Croatian Six Inquiry begins

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Daily wrap  

• Inquiry reviews convictions of ‘Croatian Six’ over 1979 Sydney bomb plot | New South Wales | The Guardian

   

  • Today’s livestream of the inquiry can be found here - Inquiry into the convictions of the Croatian Six (Day 2 - 5/12/2023) - YouTube

     

• Government considers including more crimes for preventative detention

   

• Man released from immigration detention after High Court ruling charged with indecent assault

   

• A judge was charged with assault, but the media was barred from court. Advocates are 'deeply troubled'

   

• Centrelink should consider waiving 100,000 debts that may be unlawful, ombudsman report finds | Australia news | The Guardian

   

• Woman told to stop taking medication so she could 'plead insanity' before attempted smothering, court hears

   

• Olympic rower in custody on domestic violence charges after magistrate refuses bail

   

• Live export ban class action seeks up to $900 million from federal government in counter offer - ABC News 

   

• William Tyrrell’s foster father argues ‘lawful’ force used on another child as punishment, NSW court hears | New South Wales | The Guardian

   

Editor’s picks

• Thinking Philosophically About Law: The Role of Moral and Political Reasoning in Shaping the Law - Chris Maxwell (President of the Victorian Court of Appeal from 2005–22)

   

• Is it legal to keep people who have served their time for sex offences in preventive detention? | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

   

• Justice on the brink: Legal aid funding falls short - Law Society Journal

   

• WA Police launch new cold case podcast series

   

• Lehrmann defamation trial continues today - live stream here NSD103/2023 Lehrmann v Network Ten - YouTube

   

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