Gageler CJ sits down for first interview since becoming CJ

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Daily wrap  

• Baby killer Keli Lane refused release from NSW jail in ‘no body, no parole’ law test | Crime - Australia | The Guardian
   

• Neo-Nazis’ sentences over attack on hikers don’t reflect level of violence, Victorian prosecutor tells court | Victoria | The Guardian
   

• Community legal centres turn away 1,000 Australians each day despite growing need for help | Law (Australia) | The Guardian
   

• Hillsong founder Brian Houston loses legal costs bid after being cleared of allegedly concealing child abuse | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• NSW outlaws gay conversion practices and makes it harder for young people to get bail | New South Wales | The Guardian
   

• William Tyrrell’s former foster parents found guilty of intimidating different child | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Sydney lawyer Mitch East was lying on the road before allegedly being run over by rideshare driver, court told - ABC News
   

• Australian FoI loophole to deny access to documents closed in ‘transformative’ ruling | Australia news | The Guardian
   

  • Ex-Senator Rex Patrick secures major FOI win against government | The Saturday Paper
     

• Top Perth lawyer Tony Elliot ordered to pay $20,000 for botched defence of innocent man Steven Jeffery | The West Australian [The West Australian paywall]
   

  • a copy of the decision can be found here - LEGAL SERVICES AND COMPLAINTS COMMITTEE and ELLIOTT [2023] VR 70 - eCourts Portal
     

• Constitutional complaint brought against Federal Court Judge for concealing pharma connections
   

• Seven credit card used to book $1000 Thai masseuse for Bruce Lehrmann | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site
   

• AFP Commander and Olympian Danielle Woodward charged with drink driving after crashing car into tree - ABC News
   

Editor’s picks

• In Conversation with Stephen Gageler, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | Judicature
   

• The allocation of merits review rights in Australia: anomaly and variation — Australian Public Law
   

• Australia’s religious and sex discrimination laws need fixing, a new report says. What happens next? | Australia news | The Guardian
   

• Labor is settling asylum cases to avoid High Court actions | The Saturday Paper
   

• Curbing lawyer burnout - Law Society Journal
   

• Tackling racism: lawyers urged to take a stand - Law Society Journal
   

• Whistleblower David McBride and journalist Dan Oakes are ready tell the full story behind The Afghan Files - ABC News
   

• Apple accused of illegal market monopoly that stifles innovation in historic US lawsuit - ABC News [US]
   

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