Rares J dismisses UAP referendum case (21 September 2023)

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Daily wrap

• Justice Rares dismisses United Australia party push to count crosses as valid votes in voice referendum

• Court finds boy, 14, is too young to be held criminally responsible for death of Melbourne teen Declan Cutler

• Australian journalist calls her baby ‘Methamphetamine Rules’ as a test of naming regulations

• Qantas CEO ordered into mediation with union to decide compensation for sacked workers

• Rex Patrick launches public advocacy fund to support defence whistleblower David McBride

• WA political party donation laws to undergo overhaul, with disclosure rules tightened - ABC News

• International Criminal Court, which investigates war crimes, says its been hacked

• Accused of rigging the internet search market, Google is facing the biggest US antitrust trial in decades. Here's what has happened so far

• NSWCA decision handed down by Meagher JA, Kirk JA and Griffiths AJA in Independent Liquor and Gaming Authority v Whitebull HTL Pty Ltd; IL&GA v Area Hotel UT Pty Ltd; IL&GA v The Griffith Hotel Pty Ltd. Link to judgment summary here.

• Supporting victims and survivors of sexual violence - piloting new legal services models - joint medial release by the Attorney General and Minister for Social Services

Editor’s picks

• Darlington v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW)

  • At [60] - “despite having been provided with seven pages of written submissions, his Honour proceeded to judgment within a period in the order of five seconds of the address concluding. That period suggests his Honour could not have considered the written submissions, at least properly. His Honour’s reasons reflect this.”

• UNSW Allens Hub Annual Lecture with Nancy S. Kim Tickets, Thu 21/09/2023 at 5:00 pm | Eventbrite - TOS (Terms of Service) as Terms of Surrender

• 5 pathways to justice for Ukraine - Tue 03/10/2023 at 5:30 pm - Dr. Beth Van Schaack, US Ambassador for Global Criminal Justice. Hosted by ANU Centre for International & Public Law.

• Tuesday, 3 October 2023 - 32nd Annual Lionel Murphy Memorial Lecture by Profession Megan Davis

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