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HCA challenge to VIC political donation laws
A group of independent political candidates have lodged a constitutional challenge to Victoria's political donation laws.
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Court quashes federal police bid to keep Ben Roberts-Smith corruption probe secret [SMH paywall]
The Federal Court has brushed aside the AFP’s attempts to keep secret the details of an anti-corruption investigation that reached the top levels of the peak policing body.
Sydney’s Knox Grammar failed to tell insurer of ‘hornet’s nest’ of sexual abuse, Federal Court rules [The Australian paywall]
The Uniting Church is at risk of losing insurance cover for a ‘hornet’s nest’ of historical sexual abuse cases involving students at its elite Knox Grammar in Sydney, after a scathing court ruling on Friday.
Remote town calls for circuit court's return after 18-month suspension
Court has not sat in the West Australian community of Balgo for more than a year due to escalating local tensions, but residents say the ongoing suspension is limiting their access to justice.
Electoral commission sought court injunction against right-wing lobby group
Advance has been bankrolling an anti-Greens campaign in the Prahran byelection, but was taken to the Supreme Court after placing signs against the rules.
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2024 year in review #lifeofabarrister | by Dominique Hogan-Doran SC
What immunity do politicians have in Australia? - Anne Twomey - YouTube
How AI Helped a Big Insurer Reduce Legal Costs by $20M (Law.com paywall)
Australian Securities and Investments Commission v Macleod [2024] FCAFC 174
Catchwords - PRIVILEGE – waiver – implied waiver – whether voluntary disclosure of report to the regulator was inconsistent with the maintenance of confidentiality in the report – whether “derivative use” and/or “derivative disclosure” of the report amounted to a waiver of privilege – no waiver found
DPP v Smith: A Fresh Appetite To Consider Section 32(1) Of The Charter? — Australian Public Law
Judge temporarily blocks Trump from placing 2,200 USAid workers on leave | USAid | The Guardian
US judge temporarily blocks Elon Musk's DOGE from accessing payment systems - ABC News
NSD1082/2022 - ASIC v MATTHIAS MICHAEL BEKIER & ORS
Justice Lee will conduct a hearing in this matter Monday, 10 February at 10:15am AEDT.
To observe the hearings remotely, you can access the livestream here: youtube.com/@FederalCourtA…
#fca#livestream#auslaw
— Federal Court of Australia (@fedcourtau)
3:00 AM • Feb 7, 2025
" there is a risk that, if the outcome of the pending High Court of Australia appeal with respect to these matters were to have been inconsistent with the Court of Appeal, then the effect of the Act would be to alter the current state of the law.": aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_…
— Jeremy Gans (@jeremy_gans)
7:09 AM • Feb 8, 2025
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