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• Nicola Gobbo has lived across more than a dozen locations in six years, Lawyer X civil trial hears - ABC News
   

• NSW Police commissioner to apply to Supreme Court to prohibit planned Sydney pro-Palestinian protests - ABC News
   

• Victorian barrister who refused to acknowledge traditional owners over ‘ceding of sovereignty’ hits back at critics
   

• Jewish partner ‘in breach of agreement’ when bringing case against Dentons [The Australian paywall]

  A Jewish partner who is suing the world’s largest law firm over bullying allegations and anti-Semitic conspiracy theories did so in breach of a deal, new tranche of documents reveals.
   

• Steven Miles launches 11th hour bid to oust controversial north Queensland mayor | Queensland election 2024 | The Guardian

  Speaking to reporters on Monday, Miles said he anticipated Thompson would seek a supreme court injunction to fight his being stood down.

  “That is something that would be open to him and I wouldn’t be surprised if he does pursue those avenues,” Miles said. “I think that would be a shame for Townsville.”
   

• The tech billionaire, the ‘beauty addict’ and the suppression fight [SMH paywall]

  Billionaire tech founder Richard White, one of Australia’s richest men, is at the centre of a legal bid to suppress court documents in a feud with an eastern suburbs beauty entrepreneur and former Real Housewives of Sydney contender.

   

• Troy Bell confirms appeal after independent Mount Gambier MP was found guilty of theft and fraud - ABC News
   

• Video - Pesutto confident job as leader is safe as defamation case drags on

   

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• Allens partners with Draftable to build next-generation legal document comparison solution
   

• Appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal | Our ministers – Attorney-General’s portfolio

  The Australian Government proposes to recommend to the Governor-General, Her Excellency the Honourable Ms Sam Mostyn AC, 43 new appointments to the Administrative Review Tribunal (ART), the new federal administrative review body that will replace the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) from 14 October 2024.

  These recommended appointees would comprise 18 Senior Members and 25 General Members. Subject to the Governor-General's approval in Federal Executive Council their terms would commence on 14 October 2024, the day the ART commences.
   

• Corporations and free speech - ABC Law Report

  To what extent should employers be able to restrict employees from expressing their views and opinions in public? Guest: Josh Bornstein, Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn; Author, Working for the Brand: how corporations are destroying free speech
   

• Update on the Inspector’s inquiry into the National Anti-Corruption Commission’s decision not to investigate the referrals from the Robodebt Royal Commission | Inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission
   

• The Knitting Nanas take on Ant - The Wigs - Apple Podcasts

  It’s not every day of the week that a law is struck down as unconstitutional but that’s exactly what happened in the case of the Knitting Nanas against the State of NSW. Two Knitting Nanas Helen Kvelde and Dominique Jacobs with the help of the Environmental Defenders Office launched a constitutional challenge to s 214A of the Crimes Act 1900 that criminalised certain conduct such as remaining “near” any part of a “major facility” (such as Town Hall or Martin Place Station) if that conduct “causes persons attempting to use the major facility to be redirected”, or if that conduct caused “partial closure” of the major facility, on the basis it impermissibly burdens the implied freedom of political communication. Reacting to the win, Knitting Nana Helen Kvelde said “We are happy the court has given some acknowledgement to the democratic right to protest. But these laws to me feel like a distraction. As if both Labor and the Liberal Party are trying to get the population angry with protesters instead of angry against politicians for failing to protect us from climate emergency. I’m not sure what we can do next, but it doesn’t feel right to just let this go. We need to fight for our democratic right to protest peacefully. I wish people would understand that ultimately these laws could affect anyone – anyone the government of the day does not like.”
   

• Why is it harder to sack politicians than employees when they've been charged or convicted of a crime? - ABC News

   

• Legal Innovators UK: Zach Abramowitz: Where Is Legal GenAI Now? - YouTube
   

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