Lisa Wilkinson sues Network 10 - 20 October 2023

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Daily wrap

• Lisa Wilkinson sues Network 10 over legal bills for Bruce Lehrmann defamation suit | The Guardian

• Tim Mathieson, former partner of Julia Gillard, spared jail over sexual assault on sleeping woman - ABC News

• Court Service Victoria fined almost $380,000 for deadly work culture | WorkSafe Victoria
  

• ‘Not proportionate’: Australian government urged to axe extraordinary terror powers amid low threat level | Australian security and counter-terrorism | The Guardian
  

• Why the high court struck out Victoria’s EV tax – and the far-reaching effects of the decision | The Guardian
  

• Passage of landmark family law reforms | Our ministers – Attorney-General’s portfolio

• Senate committee questions constitutional validity of Barilaro's 'Brumby Bill' - ABC News

• QianQian Hu sentenced to three years in jail for role in 2.4 tonne cocaine bust - ABC News
  

• Sage v Commissioner of Taxation [2023] FCA 1247

  • Former Perth Glory owner and mining millionaire fails to get secret reports from the ATO

Editor’s picks

• Strong female lead - Law Society Journal

• Here is a list of special leave applications for hearing this morning. The special leave applications are live streamed here.

• Vol. 42 No. 2 (2023): The University of Queensland Law Journal | The University of Queensland Law Journal

• Video of Kiefel’s farewell ceremonial sitting.

• The Victorian Bar’s submission in the consulting industry joint committee (submission 27).

Edelman J at [651] of Vanderstock v Victoria [2023] HCA 30. Clearly he feels pretty strongly about this one. Credit to the Piddington Society for bringing this to our attention.

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