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• Underworld wars relived as ‘Lawyer X’ Nicola Gobbo speaks to Melbourne court by video link | Melbourne | The Guardian
   

  • The trial livestream can be found here.
     

  • Nicola Gobbo begins giving evidence in Lawyer X civil suit against State of Victoria - ABC News
     

  • Video - Nicola Gobbo gives evidence in Lawyer X civil suit - ABC News
     

• Senior Liberal secretly taped meeting as ‘insurance’ after losing trust in Moira Deeming after controversial rally, court hears | Victoria | The Guardian
   

  • High stakes defamation trial consuming the Victorian Liberal Party | 7.30 - YouTube
     

• Legal Aid NT says it will cut critical legal services in 2025 due to funding shortfall - ABC News
   

• Full Federal Court dismisses ANZ appeal against ASIC case | ASIC
   

  • Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited v Australian Securities and Investments Commission [2024] FCAFC 128
     

• Woman, 19, charged after allegedly displaying Hezbollah flag at Sydney rally | New South Wales | The Guardian
   

  • Can Australian authorities take action against protesters who wave the Hezbollah flag? Should they? | Australian security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian
     

• Intercepted calls, emails to be part of Ashlyn Nassif fraud case | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site

  “Police allege the solicitor falsified documents to meet a $10.5m pre-sale condition for three towers of the Skyview apartments complex in Castle Hill in Sydney’s northwest.”
   

• Court fight between billionaire and Sydney businesswoman ‘might be ugly’ [The Australian paywall]

  A bankruptcy dispute between WiseTech Global rich-lister Richard White and Laser Clinics’ Linda Rogan is heating up in the Federal Court.
   

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