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Daily wrap
The High Court handed down two decisions yesterday:
Greylag Goose Leasing 1410 Designated Activity Company v P.T. Garuda Indonesia Ltd [2024] HCA 21 (5 June 2024). Judgment summary here.
Gageler CJ, Gleeson, Jagot and Beech-Jones JJ at [38] - “One judicial swallow does not make a legislative summer”
Edelman J at [145] - “Nevertheless, the interpretive role of this Court does not require hemianopsia”
The privacy watchdog alleges the private health insurer failed to protect the details of 9.7 million customers, under a law that provides for a penalty of $2.2 million for each breach.
Juror arrested mid-trial in $13m fraud case [The Australian paywall]
The trial, which has been going on for almost four months, has been thrown into mayhem after police arrested the rogue juror, leaving a judge to decide whether the matter can proceed.
Clive Palmer sues ex-ASIC boss [The Australian paywall]
The businessman is continuing to wage war against the corporate regulator’s former chair James Shipton, amid multiple ongoing court fights.
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A copy of the decision can be found here.
100 years later.
— #Chris Kaias (#@chriskaias)
7:33 AM • Jun 5, 2024
New offence:
It is:
- limited to adults or seeming adults
- NOT limited to deepfakes. Seemingly also covers true pictures AND obvious fakes (e.g. cartoons?)
- has NO offensiveness requirement (unlike child abuse material.)That's a very broad scope.
However...
— #Jeremy Gans (#@jeremy_gans)
12:50 AM • Jun 5, 2024
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