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“Bittersweet is the way tax lawyer turned whistleblower Tony Watson describes the Australian Tax Office's decision to smack global construction giant Lendlease with an initial $112 million tax bill after his tip-off a few years ago.”
Background can be found here at [4]- [8] - Watson v Greenwoods & Herbert Smith Freehills Pty Ltd [2023] FCAFC 132
War over tax hit on judge nest eggs [The Australian paywall]
“A controversial Labor plan slashing judicial retirement funds will compromise the independence of the judiciary and could see a wave of federal judges moving to state courts, the nation’s peak barristers body has warned.”
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“A Panel of Experts in International Law was convened at the request of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in support of his investigation into the ‘Situation in the State of Palestine’, which covers international crimes committed either on the territory of Palestine or by a Palestinian national.“
“The Panel’s assessment is that there are reasonable grounds to believe that Netanyahu and Gallant are responsible for the killing of civilians who died as a result of starvation, either because the suspects meant these deaths to happen or because they were aware that deaths would occur in the ordinary course of events as a result of their methods of warfare.”
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