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• Australian judge’s speech met by protest over his role in Hong Kong’s appeal court | Hong Kong | The Guardian
   

  • Here is a previous address given by Keane titled “Christian Inspiration and Constitutional Insights” (unclear if this is in substance the same as the address given on Tuesday) - The Honourable Bruce McPherson CBE Memorial Lecture 2024 - Hearsay
     

• Bruce Lehrmann cleared to proceed with appeal against defamation case ruling - ABC News
   

  • Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited [2024] FCA 1226
     

• Moira Deeming created ‘extreme’ political problem akin to ‘lobster with a mobster’ incident, defamation trial told | Defamation law (Australia) | The Guardian
   

• ASIC sues QBE for allegedly misleading customers over loyalty discounts - ABC News
   

  • ASIC alleges QBE misled customers over pricing discounts | ASIC
     

• Senator Lidia Thorpe says she pledged allegiance to the queen's 'hairs', not heirs, in defence of royal protest - ABC News

  “Simon Birmingham, the opposition's leader in the Senate, said the Coalition would consider legal opinions on whether the admission impacted Senator Thorpe's eligibility to sit in parliament.”
   

• Millions of people in NSW charged illegal merchant fees by state agencies, government says | New South Wales politics | The Guardian

  “Houssos said the surcharges had been passed on to tens of millions of customers despite “repeated legal advice” during the former Coalition government’s term that Revenue NSW and Service NSW could not lawfully charge merchant fees.”

   

• Gunlom Falls in Kakadu to reopen after historic fine handed to Parks Australia under NT sacred site laws - ABC News
   

• Doc’s $5 million claim over wrongful Xmas party ‘thrust’ claim | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
   

• Sydney woman pleads not guilty to displaying Hezbollah flag at pro-Palestine rally | Sydney | The Guardian
   

• Element Zero to challenge court’s OK for Fortescue raids [The Australian paywall]

  Element Zero has lodged a request to challenge orders Fortescue obtained in secret from the Federal Court that allowed it to raid the homes of former staff.
   

Editor’s picks

• Navigating the AI Abyss: Ethical Challenges in the Age of GenAI - Chief Justice Helen Bowskill
   

• Video - what happens when a judge misbehaves? - 7:30 Report - ABC News

  “Tasmania's parliament is scrambling to pass laws that could allow it to remove or suspend judges after gaps in state government powers were exposed last year.”
   

• Will Queenslanders get a vote on nuclear power plants in their State? - Anne Twomey - YouTube

  “The Queensland Labor Premier suggested that he might hold a plebiscite at the same time as the next federal election on whether nuclear power plants should be constructed in Queensland, as per the current policy of the Coalition Opposition.

  This video addresses: who has the power to construct and operate nuclear power plants; what happens when Commonwealth and State laws conflict;

  whether a State plebiscite would have any legal impact; and whether it can be held at the same time as the next federal election.”
   

• Submissions on the inquiry into the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Amendment Bill 2024 – Parliament of Australia - includes submissions from the Australian Bar Association, NSW Bar Association and Fiona McLeod AO SC.
   

• What is a Calderbank offer? Settlement offers and indemnity costs - Law Society Journal
   

• Clifford Chance’s early Generative AI and Copilot journey – The inside view - Legal IT Insider
   

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