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• Ben Roberts-Smith seeking to reopen failed defamation case against Nine over Nick McKenzie recording - ABC News
   

  • More documents uploaded to the online file yesterday - Ben Roberts-Smith - Online file (the Appeal)
     

• Victoria’s legal bill jumps $74m in months as historical abuse claims surge [The Age paywall]

  A surge in historical sexual abuse claims against the state government have driven a $74 million jump in Victoria’s legal liabilities over six months.
   

• Chris Dawson appeals carnal knowledge conviction over his unlawful sexual relationship with schoolgirl in the 1980s | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
   

• Bob Brown Foundation lodges legal challenge over Anthony Albanese's 'rushed' salmon bill - ABC News
   

• Anti-trans activist tests Australian regulator’s power to remove X post it deemed cyber abuse | Online abuse | The Guardian
   

• Sovereign citizen who kidnapped her child sentenced to two years' jail - ABC News
   

Editor’s picks

• What are caretaker conventions and how do they limit governments during election periods? Professor Emerita Anne Twomey
   

• Trying Historic Abuse Claims Without the Accused - The Wigs - Apple Podcasts

  In this episode the Wigs discuss a trio of recent high court decisions that deal with a pretty new question, when can a civil claim for sexual abuse said to have occured many decades ago be fairly tried, even when the alleged assailant has died and much related evidence lost. This question has emerged following the abolition by state parliaments of statutes of limitation, that previously prevented such "historical" claims from being advanced. The discussion touches on a number of fundamental legal questions including what is a fair trial, what is abuse of process and how and when can the parliament legislate to effectively alter these principles. The cases discussed are Willmot v The State of Queensland [2024] HCA 42, RC v The Salvation Army (Western Australia) Property Trust [2024] HCA 43 and GLJ v The Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Lismore[2023] HCA 32. Now,
   

• Law Council calls for election commitments that prioritise access to justice for all - Law Society Journal
   

  • Fairness and the rule of law must underpin election commitments - Law Council of Australia
     

• The Guardian view on attacks on lawyers: democracies must stand up for justice | Editorial | The Guardian
   

• Musk hands out $1m checks to voters amid Wisconsin supreme court election race | Elon Musk | The Guardian
   

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