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Magistrates erupt over Victoria’s ‘rampant’ crime wave [The Australian paywall]
Two Melbourne magistrates have issued extraordinary public warnings about Victoria’s exploding crime rates, piling pressure on the Allan government to act.
Michelle Rowland has tabled legislation to place parole decisions in the hands of law enforcement experts.
Australian writers win landmark AI compensation [The Australian paywall]
Hundreds of Australian authors, including Trent Dalton, Helen Garner and Julia Baird, are set to receive $4500 a book from a $2.2bn AI copyright settlement
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Sheriffs then interviewed the said juror privately, where the juror explained that certain jurors had remarked that they would like to drag the trial out longer because they enjoyed being paid more money on Jury Service than what they go paid by their employer & the fact that they are getting free lunches every day, whilst this conversation was in progress, one of the younger females apparently also mentioned that she had a mortgage to pay...
ALON CASSUTO v MARY KOSTAKIDIS - Justice McDonald will deliver judgment in this matter today at 9am ACDT/9:30am AEDT. Livestream: VID404/2025 - Alon Cassuto v Mary Kostakidis - YouTube
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Cullen v SNSW adjourned with costs due to sudden illness of Senior Counsel for the State
— #Dominic Villa SC (#@DominicVillaSC)
7:23 AM • Oct 8, 2025
In one of her last judgments,
Judge Gibson grants an interlocutory injunction for, inter alia, invasion of privacy. I think this is the first published judgment under the new statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy. #auslaw #privacy caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/199a3…— #David Rolph (#@dkrolph)
10:58 PM • Oct 7, 2025
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