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The Industrial Relations Court of NSW is back in operation, marking a significant shift in the state's approach to resolving workplace disputes and upholding work health and safety standards. As this new chapter begins, the President of the Industrial Relations Commission, Justice Ingmar Taylor, joins us to discuss his new role and the positive impact the court aims to have on all stakeholders. Supported by NobleOak.
Michael Lee urged media outlets to more aggressively fight suppression orders, which he said should only be used in a “small range of cases”.
Justice Michael Lee: Alienation of middle class from litigation a justice system ‘failure’ [SMH paywall]
“The alienation of Australia’s middle class from the legal system and a lack of affordability for complainants to litigate are failures of the country’s justice framework, prominent Federal Court Justice Michael Lee says.”
A decade ago, Aruna Sathanapally was on track to be a judge, or at least a senior counsel at the NSW Bar.
“The Australian Constitution ‘summoned the Australian nation into existence’, thereby creating a new federal body politic. The High Court has grappled with questions about who comprises that body politic since Federation, including in cases concerning the relationship between citizenship and alienage, and the extent of the Commonwealth Parliament’s powers to define and revoke Australian citizenship, to exclude aliens and immigrants from Australia, and to regulate the electoral franchise. These issues have frequently provoked deep divisions in the Court. This article provides a framework for understanding the relationship between three constitutional concepts that together provide the constitutional foundations for the Australian political community: ‘aliens’, ‘the people’, and ‘electors’.”
Think Foley's: S5 Episode 20: Getting Your Ducks in a Row - Series Reflection on Apple Podcasts
In collaboration with Victorian Women Lawyers, this is the final episode of Career Stages: Getting Your Ducks in a Row, a series exploring the key life stages and financial milestones that may impact women in law with keynote speakers discussing their experiences and insights into starting your own legal business, starting or ending relationships and starting parental leave and returning to work.The hosts of this series, Joanna Abraham and Sophie Lefebvre from Victorian Women Lawyers sit down with series collaborators Andrew Turner and Maree Caminiti to reflect on why its important to produce this series and share women's stories and experiences of the financial and career challenges they may face in the legal community.
CJ: I imagine if Lleyton Hewitt won the American Open that would be income, I would guess.
Counsel: Your Honour, I am not in a position to say what Lleyton Hewitt’s position would be, nor do I wish to deprive myself of a brief for Lleyton Hewitt if it turns out otherwise.
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