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• NSW faces constitutional showdown as parliament’s push to expel convicted rapist Gareth Ward delayed by supreme court | New South Wales politics | The Guardian
   

  • Premier Chris Minns condemns Gareth Ward's court bid to block expulsion - ABC News
     

• Transgender woman treated as ‘hostile invader’ when joining women-only app Giggle for Girls, court hears | Sydney | The Guardian
   

  • Today’s livestream - NSD1386/2024 Giggle For Girls Pty Ltd & Anor v Roxanne Tickle - YouTube

     

• Kmart facing legal action over belief it’s sourcing products linked to forced labour - ABC News
   

• Messy legal battle underway after couple builds house on wrong block - ABC News
   

• Jack de Belin attends court appearance of police officer who perjured himself during case - ABC News
   

• Daylesford pub crash driver refuses to help with inquest [Herald Sun paywall]

  A diabetic driver who claimed the lives of five people when he crashed into a Daylesford pub is refusing to co-operate with a coronial investigation.
   

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• Today’s High Court matter - Government of the Russian Federation v. Commonwealth of Australia - Case C9/2023 | High Court of Australia
   

  • Background here - Labor’s Russian embassy headache returns to court • Inside Story
     

• What are the legal conditions for Palestinian statehood? And electronic wills after Covid- Law Report - Apple Podcasts

  As more countries move towards formal recognition of a Palestinian state, the Law Report examines the conditions for statehood under international law. And what are the risks, benefits and opportunities presented by electronic wills?
   

• Governments are becoming increasingly secretive. Here’s how they can be made to be more transparent - Professor Gabrielle Appleby (UNSW Law School)
   

• Professor Barbara McDonald: Unpacking Australia's New Tort for Serious Invasions of Privacy - Just Cause - Apple Podcasts

  JD III student Mahati Garimella and LLB III student Victoria Miller are joined by Emeritus Professor Barbara McDonald to discuss the development of privacy law, and the implications of the recently implemented statutory tort for serious invasions of privacy. Professor McDonald shares her journey from being a law student, to leading the ALRC Inquiry into Serious Invasions of Privacy in the Digital Era (2013–2014). She also explores key developments in privacy law over the decades, and how this evolving area of law intersects with social justice. Before retiring from Sydney Law School, Professor McDonald had taught a range of subjects including torts, equity, and media law, and is also an Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne.
   

• US condemns Brazil supreme court judge for ordering house arrest of ex-president Jair Bolsonaro | Brazil | The Guardian
   

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