosecutors preparing to submit final sex charges against Jones [The Australian paywall]
Prosecutors are finalising the criminal charges they will pursue against former radio star Alan Jones amid a series of last-minute meetings with his accusers.
Seek alleges rival stole candidate data [The Australian paywall]
A tech start-up branded itself the ‘Seek killer’ while allegedly raiding the job giant’s candidate database during joint-venture discussions, court documents claim.
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This video is about the last successful referendums in Australia to amend the Commonwealth Constitution. Four such referendums were held together in 1977. Three of them were successful and the other failed, despite having bipartisan support. The video discusses how the referendum proposals came about, why the amendments were proposed, and why three passed but the other failed.
Third HR exec resigns from law firm plagued by scandal [AFR paywall]
Slater and Gordon chief people officer Julie Catanach was the unwitting addressee of an infamous all-staff email that led to the firm’s pay leak crisis.
Big Wednesday [Capital Brief paywall]
The High Court delivered a record-equalling five decisions on a single day this week, underlining how Chief Justice Stephen Gageler is running a tight ship.
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