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• Airbnb forced to pay up to $30m for misleadingly charging Australians in US dollars | Law (Australia) | The Guardian
   

  • a copy of McElwaine J’s judgment here - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Airbnb Ireland UC [2023] FCA 1633
     

• Charlie Read, son of Mark 'Chopper' Read, sentenced over burglary, drug possession and driving while disqualified charges - ABC News
   

• Once-powerful Melbourne crime family now fears for safety, court hears
   

• Meta to fight criminal charges brought by Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest over alleged cryptocurrency ad scam | Andrew Forrest | The Guardian
   

  • “The matter was committed to the West Australian district court, where the commonwealth is expected to take over the prosecution because a private citizen cannot prosecute charges on indictment.”
     

• Reynolds’ lawyers ready freezing orders as Higgins, Sharaz move to France
   

• Axe attacker admits attempting to murder federal MP Kate Chaney's sister at Perth medical clinic
   

• Bid to sack Victorian Farmers Federation leadership dismissed in Federal Court
   

• Teen breaks down as he's found not guilty of murdering his former friend, 13, with a kitchen knife
   

  • “Doli Incapax is a common law principle meaning "incapable of wrong", which applies to children in Australia aged over 10 years but under 14 who are presumed incapable of criminal intent even if a criminal act is committed.

    This presumption is rebuttable.

    Whether the accused knew his actions were "seriously and gravely" wrong at the time of the stabbing was central to the trial.”
     

• Proposed WA building law reforms to enforce mandatory inspections of apartment construction projects - ABC News
   

• Station operators fined $50k over the death of 1,000 cattle suffering from neglect
   

• How did a jumping castle lift off and kill six children? Court document reveals allegations against operator
   

• Office of the DPP in NSW withdraws prosecution of man in controversial rape case | The Australian [The Australian paywall]

  • Charges against the accused – known as JM – are set to be formally withdrawn in court amid scrutiny on the ODPP, which has been accused of taking a “lazy and perhaps politically ­expedient” approach to prosecutorial decisions.

Editor’s picks

• Link to tomorrows Lehrmann defamation trial livestream here - NSD103/2023 Lehrmann v Network Ten - YouTube 
   

• Lee J’s judgment re tender of lipreading evidence in Lehrmann defamation trial found here - Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Expert Evidence) (No 2) [2023] FCA 1647
   

• Navigating the Consumer Data Right: A Business Perspective (28 November 2023) - Dr Natalia Jevglevskaja - YouTube 
   

• New appointments to the Supreme Court of Western Australia
   

  • Judge Kate Glancy and Gary Cobby SC appointed to the Supreme Court of Western Australia
     

• University of Queensland - Law Matters Series: The role of law in coastal wetland restoration - YouTube
   

• Positive duty for employers: Australian Human Rights Commission’s powers commence
   

  • The Positive Duty under the Sex Discrimination Act
     

• Update: referrals, assessment and investigations | National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) - 14 preliminary investigations and 10 investigations. 2327 referrals received
   

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