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Sofronoff KC to hand over communications with media - 13 Nov 2023
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More documents uploaded to the online court file available here including application pressing for production of corro with the ABC and the Australian which is reported was not objected to.
East Kimberley leaders push for sentencing trek amid growing criticism of youth justice system
Optus loses court bid to keep report into cause of 2022 cyber-attack secret | Optus | The Guardian
A copy of the judgment can be found here - Robertson v Singtel Optus Pty Ltd [2023] FCA 1392
NT police officer denies assault allegations over off-duty roadside arrest
Former Bathurst mayor Robert 'Bobby' Bourke evades jail time for blackmail
War crimes lawyer faces day in court, David McBride trial commences today - [The Australian paywall]
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The judgment in the matter of I Cook Foods Pty Ltd v State of Victoria (Dept of Health and Human Services) will be handed down by the Supreme Court on Monday 13 November. The hand down will be publicly live streamed from 9.30am. Watch here: buff.ly/3MCk61t #auslaw
— Supreme Court of Victoria (Australia) (@SCVSupremeCourt)
5:00 AM • Nov 10, 2023
NSWCCA today. Successful Crown appeal re costs. It turns out that the NSW District Court does not have the power to make an order for costs against the Crown in relation to a subpoena issued at the Crown’s request.
R v DK [2023] NSWCCA 281
1/2— Australian Criminal Law (@CriminalLawAus)
2:05 AM • Nov 10, 2023
Jury discharged because they were given a CD of silent CCTV footage to watch in the jury room, but it turned out to have a running audio commentary from the cop who filmed the footage with his phone: caselaw.nsw.gov.au/decision/18bb6…
— Jeremy Gans (@jeremy_gans)
1:33 AM • Nov 10, 2023
Australia congratulates Judge Hilary Charlesworth on her re-election to the @CIJ_ICJ.
Judge Charlesworth became the first Australian woman elected to the ICJ in 2021.
I thank all who supported her re-election, including @MarkDreyfusKCMP. We congratulate all the elected judges.
— Senator Penny Wong (@SenatorWong)
11:59 PM • Nov 9, 2023
AG refuses to intervene in McBride trial.
We are bitterly disappointed with the correspondence received today on behalf of the Attorney-General, Mark Dreyfus. We have waited weeks for a reply to detailed subs seeking the withdrawal of charges against McBride and now this vague… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Xenophon Davis (@xenophondavis)
7:25 AM • Nov 8, 2023
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