Cop avoids jail for pointing gun at colleague - 10 Nov 2023

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Daily wrap  

• Sydney cop sentenced for pointing gun towards colleague over spoilers for Tom Cruise movie 

• 'They let a paedophile ruin his life': Western Bulldogs ordered to pay $5.9m to child sexual abuse victim

• Australia faces rush of demands to release people held in indefinite immigration detention | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

  • In just 16 minutes, the High Court made a decision that put Albanese in a tight spot

  • Australia releases stateless man on ‘strict conditions’ after indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

  • I’ve been fighting Australia’s mandatory immigration detention regime for decades – the high court’s decision is revolutionary | Mary Crock | The Guardian

• Canada Bay mayor suspended by minister after corruption findings by NSW watchdog

• Detectives wrongfully arrested Victorian police officer for child abuse after mistaking ex-husband for young boy | Australian police and policing | The Guardian

• Police 'left with no choice' when they fatally shot man who was on stabbing rampage, WA coroner finds

• Brittany Higgins, David Sharaz and Linda Reynolds forced into mediation to settle defamation case | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

• Federal Court to hear climate impacts in Torres Strait

• Coroner calls for change to Victorian law over smoke alarms in rental properties after fatal fire

• Queensland Labor MP ordered to pay $50,000 in damages to LNP rival over defamatory border closure comments

• New treasury laws introduced to prevent another PwC tax scandal

• 'Controlling' husband involved in disappearance and death of WA woman 26 years ago, coroner rules

• Past student launches legal action against Brisbane Girls Grammar School over child sex abuse allegations

Editor’s picks

• New Chief Judge at Common Law appointed to NSW Supreme Court

• Constitutional Puffery: The ‘Protection’ of Sydney Water in the NSW Constitution — Australian Public Law

• Digital statutory declarations to save Australians time and money | Our ministers – Attorney-General’s portfolio

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