Justice funding in NSW budget divides profession

The justice funding announced in the NSW budget has been commended by the Law Society for making a “real impact”, but its praise was not shared by Community Legal Centres ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Jun 2021

IBAC report prompts calls for prison system overhaul

Responding to a report that found systemic and serious wrongdoing in private and public Victorian prisons, human rights lawyers have called on the state government to ...

BIG LAW • Wed, 23 Jun 2021

59 judges, barristers and directors slam federal government for constant National Integrity Commission delays ahead of next election

Almost 60 eminent legal professionals including former High Court justices and Federal Court judges have slammed Prime Minister Scott Morrison for ultimately failing to ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Jun 2021

Inquiry bill dismissed by government to ‘protect Porter’s boys club’

The decision by the federal government to block a controversial bill that could have introduced an inquiry into Christian Porter’s fitness to remain a cabinet minister ...

BIG LAW • Tue, 22 Jun 2021

Barrister reprimanded for pushing female practitioner’s head towards crotch

A barrister who pushed a female legal professional’s head towards his crotch area during an event for clerks has been reprimanded and ordered to pay costs, with the ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021

Religious freedom advocacy groups must come clean, Michael Kirby says

In response to a Christian group’s “lobbying blitz” and in criticising organised religion for failing to “lift their sights above sex and bedrooms”, former High Court ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021

Witness K sentencing ‘dark chapter’ in Australian history

Although Witness K has been spared jail time for conspiring to reveal classified information about the alleged spying on East Timor by the Australian government, senior ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021

NSW legal profession welcomes Dubbo Drug Court

A $27.9 million investment to expand the NSW Drug Court into the Dubbo region has been hailed by the state’s legal body as a “welcomed acknowledgement” that the use of ...

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021

Qld shield laws enter consultation process

Better protections for Queensland journalists and whistleblowers may be a reality soon as the state government begins consultations on its proposed shield laws.

BIG LAW • Mon, 21 Jun 2021