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Twist in DPP saga: Sidelined judge put back on full duty [The Australian paywall]
A judge has been reinstated after being sidelined for accusing the state prosecution office of running baseless rape trials, despite the judicial watchdog saying he shouldn’t hear criminal matters ‘for the foreseeable future’.
‘Green’ metal start-up lodges court appeal against Fortescue raid [The Australian paywall]
Element Zero has lodged an appeal against a judge’s decision to let mining giant Fortescue seize millions of files from the homes and offices of its staff as part of an intellectual property fight.
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This video provides an update on three bills discussed in previous videos:
1. the bill on misinformation and disinformation, which has now been dropped;
2. the bill on campaign finance, which is proceeding without any inquiry into it; and
3. the bill about preventing young people from having social media accounts, which looks likely to be amended so that there is no requirement for social media account holders to verify their age using government ID.
[260] After close and careful consideration of the evidence I find myself quite unable to reject the evidence of the complainant. Likewise, despite some reservations noting the credit findings of the learned Magistrate apart from Sequence 14 I am not prepared to outright reject the evidence of the appellant.
[261] Be that as it may, in all of the circumstances, I entertain the gravest of suspicion about the guilt of the accused. But even the gravest of suspicion can never be a substitute for beyond reasonable doubt.
“As a finale for 2024, the Wigs took listener questions and answered them in a speed round. This is Part 1 of the speed round covering a range of topics from the right to disconnect as an employee, to the Disability Royal Commission recommendations, the age of criminal responsibility and the use of good character evidence in sentence proceedings. If you have a question for the Wigs, feel free to shout out to us on Facebook.”
“The INSLM, Jake Blight, considered whether the offences in Part 5.6 of the Criminal Code Act 1995 operate in a way that is effective, necessary, proportionate and consistent with Australia’s international obligations and whether the offences contain sufficient safeguards.
In its response the Government has agreed in full or in-principle to 12 of the 15 recommendations.”
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"The Senate will consider a formal vote to refer Payman’s eligibility for inquiry on Wednesday afternoon. Guardian Australia understands Labor will oppose the push".
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2:30 AM • Nov 27, 2024
"The Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) has taken the makers of an #AI #chatbot to court over what it says is a violation of its terms of service, due to the chatbot scraping CanLII's database in bulk."
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