High Court to publish NZYQ reasons today - 28 Nov 2023

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Daily wrap  

• NZYQ reasons to be handed down by the High Court at 2:15pm today

   

  • Another 45 people released due to high court ruling on indefinite immigration detention | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian 

     

  • Government tries to patch up citizenship stripping-laws for terrorists after two High Court defeats

     

  • Labor commits $255m for security agencies to monitor people released from indefinite detention | Australian immigration and asylum | The Guardian

     

• Bruce Lehrmann admits in court asking for cocaine on evening Brittany Higgins interview aired and lying twice to boss | Australian media | The Guardian

   

  • Hearing continues today, link to live stream here - NSD103/2023 Lehrmann v Network Ten - YouTube

     

• Inquest hears ex-Army reservist fired at police and rescue helicopter before he was fatally shot

   

• 'They know what happened': Missing man's family demands answers as inquest into Jeremiah Rivers' disappearance begins

Editor’s picks

• Is this Australia's wokest judge? Chief justice announces sneaky change in 'fight against the patriarchy' | Daily Mail Online

   

  • A copy of Chief Justice Bowskill’s speech can be found here - Pride in Law 7th Annual Address Thursday, 16 November, 2023 Banco Court

     

• Lee J’s decision limiting Sue Chrysanthou’s cross examination of Bruce Lehrmann Lehrmann v Network Ten Pty Limited (Cross-Examination) [2023] FCA 1477

   

  • “As I remarked during oral submissions, one is not to approach cross-examination in any case, let alone a case such as this, as though it is a social cricket match where a batsman retires at 50 to give someone else a go.”

     

• ‘War crimes whistleblower’ David McBride reveals why he went to the media | Australian military | The Guardian

   

• NSW introduces voluntary assisted dying from tomorrow. This is how the law will work

   

• Photos from ceremonial sitting to farewell the Honourable Justice Susan Kenny AM

   

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